Forbidden Door (2023)

Promotional poster featuring Bryan Danielson, Kazuchika Okada, Kenny Omega, and Will Ospreay

## Information

### Promotion

All Elite Wrestling
New Japan Pro-Wrestling

### City

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The **2023 Forbidden Door** was the second annual Forbidden Door professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and supershow co-produced by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and the Japan-based New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on June 25, 2023, at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This marks AEW's first PPV held outside of the United States and NJPW's first PPV held in Canada. It was AEW's first PPV to be held outside of the United States and NJPW's first traditional PPV to be held in Canada. Forbidden Door was also the first non-WWE PPV event to be held in Toronto in what was Air Canada Centre since World Championship Wrestling's Mayhem event on November 21, 1999.

Fourteen matches were contested at the event, including four on Zero Hour pre-show, and one as a dark match. In the main event, Bryan Danielson defeated Kazuchika Okada by technical submission, in what it was recognized as a big landmark in professional wrestling. In other prominent matches, Will Ospreay defeated Kenny Omega to win the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship, The Elite (Hangman Page, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson), Eddie Kingston, and Tomohiro Ishii defeated Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta, and Claudio Castagnoli), Konosuke Takeshita, and Shota Umino in a ten-man tag team match, SANADA defeated "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry to retain the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, and in the opening bout, MJF defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to retain the AEW World Championship.

The event also saw other remarkable moments such as Sting, Darby Allin and Tetsuya Naito defeating Le Suzuki Gods (Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara and Minoru Suzuki), Jungle Boy turning heel for the first time in his AEW career by attacking his partner Hook and CM Punk defeating Satoshi Kojima in the quarterfinals of the Owen Hart Foundation tournament.

The event's name was remarkable for the formation of a new term used in the professional wrestling vernacular to refer to the collaboration between professional wrestling promotions, where sometimes agreements between rival promotions are often involved.

## Production

### Background

In February 2021, the American professional wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) started a partnership with the Japanese promotion, New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). After a year of AEW and NJPW wrestlers appearing on each other's shows, the two companies co-promoted a pay-per-view (PPV) event titled Forbidden Door in June 2022. The event took its name from the same term often used by AEW when referring to working with other professional wrestling promotions.

On March 15, 2023, a second Forbidden Door event between AEW and NJPW was scheduled to be held on June 25, 2023, at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, thus establishing Forbidden Door as an annual event between the two companies. Tickets went on sale on March 24. This marked AEW's first PPV held outside of the United States and also kicked off a month-long tour of Canada for AEW, which includes their weekly television programs and house shows. Forbidden Door was also the first Canadian event co-promoted by NJPW to air on traditional PPV outlets. Prior to its acquisition, AEW's sibling promotion, Ring of Honor, co-promoted two Global Wars events with NJPW in 2014 and 2015, both of which were held in Toronto and aired live on internet pay-per-view (iPPV). This event also marked the first non-WWE pay-per-view event to be held in Toronto since November 21, 1999 where Mayhem, produced by World Championship Wrestling, took place at the then-Air Canada Centre.

### Storylines

Forbidden Door featured professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.

On the April 26 episode of *Dynamite*, AEW president Tony Khan announced that tournament matches for the second annual Owen Hart Cup would occur at Forbidden Door. On the June 21 episode, the brackets were revealed, with two matches to be held during the pay-per-view - Athena facing Billie Starkz in the women's tournament during the pre-show and CM Punk facing Satoshi Kojima in the men's tournament. This will be Punk's first appearance in an AEW pay-per-view since 2022's *All Out*, where he main evented before participating in a backstage fight with The Elite.

