Luke Gallows Discusses AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door, Is Unsure of How Well the Co-Promotion Strategy Works

During a recent appearance on Busted Open Radio, former NJPW and WWE wrestler Luke Gallows discussed the annual AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door event, and he was asked if the event benefits NJPW as much as it does AEW, since the show more heavily highlights AEW stars. Below are some highlights (via WrestlingInc.com):

Luke Gallows on if Forbidden Door benefits NJPW as much as it does AEW: “Man, that’s a tough, tough, tough question, because I think on paper, you know — we all read everything, and I’m not involved in any of those companies in any way right now anyway — but I don’t know that it always helps whenever for 11 months out of the year, we’re geared toward AEW and AEW storylines with some New Japan talent sprinkled in.”

On why he thinks it was underplayed: “And then all of a sudden — and I didn’t see the last one — but I know in previous years, sometimes it just felt like these Japanese guys would show up who, like, to me — I consider myself kind of a Japanese wrestler and a Japanese wrestling fan, this is a big deal to me — but it didn’t feel like WWF versus WCW because it would be like if no one knew the WCW players, and a lot of times I felt like some of these AEW fans are kind of just like, well, who are these Japanese guys on my TV? And it was underplayed a little bit, and I don’t know if there’s any way that you really fix that other than this is just this one-off cool event we do once a year.”