Jun 29, 2:09 AM
Hiroshi Tanahashi runs off Jon Moxley after Shota Umino is 'damn near killed' by the Death Riders
KayfabeWire
Tonight’s (June 28) Forbidden Door pay-per-view featured IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion Shota Umino defending the gold against “The Bastard” PAC. The craziest spot of the match brought back memories of those crazy Mike Awesome vs. Masato Tanaka matches from ECW and Japan 25+ years ago when PAC powerbombed Umino from the ring through a table on the outside. The nasty bump prompted AEW commentator Nigel McGuiness to say it “damn near killed” Umino. The fighting spirit of @Shooter_us can not be so easily distinguished, but @BASTARDPAC sends him FLYING into the table below! Watch #ForbiddenDoor LIVE on HBO Max PPV pic.twitter.com/q1zZMGqC3l — All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) June 29, 2026 It turns out that Umino was not dead from the Awesome Bomb, as he came back to win the match and retain the title. PAC’s Death Rider stablemate Jon Moxley entered the ring after the match was over to confront Umino, his former protege. But out came NJPW President Hiroshi Tanahashi to run Moxley out of the