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Rumor killer regarding “Forbidden Door” names that WWE considered for the 2022 Royal Rumble

Aaron Rift

As seen during the 2022 WWE Royal Rumble, the company brought back several names from the past including Mickie James who was the Impact Wrestling Knockouts champion at the time. Some new information has come out in regards to people that WWE actually considered for the match. While names such as Jon Moxley and Bryan Danielson had been rumored, Twitter account @WrestleVotes noted the following to Louis Dangoor of GiveMeSport.com…

“It was never on the table for it to be anybody from AEW. That I know for sure. They agreed to have Mickie James wearing the IMPACT title, so I know the idea was ‘if we do it in the women’s, shouldn’t we do it in the men’s?’”

The following was also stated in regards to the men’s Rumble match and Vince McMahon…

“From what I understand, a list of four or five guys was presented, and Vince didn’t like any of them, so that’s where it ended. Vince doesn’t know every single wrestler outside of the WWE, so when this list was presented, there was nothing that jumped out at him. I’m not even quite sure he recognised the four or five or six guys that they said, ‘we can probably do this.’”