On January 4, 2023 at Wrestle Kingdom 17, Will Ospreay lost the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship to Kenny Omega. Omega made his first title defense on the March 29 episode of *Dynamite*, defeating Jeff Cobb. In April, NJPW announced a tournament to determine the new Number 1 contender to Omega's championship, featuring Ospreay, Lance Archer, Juice Robinson, and Hiroshi Tanahashi. However, on April 16 at Capital Collision, Robinson was (kayfabe) suspended from NJPW after attacking both Fred Rosser and a NJPW referee, during a match against Rosser, which ended in a No Contest. Soon after, it was announced that Rosser would replace Robinson in the tournament. On April 16 at Collision in Philadelphia, Archer defeated Rosser. On May 21 at Resurgence, Ospreay defeated Tanahashi, to set up the match at the tournament final. The final took place on June 4 at Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall, where Ospreay defeated Archer to become the number one contender for the US title. On June 6, NJPW held a press conference, where the match was made official for the Forbidden Door PPV. Ospreay returned to AEW on the June 14 episode of *Dynamite*, where he attacked Omega. On the June 21 episode of *Dynamite*, Don Callis, who had been feuding with Kenny Omega, offered him help to use of his "military grade private security" in his title match at Forbidden Door.

Also at Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall, Blackpool Combat Club's (BCC) Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli teamed with Moxley's protege Shota Umino to face Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi, and Tomohiro Ishii for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship, but failed to win the titles. After the match, Moxley took to the microphone, presenting a video package for Okada. The video featured fellow BCC member Bryan Danielson, who challenged Okada to a match. Okada responded by claiming that the Forbidden Door would be open, teasing the match taking place at the PPV. On June 6, NJPW held a press conference, where Okada accepted Danielson's challenge for the PPV making the match official. On the June 21 episode of *Dynamite*, BCC and Takeshita once again attacked The Elite and Eddie Kingston, however, Okada made his return to AEW, helping The Elite and Kingston fend off BCC and Takeshita.

On the June 14 episode of *Dynamite*, NJPW's Hiroshi Tanahashi challenged AEW World Champion MJF to a title match at Forbidden Door via a video message. The match was made official for the PPV, however, MJF claimed to have no interest in defending the belt against Tanahashi, claiming NJPW to be an inferior company, whilst also hinting no-showing the PPV. Despite this, on the June 21 episode of *Dynamite*, MJF accepted Tanahashi's challenge after being named a "coward" by Adam Cole. On the same week's episode of *AEW Collision*, Tanahashi defeated Swerve Strickland and after the match was insulted by MJF via a video message.

In March, The Elite entered a feud with the Blackpool Combat Club (BCC). The feud began on the March 15 edition of *Dynamite* and continued over the coming weeks, although Page and Omega were unable to get on the same page, due to the antics of Omega's advisor Don Callis. On the March 29 edition of *Dynamite*, the BCC ambushed and attacked Omega, only for BCC member Bryan Danielson to return, seemingly to aid Omega, only to attack him moments later, thus reuniting all 4 members of the Blackpool Combat Club. On the April 19 edition of *Dynamite*, BCC attacked The Elite during an in-ring promo, leading to Callis bringing out his protege Konosuke Takeshita to save the group. The following week, BCC attacked Omega and The Young Bucks and attempted to recruit Takeshita to their group, although after begging the two factions to stop the brawling, BCC's Wheeler Yuta hit Takeshita with a low blow, before Takeshita was attacked by Danielson with a screwdriver once more. On the May 10 episode of *Dynamite*, during a steel cage match between Omega and Moxley, Omega's manager Don Callis betrayed Omega by stabbing him with a screwdriver and allowing Moxley to win. The Elite (Omega, Page, and The Young Bucks) challenged the BCC to an Anarchy in the Arena match at the Double or Nothing event on May 28, which the BCC won after an assistance by Callis and Konosuke Takeshita, who attacked Omega during the final moments of the match, allowing Yuta to get the pin on Omega. On the June 14, episode of *Dynamite*, Eddie Kingston returned to AEW, laying out Wheeler Yuta and Claudio Castagnoli, before being stopped by Jon Moxley. Kingston was attacked from behind by Konosuke Takeshita. On the June 21 episode of *Dynamite*, Moxley challenged The Elite (Hangman Page and The Young Bucks) to a five-on-five tag team match at the pay-per-view. Moxley noted that the BCC had assembled a "truly elite team", with their lineup including Takeshita and Moxley’s protege Shota Umino. The Elite then accepted the challenge and noted that they have friends all over the place, leading Eddie Kingston to be revealed as one of their partners, due to his hatred towards Claudio Castagnoli. Kingston then revealed to Tomohiro Ishii to be their partner, as BCC attack them.

