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Post-Show Notes:
-Dean Malenko praised several of the matchups, saying their styles blended together. No shit, Dean...it's almost like I researched the stats before I put the card together.
-Suzuki and Orange were the only match where the guys really didn't have THAT similar of styles, which was by design since that was meant to be a bizarre social experiment of a match I'd love to see in real life. And they're over so it worked. ***1/4 being the worst match on a loaded card is ridiculous.
-My one booking fuck-up was I accidentally got Suzuki docked overness. It wasn't because he lost to Orange (Oranges' overness rating is higher) but it's presumably because he did the handshake afterwards despite being a heel with a Bad Ass gimmick. Oops, please don't hurt me, Suzuki-san.
-The way the show was going I swear I was ready for Okada/Danielson to get to 5 stars. In hindsight, their stats are at least somewhat more different compared to some of the others on there. Plus add in MJF being like 97 over with 97 charisma and it being a world title match, I get it. Still, last year's show ended with an AEW Title match going on last with Mox going over Tanahashi, so it seemed fair to put a NJPW guy over in the finale. Plus in real life Danielson/Okada is happening Sunday and man I hope they close out the show.
-Speaking of fair, NJPW went 5-4 on the PPV but add Miro's win over Cobb and it's 5-5 on the weekend. Par for the course for an interpromotional arrangement. Last year's Forbidden Door featured a bunch of tags with guys mixed in from both promotions on each side so it wasn't a full-on promotion vs. promotion match like I was shooting for here.
-Following his surprise debut, Kota Ibushi has signed with AEW full-time. In real-life his NJPW contract expired this year, in this game data he's a free agent with no Japanese commitments, so I signed him on literal day one just waiting for this moment.
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