{"id":113956,"date":"2022-06-08T22:49:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T02:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=113956"},"modified":"2022-06-08T22:49:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T02:49:26","slug":"jon-moxley-interim-aew-title-forbidden-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/06\/08\/jon-moxley-interim-aew-title-forbidden-door\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Moxley to Challenge for Interim AEW World Championship at Forbidden Door"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the June 7, 2022 edition of <strong><em>AEW Dynamite<\/em><\/strong>, a Battle Royale opened the show. This match had high stakes; the winner of this match would face #1 contender <strong>Jon Moxley<\/strong> in the main event to determine a challenger for the Interim AEW World Championship at <strong><em>AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door<\/em><\/strong> on June 26. This past Friday, on <strong><em>AEW Rampage<\/em><\/strong>, AEW World Champion <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/06\/03\/cm-punk-relinquishes-aew-world-championship\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>CM Punk<\/strong> announced he would be stepping away<\/a> from in-ring competition due to injury, though he would remain champion. In the meantime, an interim titleholder will be decided at <em>Forbidden Door<\/em>. <strong>Kyle O&#8217;Reilly<\/strong> won the aforementioned Battle Royale, advancing to this week&#8217;s main event on <em>Dynamite<\/em>. Despite a valiant effort by the Battle Royale victor, the match was won by Jon Moxley, who will go onto <em>Forbidden Door<\/em> to challenge for the Interim AEW World Championship.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PARADIGM SHIFT for the win and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonMoxley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JonMoxley<\/a> heads right for the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ForbiddenDoor?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ForbiddenDoor<\/a> on Sunday June 26 LIVE on PPV! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWDynamite?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWDynamite<\/a> is LIVE on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TBSNetwork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TBSNetwork<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gqrdwIBL7s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/gqrdwIBL7s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEW\/status\/1534717428973850625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Jon Moxley Aims for Interim AEW World Title at Forbidden Door<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>What to Know Following Main Event Victory on AEW Dynamite<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Jon Moxley is only one part of the upcoming interim AEW world title match at <em>Forbidden Door<\/em>. On June 12, at <strong>New Japan Pro-Wrestling&#8217;s<\/strong> <em><strong>Dominion<\/strong><\/em> event, <strong>Hirooki Goto<\/strong> will face <strong>Hiroshi Tanahashi<\/strong> in an Eliminator Match, the winner advancing to <em>Forbidden Door<\/em> to face Moxley. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/06\/01\/hiroshi-tanahashi-aew\/\" target=\"_self\">Tanahashi made his first AEW appearance<\/a> on the June 1 edition of <em>Dynamite<\/em>, appearing after CM Punk and <strong>FTR&#8217;s<\/strong> tag team victory. It appeared that Tanahashi issued a challenge to Punk for the AEW World Championship prior to the latter&#8217;s injury.<\/p>\n<p>Moxley is no stranger to the AEW World Championship scene. He became the second world titleholder in AEW history, defeating inaugural champion <strong>Chris Jericho<\/strong> at <strong><em>AEW Revolution<\/em><\/strong> in February 2020, holding the title for 277 days. During his reign, Moxley defended the championship against such names as <strong>Darby Allin<\/strong>, <strong>Eddie Kingston<\/strong>, <strong>MJF<\/strong>, and the late <strong>Mr. Brodie Lee<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/12\/02\/andnew-kenny-omega-aew-world-championship\/\" target=\"_self\">Moxley would eventually drop the title to <strong>Kenny Omega<\/strong><\/a> at <strong><em>AEW Dynamite: Winter is Coming<\/em><\/strong> the following December.<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world. As well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.\u00a0 You can catch AEW Dynamite Wednesday nights at 8 PM ET on TBS and AEW Dark: Elevation (Monday nights) and AEW: Dark (Tuesday nights) at 7 PM ET on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCFN4JkGP_bVhAdBsoV9xftA\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>. AEW Rampage airs on TNT at 10 PM EST every Friday night.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the June 7, 2022 edition of AEW Dynamite, a Battle Royale opened the show. This match had high stakes; the winner of this match would face #1 contender Jon Moxley in the main event to determine a challenger for the Interim AEW World Championship at AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door on June 26. 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