Following All Together Again on June 9, it was hinted that IWGP World Heavyweight Champion SANADA would have an announcement on a future episode of *Dynamite* regarding his plans as NJPW's World Champion for the upcoming Forbidden Door PPV. The rumors were proven true on the June 14 episode of *Dynamite*, when SANADA appeared via a video message issuing an open challenge for his title at the PPV. Later on the show, the offer was accepted by ""Jungle Boy" Jack Perry, who asked for his tag team partner Hook to be in his corner for the match. Soon after, the match was made official for Forbidden Door. On the June 23 episode of *AEW Rampage*, Jungle Boy defeated SANADA's Just 5 Guys teammate DOUKI, using SANADA's finisher to win the match. During the match leading to the closing moments, Jungle Boy started to have a deeply negative reaction, with AEW commentators, Exacalibur and Taz questioning Jungle Boy's negative reception. After Jungle Boy defeated DOUKI, SANADA confronted Jungle Boy in the ring, afterwards.

AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy successfully defended his title at Double or Nothing, winning the Blackjack Battle Royal. In the post-show press conference, Cassidy was asked who he would like to defend the title against in the future, which he answered by expressing the desire to face NJPW World Television Champion Zack Sabre Jr.. Meanwhile, on the May 31 episode of *Rampage*, Cassidy's ally, Katsuyori Shibata, successfully defeated Lee Moriarty to retain his ROH Pure Championship, although he was confronted by Daniel Garcia, who sought a future title shot. On the June 14 episode of *Dynamite*, Sabre Jr. confronted Cassidy backstage, looking to arrange a future match, however, they were interrupted by Garcia, who asked Cassidy about Shibata's whereabouts. Cassidy suggested that he and Shibata would team against Garcia and Sabre Jr. the following week, in a tag team match. Garcia and Sabre defeated Cassidy and Shibata, after Cassidy accidentally hit Shibata with the *Orange Punch*, leading Garcia to pin Shibata to win the match. After the match, all four men held the International Championship and a four-way match for the title was scheduled for Forbidden Door.

Following his loss at Double or Nothing, Sammy Guevara returned to *Dynamite* on June 14, expressing his desire to "make some changes" to himself in AEW. Guevara was interrupted by Darby Allin, who also had lost at Double or Nothing, who went on to suggest that Guevara should not live in the shadow of the Jericho Appreciation Society (JAS). This led to JAS leader Chris Jericho confronting the duo, berating Allin for his suggestion and questioning Guevara's distancing from the JAS, and suggesting that he and Guevara should team to reestablish Guevara in the faction. As Jericho hinted at attacking Allin, Sting entered the ring, coming face-to-face with Jericho, who soon reluctantly fled the ring. The following week, after teaming with Guevara and Minoru Suzuki to defeat Darius Martin, Action Andretti, and AR Fox, Jericho called out Allin and Sting, challenging them to find a partner to face himself, Guevara, and Suzuki at Forbidden Door, which Sting and Allin accepted, with Allin stating they had a partner which they would reveal on that week's episode of *Collision*. At the show, Sting and Allin's partner was revealed to be Jericho's old rival Tetsuya Naito, who made his AEW debut, and a six-man tag team match was made official for Forbidden Door.

On the June 14 episode of *Dynamite*, AEW Women's World Champion, Toni Storm successfully defended her title against Skye Blue. After the match, Storm and her teammate Ruby Soho attacked Blue, only for her to be saved by NJPW Strong Women's Champion, Willow Nightingale. On the debut episode of *Collision*, Nightingale and Blue defeated Storm and Soho, in a tag team match, with Blue getting the pin Soho. Soon after, it was announced that Storm would defend her AEW Women's World Championship against Nightingale at Forbidden Door.

