Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer explained the two problems with the Forbidden Door main event.
Bryan Danielson defeated Kazuchika Okada in the main event of Forbidden Door on Sunday. Alvarez on Wrestling Observer Radio Monday morning said that the match was great, but not as great as he thought it would be. Both he and Meltzer agreed that one of the reasons was the crowd not being into the match due to Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay’s match, which they thought was a match of the year contender.
“If we had known what we knew, Osprey and Omega should have gone last,” Meltzer said.
Meltzer also brought up the other reason the match didn’t meet expectations: Danielson said at the post-show media scrum that he and the AEW medical team believe he fractured his right forearm near the end of the match.
“They changed the last several minutes of the match because they had to,” Meltzer said.
In the scrum, Danielson also admitted he suffered a torn labrum in the match against MJF back at AEW Revolution in March. Meltzer noted that it was concerning that Danielson has only wrestled twice since Revolution, but has injured himself both times.
“This one was more of a fluke. The Max match was just so brutal. You start piling up injuries like that and it’s not a good thing either," he said.
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