Rocky Romero speaks on the Forbidden Door concept, formatting and how much build the PPV needs.
Later this month, AEW and NJPW will host Forbidden Door for the second year running. The show has already had two matches confirmed, with more on the way in the coming weeks.
In a recent interview on the Under The Ring Podcast, Rocky Romero discussed the issues with formatting an event like Forbidden Door.
“Well, I think the quality part is kind of easy in the fact that I think both companies have such great talent that you can put any mixture of these guys or girls together and, you know, create something super special, like we saw last year,” said Rocky. “Outside of that, I think the hardest part is just, like, two big companies like this who have a really regular schedule. It’s hard to try to schedule everybody in when we need to, right? So now that Double or Nothing is finished, AEW has to build to Forbidden Door. On the Japan side, we had just finished Dominion, and now we are build
Rocky Romero
Rocky would then go on to note that the PPV does not need crazy build due to it being a cross promotional event.
“Also, there doesn’t also need to be a crazy build like you would normally build to a big show because Forbidden Door is kind of special in the fact that it’s dream matches or we’re trying to give you matches that you wouldn’t normally see on either program, right? Whether it’s in AEW or in New Japan.”
Rocky Romero
AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door is set to take place in Canada on June 25th.
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