### Cancelled match

On the June 21 episode of *Dynamite*, it was revealed that rivals MJF and Adam Cole would team up in the Blind Eliminator Tournament to determine the number 1 contender for the AEW World Tag Team Championship, much to both men's dismay. Two days later, MJF made his debut on *Rampage*, interrupting Cole and informing him that he had arranged Cole a match at Forbidden Door against NJPW's Tom Lawlor. This led to Team Filthy's Lawlor and Royce Isaacs making their AEW debut, attacking Cole, as MJF mockingly teased saving his partner Cole from the assault. However, on the day of the event, it was announced that Cole was not medically cleared to compete and therefore the Forbidden Door match was canceled and instead, Lawlor competed against Serpentico.

## Event

### Zero Hour

There were four matches contested on the Zero Hour pre-show, with one taped as a dark match. In the opening contest, Mogul Embassy (Swerve Strickland, Brian Cage, Toa Liona, and Bishop Kaun) (with Prince Nana) faced El Desperado, Rocky Romero, Chuck Taylor, and Trent Beretta). In the closing stages, Beretta delivered the Strong Zero on Swerve, but Kaun broke up the pin. As Romero was attempting the Shiranui, Cage and Swerve avoided it and delivered an F-10/DDT combo; Swerve then delivered the Swerve Stomp for the win.

Next, Athena faced Billie Starkz in an Owen Hart Foundation tournament first round match. In the closing stages, as Starkz was attempting a senton on the apron to Athena, Athena evaded the move, allowing Athena to bring Starkz back into the ring and deliver a *Dominator* to pickup the victory.

In the penultimate match of the Zero Hour, El Phantasmo took on Stu Grayson. In the end, Grayson delivered a Pele Kick a 450° splash for a two-count. Phantasmo delivered an avalanche hurricanrana and the Thunder Kiss '86 for a two-count. As Grayson was attempting the Skyfall, Phantasmo escaped and delivered the Jodi Flysch S-DDT and the CR II for the win.

In the Zero Hour main event, *Los Ingobernables de Japon* (Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi, and BUSHI) squared off against United Empire (TJP, Kyle Fletcher, and Jeff Cobb). In the closing stages, Takahashi delivered a superkick and Takagi delivered a Death Valley Driver and a lariat to TJP, but Cobb broke up the pin. Takahashi delivered a dropkick to Cobb on the outside, while BUSHI delivered a suicide dive to Fletcher also on the outside, allowing Takagi to deliver the *Made in Japan* on TJP for the win.

### Preliminary matches

In the opening contest, MJF defended the AEW World Championship against Hiroshi Tanahashi. In the opening stages, Tanahashi delivered a flying forearm, a middle-rope senton and a diving crossbody for a two-count. Tanahashi then delivered a sling blade, but as he was attempting the High Fly Flow, MJF prevented it and delivered a double underhook shoulder breaker for a two-count. Tanahashi then locked in the Texas Cloverleaf, but MJF escaped. As Tanahashi was attempting another High Fly Flow, MJF got the knees up. As MJF was attempting to use the title belt on Tanahashi, the referee prevented it and tossed the title away. Tanahashi then delivered a schoolboy to MJF, but the referee was distracted, allowing MJF to hit Tanahashi with the AEW Dynamite Diamond Ring to retain the title.

Next, CM Punk went one-on-one with Satoshi Kojima in the Owen Hart Foundation tournament first round match. In the closing stages, Punk delivered a diving elbow drop for a two-count. Punk then locked in the Anaconda Vice, but Kojima escaped and delivered a clothesline. As Punk was attempting the GTS, Kojima escaped and delivered the Koji Cutter and a brainbuster for a two-count. As Kojima was attempting a lariat, Punk countered it into the GTS for the win.

