Forbidden Door was a huge success from NJPW and AEW. Now, we may see another one.
Tony Khan spoke on Busted Open Radio, AEW President Tony Khan made it clear that he plans on doing another Forbidden Door event next year, especially after it exceeded all expectations. Plus, many dream matches are still on the table that fans are clamoring to see between AEW and NJPW talent.
Well, it’s a great question. I think we’ve had a great response to everything we did last week. It was a huge week for us. The Forbidden Door Pay-per-view was a big success. We estimate about 127,000 buys right now. With replay buys trickling in, it was ahead of all projections and expectations. I absolutely would love to do it again and I think we will do it again going forward. This is our second year doing Blood and Guts. It’s also the second year in a row that Blood and Guts Wednesday Night Dynamite was the number one show on cable on a Wednesday. I look forward to a third Blood and Guts match in the future. Certainly the debut of the Royal Rampage, the inaugural event, was a big success for us. It got great attention for Rampage and really did something I wanted, which was to put a lot of spotlight on Rampage and get a great result for that show. All these events were really successful for us. So I do think this is something we could do going forward, having a big summer with a Forbidden Door, Blood and Guts, and following up with a Royal Rampage. Hopefully people will look forward to it next year.
– Tony Khan via Busted Open Radio
The possibilities are endless with a partnership between NJPW and AEW. We’ll see if next years event will outsell the big draw of this years.
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