The concept of present-day Forbidden Door discussed by Omega.
A sit-down interview that New Japan Pro-Wrestling recorded with Kenny Omega is up on the company’s YouTube channels.
As the conversation moved along, Omega was asked to share his thoughts about the Forbidden Door concept and how it holds up present-day. He feels it may have lost a little bit of specialness because of how easy it is to crossover. But with the more accessible crossovers, Omega said it’s made the in-ring competition much tougher and better.
I think that the concept of the Forbidden Door now, now that sort of the door’s been booted wide-open… the way that I used to picture the Forbidden Door, you know, you picture the cartoony door at the pearly gates, you know what I mean? It’s like you need that special permission to open that thing up. Now I just feel like it’s a revolving door. But, you go out one end, you don’t come back the other unless you have that passion. It’s opened the talent pool so wide and it’s made our roster so diverse with so many options. But if you aren’t a complete athlete, if you aren’t a complete wrestler, you just can’t hang. So, is it special? Maybe it’s lost a smidge of specialness by being able to crossover that plain. But it’s made the competition that much stiffer and it’s made the competition that much tougher. You can’t succeed now unless you’re absolutely not only the best in America, but the best in England, the best in Australia, the best in New Zealand, the best in Japan. You have to be one of the world’s best athletes to succeed now in today’s global wrestling climate, and I think the Forbidden Door helped facilitate that.
Omega has not wrestled since late 2023 as he was dealing with diverticulitis and underwent surgery for it earlier this year.
To read more of Omega’s remarks from this appearance, head over to this article here on POST Wrestling.
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