A challenge for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship was accepted for AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door. After Jon Moxley successfully retained the title at Forbidden Door, he said he would defend the title anywhere at any time and asked for anyone to come to the ring to challenge him. After a pause, Tetsuya Naito came out and issued the challenge for Forbidden Door later this month in New York. Moxley accepted the challenge.
Moxley defeated Naito back at Windy City Riot in February to win the title for the first time and has defended the title both in NJPW and in AEW, most notably defeating Powerhouse Hobbs on an episode of AEW Dynamite. At Sunday’s Dominion event in Osaka-jo Hall, Moxley retained the title by defeating EVIL in a lumberjack match. The finish had Moxley give EVIL the death rider on top of a barbed wire baseball bat to remain IWGP World Champion. EVIL and the rest of House of Torture have spent most of the year terrorizing the company with their antics, leading to Moxley bringing in the third generation of NJPW stars to assist him during the lumberjack match.