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The 2025 Forbidden Door is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and supershow co-produced by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and the Japan-based New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It will be the fourth annual Forbidden Door event and will take place on August 24, 2025, in London, England, at a to be ...
AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event co-promoted by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and the Japanese promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Established in 2022, it is held annually during the summer and features direct competition between wrestlers from the two promotions.
Jul 1, 2024 · Forbidden Door is officially in the books! All Elite Wrestling’s latest collaboration with New Japan went down at Elmont’s UBS Arena. The main show featured 10 matches.
Jun 28, 2024 · AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2024 Start Time, How to Watch. AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door goes down this Sunday, June 30th at 8 PM ET, available to stream on various pay-per-view...
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Background
In February 2021, the American professional wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) started a partnership with the Japanese promotion, New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). After a year of AEW and NJPW wrestlers appearing on each other's shows, the two companies co-promoted a pay-per-view (PPV) event titled Forbidden Door in June 2022.The event took its name from the same term often used by AEW when referring to working with other professional wrestling promotions. On March 15, 2023, a second...
Storylines
Forbidden Door featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines.< On the April 26 episode of AEW Dynamite, AEW president Tony Khan announced that tournament matches for the second annual Owen Hart Cup would occur at Forbidden Door. On the June 21 episode, the brackets were revealed, with two matches to be held during the PPV: ROH Women's World Champion Athena facing Billie Starkz in the women's tournament during the pre-...
Zero Hour
There were four matches contested on the Zero Hour pre-show, with one taped as a dark match. In the opening contest, Mogul Embassy (Swerve Strickland, Brian Cage, Toa Liona, and Bishop Kaun) (with Prince Nana) faced El Desperado and Chaos (Rocky Romero, Chuck Taylor, and Trent Beretta). In the closing stages, Beretta delivered the Strong Zero on Swerve, but Kaun broke up the pin. As Romero was attempting the Shiranui, Cage and Swerve avoided it and delivered an F-10/DDT combo; Swerve then del...
Preliminary matches
In the opening contest, MJF defended the AEW World Championship against Hiroshi Tanahashi. In the opening stages, Tanahashi delivered a flying forearm, a middle-rope senton and a diving crossbody for a two-count. Tanahashi then delivered a sling blade, but as he was attempting the High Fly Flow, MJF prevented it and delivered a double underhook shoulder breaker for a two-count. Tanahashi then locked in the Texas Cloverleaf, but MJF escaped. As Tanahashi was attempting another High Fly Flow, M...
Main event
In the main event, Bryan Danielson faced Kazuchika Okada. In the opening stages, Okada delivered a sliding dropkick and a big boot, but Danielson then delivered a diving knee strike from the apron to the outside. Okada then delivered a flapjack, a DDT and an Air Raid Crash neckbreaker for a two-count. Danielson then locked in the Cattle Mutilation, but Okada escaped the submission attempt. Danielson then delivered Hammer and Anvil elbow strikes and a shotgun dropkick. As Okada was attempting...
The event received widespread acclaim, particularly for the IWGP U.S. Championship match between Kenny Omega & Will Ospreay with many hailing it as one of the best wrestling matches of all time. Critics also praised the International Championship match, the 10-man tag team match, and the main event between Danielson and Okada. Wrestling journalist ...
Jun 30, 2024 · All Elite Wrestling x New Japan Pro Wrestling: Forbidden Door: With Stephon Strickland, Will Ospreay, Jonathan Good, Tetsuya Naito. Swerve Strickland (c) defends the AEW World Championship against Will Ospreay. The TBS Champion Mercedes Moné faces off the NJPW Strong Women's Champion Stephanie Vaquer in a Title for Title match.
As the x-factor, the dark horse, Clark Connors would love to sneak in the Forbidden Door, and take this title back to NJPW with him! Can he pull off this feat on Sunday night? Will it be The House of Black or Death Triangle who brings the championship into their fold?
