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Hirooki Goto vs Hiroshi Tanahashi set for AEW Interim Championship clash at Dominion!

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This Wednesday on AEW Dynamite, Hiroshi Tanahashi answered a challenge from AEW World Champion CM Punk for Forbidden Door in the United Center in Chicago on June 26.
 
On Friday June 3, Punk announced that he was injured and would be requiring surgery. As a result, he will not be competing at Forbidden Door, but will not vacate the AEW World Championship. Instead, an Interim AEW World Champion will be crowned at Forbidden Door in an NJPW vs AEW singles match.
 
Representing AEW will be the winner of a match between former AEW Champion Jon Moxley and the winner of an all-star battle royal, both matches taking place June 8 on AEW Dynamite. 
 
For NJPW, Hiroshi Tanahashi’s position as de facto challenger will itself be challenged. Hirooki Goto will face Tanahashi for his contendership on June 12 in a new match added to Dominion in Osaka Jo Hall. Goto and Tanahashi’s long and storied rivalry, dating back nearly two decades and highlighted with multiple classic matches will be reignited, with a golden opportunity in AEW at stake at Dominion!
 

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