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From Scotiabank Arena in Toronto comes Forbidden Door 2. Some of tonight's matches include:

ZERO HOUR:

Stu Grayson vs. El Phantasmo
Athena vs. Billie Starkz

MAIN CARD:

CM Punk vs. Satoshi Kojima
Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada
Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay
MJF vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
Jack Perry vs. SANADA
Toni Storm vs. Willow Nightingale
Orange Cassidy vs. Daniel Garcia vs. Zach Sabre Jr. vs. Shibata
Sting/Darby/Naito vs. Jericho/Guevara/Suzuki
Moxley/Wheeler/Claudio/Shota/Takeshita vs. Bucks/Hangman/Kingston/Ishii

Zero Hour starts LIVE on YouTube at 7pm EST with the main PPV starting LIVE at 8pm EST.

Misc. Notes: there may be more matches on Zero Hour but I'm not sure if they're official yet (I don't have Twitter to check). Also, the match between Adam Cole and Tom Lawlor has been called off. Apparently Adam Cole is out with illness. In other words, Adam Cole is out with a dumb cold, bay-bay. Sorry, I had to.

Enjoy the show everyone.

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[–] Urnchos@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago

What an absolutely incredible show. Start to finish, just perfect. Both main events absolutely blew me away.

I could talk for paragraphs on it, but I'll just leave it at that and call it a day.

[–] TellumSiege@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] theusualuser@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

That pop was amazing. I LOVE Forbidden Door. And that Omega Ospreay match was....wow.

[–] Montagge@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I can't believe Okada tapped

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[–] TellumSiege@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Daniel Garcia's dancing finally got the reaction it deserves.

[–] 32XPlayer@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

You love to see it.

[–] Montagge@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Noooo Billie, that's the hardest part of the ring!

[–] TellumSiege@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Holy shit that tiger driver looked devastating.

[–] cultsuperstar@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah that looked rough lol

[–] theusualuser@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Super rough. I can't imagine that felt anything other than awful, and I'd be shocked if he weren't really hurt there.

[–] A20sidedninja@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This Omega/Osprey match feels like the biggest thing in Wrestling right now. I know it's not, but they did a good job of making it FEEL like it is.

[–] TellumSiege@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

It's been awesome so far. And I'm really impressed by how much Osprey is willing to bleed.

[–] tigerdactyl@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

That show was out of control! From getting ELP in the pre-show all the way to Bryan Danielson tapping out Okada with a broken arm, just wow.

[–] ImADifferentBird@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

That show was fucking amazing from beginning to end. AEW always delivers on PPV, but that was just next level.

[–] KalabiYau@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Banger after banger after banger after banger after banger after banger after banger etc.

Even the Zero Hour matches before and the scrum afterwards were amazing. Wrestling fans had a feast

[–] Cassual@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I loved the show, but I'm very worried about Bryan Danielson not being able to use his right arm at the end. They treated the seizure as a work, but it was a very weird thing to do in a match.

[–] Montagge@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

He broke his forearm

[–] TellumSiege@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Sounds like a broken forearm. They're saying he's out 6-8 weeks =/

[–] TellumSiege@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Kinda feels weird that Swerve is the leader of ME yet he's the only one without a belt lol

[–] Montagge@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Dude is so good he doesn't even need a belt

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[–] uSirPatrick@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Swerve is really one of the coolest auras in AEW. just his character is so cool

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[–] fourfouroneone@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks for setting up the live thread, OP!

Zero hour has been good so far. Super excited about the show.

[–] TellumSiege@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

No worries! Enjoy the show.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is Toronto so pro Elite because Kenny Omega is from Canada or is there another reason? Just curious!

[–] TellumSiege@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah that could be part of it. And the whole Brawl Out stuff–if it isn't a work–doesn't paint Punk in the best light.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Ohh that makes sense! I just expected it to be split but it was so overwhelmingly negative I was surprised (Punk must love it though! :3)

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[–] TellumSiege@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Here comes the elite pop!

[–] TellumSiege@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Loved that big swing to dropkick combo

[–] TellumSiege@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

That was awesome timing by Omega with that foot on the rope.

[–] cultsuperstar@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Kind of an odd finish to the Sting trios match.

[–] TellumSiege@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yeah it felt rushed...or something. Just off.

Sting was supposed to dodge Sammy which would explain how he came back and why Sammy stayed out of the match. Still fun. Stinger is made of some kind of shiny metal istg

[–] theusualuser@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wonder if Darby was legit hurt, it seemed like he should have had a larger part. Same kinda goes for Sting, though, so who knows.

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[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Think this might top the Muta Scale tonight. :>

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Anyone who still says Bryan is better than Kenny after that is kidding themselves.

[–] TellumSiege@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What a match. Gotta think they're gonna run it back at Wembley.

[–] fourfouroneone@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That was outstanding. I still have chills!

[–] TellumSiege@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Same! Now imagine what it's going to be like in front of 70,000+.

[–] TellumSiege@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Did Sammy chip a tooth or is that blood? Hard to tell.

[–] cultsuperstar@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] TellumSiege@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah you're right. It looked better afterwards.

[–] TellumSiege@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Main event time! Who do you think is going to win? I'm going Okada.

[–] Montagge@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] TellumSiege@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Great answer.

[–] cultsuperstar@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

I love the crowd cheering equally for both Danielson and Okada lol

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[–] TellumSiege@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I thought my screen was stuttering when Tana was writhing in agony lol.

[–] TellumSiege@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

What's the over/under on ELP throwing another dick punch? 0.5? Is that how betting works?

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