Jack Perry won the TNT Championship that his Elite cohorts tried to gift him.
Perry won a six-man ladder match that pulled out all of the stops at Forbidden Door. Takeshita looked to be in control after a Blue Thunder Bomb through tables on the floor, but Mark Briscoe stopped him from climbing the ladder.
The finish of the match saw Perry run in and attack Briscoe, taking him out with a chairshot. Perry stepped over Briscoe before climbing the ladder and unhooking the title, officially winning the TNT Championship for the first time. This is Perry’s third title reign recognized by AEW, as he is a former FTW Champion and AEW World Tag Team Champion.
AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door results
Check out a recap of the match, courtesy of our live coverage page:
Ladder Match For TNT Championship: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Mark Briscoe vs. Jack Perry vs. Dante Martin vs. Lio Rush vs. El Phantasmo
The match quickly breaks down as the competitors battle it out. The participants grab ladders and throw them at each other. Briscoe throws a chair at Rush’s head. Perry is left by himself, and he goes to climb, but he gets stopped. He grounds Rush. Briscoe gets hit by a falling ladder and lands on the floor. Phantasmo hits Rush with a spinning slam onto a ladder. Takeshita slams a ladder into Martin’s head.
Briscoe puts a ladder around his head and hits his opponents. He throws the ladder at Rush. Briscoe dives over the ropes and onto Takeshita, putting him through a table while he was under a ladder.
Perry hits Rush with a ladder. Phantasmo meets him at the top of a ladder. Martin and Phantasmo battle on top of a ladder, but Perry knocks them down. Martin seemingly lands badly on his leg. Briscoe battles with Takeshita. Briscoe dives off a ladder and onto Perry while he’s laid out on a table. Martin goes for the title and meets Rush at the top of the ladder. Takeshita dumps Martin with a powerbomb. Takeshita slams Rush onto a ladder. ELP drills him with a kick. Takeshita fires back with a stiff strike and slams Perry through a table with a Blue Thunder Bomb.
Takeshita goes to get the title, but Briscoe stops him. Briscoe hits a Jay Driller onto a ladder. Perry hits Briscoe with a ladder. He hits Briscoe with a chair and unhooks the title.
Winner and new TNT Champion: Jack Perry
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