Zack Sabre Jr. challenges Orange Cassidy for AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door
A year after they did battle in a four-way, Zack Sabre Jr. has declared that he will return for this month’s AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door and wants to face Orange Cassidy.
On a video package that played during Saturday’s AEW Collision, Sabre Jr. referred to last year’s bout for Cassidy’s then-International title in which he defeated Sabre Jr., Daniel Garcia and Katsuyori Shibata to retain.
The two have yet to face each other one-on-one, but have shared the ring twice: once in the aforementioned four-way which was preceded by a tag match with all four combatants.
Cassidy did not answer Sabre Jr.’s challenge Saturday as he picked up a win over Kyle O’Reilly and was then attacked by Trent Beretta and Kyle Fletcher.
Sabre Jr. lost to Claudio Castagnoli on the inaugural show while Cassidy fell to then-IWGP U.S. Champion Will Ospreay.
Here’s the current confirmed card for the Sunday, June 30th card:
- AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland defends against Will Ospreay
- TBS Champion Mercedes Mone defends against NJPW Women’s Strong Champion Stephanie Vaquer
- AEW Women’s Champion Toni Storm defends against Mina Shirakawa
- Ladder match for the vacant TNT Championship: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Mark Briscoe vs. TBD participants