In the next match, Orange Cassidy defended the AEW International Championship against Daniel Garcia, Katsuyori Shibata and Zack Sabre Jr.. In the opening stages, Sabre Jr. locked in an Octopus stretch, but Garcia broke up the submission. Shibata then rolled up Garcia for a two-count. Cassidy then delivered a tornado DDT to Garcia for a two-count. Garcia then hit Shibata with the Pure title belt for another two-count. Shibata then delivered the Kawada Kicks and the Orange Punch to Cassidy, but Sabre Jr. locked in the Ode to Jim on Cassidy, but Garcia broke up the submission. Cassidy then delivered the Stundog Millionaire and the Satellite DDT to Garcia for another two-count. Shibata then locked in the Sleeper Hold, but Sabre Jr. countered it into a European Clutch. Garcia then delivered a piledriver to Sabre Jr., but Shibata immediately delivered the PK to Garcia,; then Cassidy pushed Shibata to the outside and delivered a crucifix on Garcia for the win.

In the next bout, SANADA (with DOUKI) defended the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry (with Hook). In the closing stages, Jungle Boy delivered a superkick and a tiger bomb for a two-count. Jungle Boy then locked in Skull's End, but SANADA reached the ropes and delivered the TKO. As SANADA was attempting the Moonsault, Jungle Boy escaped and delivered a superkick and a poison Rana. SANADA then delivered a Shining Wizard, another Poison Rana and a Moonsault to retain the title. After the match, Jungle Boy launched an attack on Hook, turning heel for the first time in his AEW career.

Next, The Elite ("Hangman" Adam Page, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson), Eddie Kingston, and Tomohiro Ishii faced Wheeler Yuta, Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Konosuke Takeshita, and Shota Umino. In the opening stages, "Hangman" delivered an Orihara moonsault to take out everyone on the outside. Nick Jackson then delivered a double jump escalara to Yuta. Takeshita then locked in a Camel Clutch submission, but Ishii broke up the submission. Kingston then delivered a lariat to Claudio. Claudio then delivered an uppercut and a suplex to Ishii, but Ishii immediately delivered a vertical suplex to Claudio. Takeshita and Umino then delivered a reverse DDT/powerbomb combination to Ishii for a two-count. Takeshita then delivered a Helluva Kick and a diving clothesline to "Hangman". The Young Bucks then delivered an assisted Sliced Bread to Takeshita. As The Bucks were attempting the BTE Trigger, Takeshita moved out of the way and delivered simultaneous German suplexes. The Bucks then delivered superkicks to Umino, Claudio and Takeshita. As The Bucks were attempting to deliver a double superkick to Moxley, The Bucks unintentionally superkicked Kingston. Takeshita then delivered a Blue Thunder Bomb to Matt Jackson for a two-count. Moxley and Claudio then delivered the Hart Attack to Matt. Ishii then delivered a lariat and a superplex to Ishii. Umino then delivered an Angle Slam to Ishii for a two-count. Takeshita then delivered a lariat, but "Hangman" immediately delivered a pop-up powerbomb. Claudio and Moxley then delivered an uppercut/cutter combination to Kingston. Yuta then delivered a belly-to-back suplex to "Hangman", but Ishii delivered a suplex and a sheer drop brainbuster to Yuta for the win.

Next, Toni Storm (with Ruby Soho and Saraya) defended the AEW Women's World Championship against Willow Nightingale. In the closing stages, Willow delivered a hip attack, a superkick and a Death Valley Driver for a two-count. As Storm was attempting the Storm Zero, Willow reversed it into a hurricarana for another two-count. Willow then delivered a lariat and the Pounce. As Willow was attempting the Doctor Bomb, Storm gouged Willow's eyes and delivered the Storm Zero to retain the title.

Next, Kenny Omega defended the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship against Will Ospreay (with Don Callis). In the opening stages, as Omega was attempting a snap suplex, Ospreay countered it into a backbreaker for a two-count. Omega then delivered a hurricarana and a moonsault for a two-count. Ospreay then delivered a standing shooting star press and an *OsCutter* on the apron. Ospreay then delivered the *Hidden Blade* on the outside. Omega then delivered a clothesline and a *V-Trigger* to the barricade. Omega then delivered a DDT on the steel steps to Ospreay. Ospreay then delivered a German suplex and Spanish Fly for a two-count. As Ospreay was attempting the *OsCutter*, Omega countered it into a mid-air knee strike. Omega then delivered a piledriver for a two-count. Ospreay then delivered a *Sky Twister Press*, a Liger Bomb and an avalanche *OsCutter* for another two-count. Omega then delivered two V-Triggers, but as he was attempting the *One-Winged Angel*, Don Callis threw a screwdriver to Ospreay, with Ospreay blindsiding and hitting Omega's head with it. Omega then delivered the Storm Breaker, only to Omega's feet reach the ropes. Ospreay then delivered a brainbuster and a *One-Winged Angel* for a one-count. Ospreay then delivered a *Tiger Driver '91*, the *Hidden Blade* and a *Storm Breaker* to win the IWGP United States Championship.

