Mark Briscoe Vouches Hard for Konosuke Takeshita Ahead of Forbidden Door Cage Match: ‘I’d Let Him Babysit My Kids’

Mark Briscoe isn’t just calling Konosuke Takeshita a tag team partner — he’s calling him family-approved.

With AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door arriving this weekend, Briscoe made clear just how much faith he has in the NJPW star, going so far as to say he trusts Takeshita enough to let him babysit his children. It’s a colorful way to put it, but it underscores the kind of genuine bond Briscoe is projecting heading into one of the biggest multi-man matches on the card.

At Forbidden Door, a 12-man tag team steel cage match is scheduled, pitting Team Briscoe against Team MJF. The addition of a steel cage to a 12-man format raises the stakes considerably — there’s nowhere to run, no outside interference, and a lot of bodies packed into an unforgiving structure. For Briscoe, having Takeshita in his corner with that level of mutual trust isn’t just a feel-good storyline beat; it could be the difference in a chaotic match environment where you have to know who has your back.

The AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door crossover events have become a showcase for exactly this kind of inter-promotional chemistry, and Briscoe and Takeshita represent one of the more intriguing partnerships the format has produced. Whether that trust pays off inside the cage remains to be seen, but Briscoe is clearly going in with full confidence in his squad heading into the weekend.