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Rocky Romero Details Challenges In Putting Together Forbidden Door, Praises David Finlay
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Rocky Romero says Forbidden Door is one of the trickiest shows to put together each year, explaining why in a new interview. Romero is part of both NJPW and AEW, serving as a liaison between the two companies. As such, he has a particular insight into what it takes to put on the crossover PPV.
Romero went into a bit of detail on the show in an interview on Pep Shop Collectibles. He also took some time out to praise AEW star David Finlay as well. You can see highlights below (per Fightful):
On Forbidden Door:
“This is probably the most difficult show to put together every year. No matter how much pre-planning you can do… the first Forbidden Door was injuries. I think we still had — you know, we were dealing with COVID a little bit… That wasn’t an easy show to put together but we definitely got through it and it ended up being really great, and obviously the next year. But yeah, this is a show that no matter what you do, how much planning you could do, there’s always gonna be some kind of monkey wrench thrown into it.
“And you know, there was one year, I think it was two years ago, where we just had injury after injury after injury so, plans kept changing and changing and changing and then it was like, ‘There’s only so much you could do…’ Going into that too, we have to appease each company. If they’re gonna send a talent, that talent might be challenging for the World Title around the same time in their home promotion so, maybe that’s not a great matchup to go against this person or that person. There’s so many things that go into it, that you have to think about and respect and honor for your partners, but also trying to get the best group of people together for the fans, for Forbidden Door so, it’s a really difficult event to put on. But that’s also what makes it unique.”
On Finlay:
“For me, David Finlay is so good. So underrated, so good. He’s been probably the most underrated wrestler for the last three or four years, you know, in the world.”