In the penultimate match, Le Suzuki Gods (Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara and Minoru Suzuki) faced Sting, Darby Allin and Tetsuya Naito. In the closing stages, as Jericho was attempting the Stinger Splash, Sting countered it into the Scorpion Deathlock, but Guevara broke up the submission with a diving cutter. Guevara then delivered an avalanche Spanish Fly to Darby for a two-count. Jericho then delivered a *Judas Effect* to Darby, but Naito then delivered a swinging neckbreaker to Jericho. Guevara then delivered a 630° senton to Sting through the table. As Darby was attempting the Coffin Drop, Suzuki countered it into a sleeper hold, but Darby then reversed it into a pin for a two-count. As Suzuki was attempting the Gotch-style Piledriver, Naito blocked it, but Jericho delivered a Codebreaker to Naito for a two-count. Naito then delivered a lariat and the *Destino* to Suzuki for the win.

### Main event

In the main event, Bryan Danielson faced Kazuchika Okada. In the opening stages, Okada delivered a sliding dropkick and a big boot, but Danielson then delivered a diving knee strike from the apron to the outside. Okada then delivered a flapjack, a DDT and an *Heavy Rain* for a two-count. Danielson then locked in the Cattle Mutilation, but Okada escaped the submission attempt. Danielson then delivered Hammer and Anvil elbow strikes and a shotgun dropkick. As Okada was attempting the Rainmaker, Danielson escaped it into a dropkick. Danielson then locked in the LeBell lock, but Okada reached the ropes. Danielson then delivered a Penalty Kick and a Busaiku Knee to Okada on the outside. Okada then delivered a tombstone piledriver on the ramp to Danielson. As Okada was attempting the *Rainmaker*, Danielson dodged it into the *Busaiku Knee*. Danielson then delivered a roundhouse kick, but Okada immediately delivered a Michinoku Driver and the *Rainmaker* for a two-count. Okada then delivered a diving elbow drop onto Danielson's arm, forcing Danielson into pain. Danielson then delivered the Busaiku Knee, but Okada responded with a dropkick. Danielson then delivered an omoplata into the LeBell lock forcing Okada to tap out.

## Reception

The event became officially the biggest live gate in AEW's history at about $1.2 million U.S. dollars. It was also down 19.6% for television buys from last year's event. The event received generally positive reviews, with the AEW International Championship match, the 10-man tag team match, the IWGP US Championship match and the main event receiving more praise. Wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer of the *Wrestling Observer Newsletter* rated the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship match 6 stars (the highest rated match both on the card and in AEW's history).

## Results

### Zero Hour

 2P | Mogul Embassy (Swerve Strickland, Brian Cage, Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona) (with Prince Nana) defeated Beretta, Chuck Taylor, Rocky Romero and El Desperado | Eight-man tag team match
 3P | Athena defeated Billie Starkz
 4P | El Phantasmo defeated Stu Grayson
 5P | *Los Ingobernables de Japón* (Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi and BUSHI) defeated United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Kyle Fletcher and TJP)

* (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
* – refers to the video of that match
* **D** – indicates the match was a dark match
* **P** – indicates the match took place on the pre-show

## Notes

1. ↑ Juice Robinson was originally scheduled to face Archer in the first round. However, Robinson was suspended due to Robinson assaulting Fred Rosser and the referee nearby before their match at Capital Collision, as a result Robinson was replaced by Rosser.

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