AEW: Samoa Joe, Shibata and Hobbs, winners

In the most recent edition of the Great PPV of AEW, called AEWXNJPW Forbidden Door 2025, we saw a great struggle of trios where The Opps (Samoa Joe, Katsuyori Shibata and Powerhouse Hobbs) came out winners against Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney and Robbie X of the Bullet Club War Dogs of NJPW.

The fight began with Shibata and Connors exchanging blows, while Riccaboni mentioned that Shibata had trained Connors. Shibata launched Connors out of the ring and crashed it against the barricades, gestures to the public before returning to the quadrilateral4.

► In this way, The OPPS beat the BULLET CLUB War Dogs

Connors took advantage with a Shoulder Tackle and gave the relay to Maloney, who was arrested by Shibata, who threw him to the corner and gave Joe relief. Both exchanged elbows, but Maloney knocked Joe with flying kicks. Robbie X entered and tried to overcome Joe in blows, but Joe dodged him and recreated his famous viral moment with serpentic by avoiding a Robbie X flyer.

Joe gave the relay to Shibata, who dominated X on the corner and looked for the account, but X raised his shoulder. Shibata put him in a lock and bounced on the ropes, but Connors He pulled outside while Maloney removed Joe from the ring's eyebrow.

Hobbs intervened outside and knocked Connors. Shibata returned to the ring, but X took impulse and connected a senton, although Shibata raised his shoulder. X gave the relay to Maloney, who exchanged machetes with Shibata and took control, until Connors entered and tried to cover Shibata, who raised his shoulder again, causing Connors to hit him repeatedly. Shibata turned on and gave over to Hobbs for the first time.

Hobbs dominated opponents alone, strongly hitting Maloney in the corner and then knocking him down with a lariat. Connors surprised with a Chop Block, while X cleared Joe and Sibata from the frying eyebrow.

The War Dogs punished Hobbs and looked for the account, but Hobbs raised his shoulder. Maloney tried a Drilla Killa, but Hobbs countered him and gave the relief to Joe, while Maloney gave relief to X. Joe connected a Powerslam on X, but Connors broke the account.

Connors and Maloney attacked Joe while X climbed into the third rope, but Shibata demolished him and avoided the intervention of Gedo. This allowed Hobbs to resume the advantage over Maloney, culminating With Joe applying a Muscle Buster about Robbie X for victory.