KENTA being discussed for major Forbidden Door match (Patreon)

AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door won Fightful’s fan vote for Event of the Year in 2022, and it’s already off to a big start with a sellout crowd and two huge matches announced.

But wait, there’s more.

This week, NJPW star KENTA tweeted that he’d be interested in working the Forbidden Door if the money is right. It would appear that the money is right, because Fightful Select learned this week that the working plan was for KENTA to work the show. KENTA actually worked AEW Dynamite back in April 2021, teaming with Kenny Omega to face Jon Moxley and Lance Archer.

We haven’t heard that KENTA’s deal to appear at the show is finalized, but both companies are operating on the assumption that he is. However, the internally discussed opponent brings a different gravity to the situation. We’ve learned that CM Punk has been discussed as KENTA’s opponent, which could help bring closure to an over-decade back and forth between the two.

Throughout their careers, each man has taken shots at the other, emanating from Punk using KENTA’S Go 2 Sleep finishing move. KENTA said recently he no longer cares about that, but wants a lot of money for Forbidden Door.