You’ll never guess who showed up at the AEW Rampage tapings. Don’t read any further if you don’t want it spoiled.
“Filthy” Tom Lawler showed up and attacked Cole to set up a match for AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door. You can see a photo of Lawler attacking Cole below. This would be Lawlor’s first-ever appearance in AEW.
Now with Lawlor vs. Cole added, here is the updated card for Forbidden Door:
AEW World Championship
MJF (Champion) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
Kenny Omega (c) vs. Will Ospreay
Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada
Women’s Owen Hart Cup Tournament first round match
Athena vs. Billie Starkz
Men’s Owen Hart Cup Tournament first round match
CM Punk vs. Satoshi Kojima
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
Sanada (Champion) vs. Jack Perry
AEW Women’s World Championship
Toni Storm vs. Willow Nightingale
AEW International Championship – Four-Way Match
Orange Cassidy (Champion) vs. Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Katsuyori Shibata vs. Daniel Garcia
Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara, and Minoru Suzuki vs. Sting, Darby Allin, and TBA
Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta, and Claudio Castagnoli), Konosuke Takeshita, and Shota Umino vs. The Elite (“Hangman” Adam Page, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson), Eddie Kingston, and Tomohiro Ishii
Adam Cole vs. “Filthy” Tom Lawlor
Filthy Tom Lawlor vs Adam Cole for Forbidden Door! pic.twitter.com/bkOuUYThIZ
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