Bully Ray added that while the Madison Square Garden show was initially sold on the promise of AEW talent like Cody Rhodes, Kenny Omega, and The Young Bucks, he didn’t hear many complaints come showtime.

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“I believe that the majority bought tickets to Madison Square Garden because there was going to be a show there, and everybody wanted to be a part of history,” Bully explained. His co-host Tommy Dreamer believes that Bully is right in spirit, but ultimately the term “Forbidden Door,” which was coined by Hiroshi Tanahashi to refer specifically to AEW, is outright owned by the company.

Bully fired back, stating that the AEW and NJPW relationship doesn’t feel very forbidden at the moment, especially since NJPW has a long history of working with other promotions. The WWE Hall of Famer feels the only real “forbidden door” lies between competing companies.

“When it comes to the term ‘Forbidden Door’ there are only two examples I can give — if we saw an AEW talent show up on WWE programming and vice versa,” Bully said. “How would you react if you saw a CMLL talent show up on AAA television or vice versa?”

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