Mox versus Naito II.
On the marquee for NJPW Dominion was the Lumberjack match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship between EVIL and the champion Jon Moxley.
Before the match started, EVIL and fellow members of HOUSE OF TORTURE (Dick Togo, Ren Narita, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Yujiro Takahashi) took aim at Bushiroad CEO Takaaki Kidani who was seated at ringside. EVIL spray painted him and the crowd cheered it.
In the end, Moxley retained the belt after hitting EVIL with a Death Rider onto a barbed wire baseball bat. Moxley celebrated in the ring with Tiger Mask, Shota Umino, Yuji Nagata, Togi Makabe and Hiroyoshi Tenzan.
Moxley would grab a microphone and stated that if anyone wants a shot at the belt, step up and out came Tetsuya Naito. Naito then threw out the challenge to Moxley for an IWGP World Heavyweight Title match at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door on June 30th. It was at Windy City Riot in April that Moxley defeated Naito to capture the title.
As of this writing, here’s the updated Forbidden Door card:
- AEW World Championship: Swerve Strickland (c) (w/ Prince Nana) vs. Will Ospreay
- IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Jon Moxley (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito
- Vacant AEW TNT Championship — Ladder Match: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Mark Briscoe vs. Participants TBD
- AEW TBS Championship & NJPW STRONG Women’s Championships — Winner Takes All: Mercedes Moné (TBS) vs. Stephanie Vaquer (STRONG)
- AEW Women’s World Championship: ‘Timeless’ Toni Storm (c) (w/ Luther & Mariah May) vs. Mina Shirakawa (w/ Mariah May)
- Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Orange Cassidy
