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6 Matches Added To AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door This Sunday – Updated Lineup

All Elite Wrestling have announced that the following matches have been added to this Sunday’s AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door event in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. — CM Punk vs. Satoshi Kojima in a Men’s Owen Hart Cup Tournament First Round Match. — Orange Cassidy (c) vs. Katsuyori Shibata vs. Daniel Garcia vs. Zack Sabre Jr. Continue Reading »
Men’s Owen Hart Tournament Match Set For AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door This Sunday

All Elite Wrestling revealed the brackets for the Owen Hart Cup Tournament during Wednesday’s episode of AEW Dynamite, with the revelation that CM Punk will face off against Satoshi Kojima in a First Round Match as part of this Sunday’s AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door pay-per-view. The winner of that match will face off against Continue Reading »
Two Segments Added To AEW Dynamite Tomorrow Night – Updated Lineup

All Elite Wrestling have announced that Bryan Danielson will call out Kazuchika Okada on tomorrow night’s episode of AEW Dynamite ahead of the two facing off as part of the AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door II event this Sunday. Also set for the show is an appearance from Eddie Kingston addressing his return to the Continue Reading »
Updated Lineup For AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door II On June 25th

All Elite Wrestling have confirmed that the following matches will take place as part of the AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door II event on Sunday, June 25th at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Match SANADA (c) vs. “Jungle Boy” Jack Perry. AEW World Championship Match MJF (c) vs. Hiroshi Continue Reading »
Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada Officially Confirmed For AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door

All Elite Wrestling have officially confirmed that Bryan Danielson will face off against Kazuchika Okada as part of the AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door event on Sunday, June 25th. The announcement comes after Danielson appeared via video at the NJPW Dominion event, issuing the challenge to Okada, which Okada accepted, teasing that the match would Continue Reading »
Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay Officially Confirmed For AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door

All Elite Wrestling have officially confirmed that Kenny Omega will put his IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship on the line against Will Ospreay as part of the AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door event on Sunday, June 25th. The match is a rematch from NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 where Omega defeated Ospreay to become the new Continue Reading »
Bryan Danielson Issues Challenge To Kazuchika Okada; Okada Teases Possible Match At AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door

All Elite Wrestling star Bryan Danielson made an appearance via video during today’s NJPW Dominion event at the Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan. Following the match for the NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Championships that saw Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Tomohiro Ishii successfully retain their titles against Blackpool Combat Club’s Jon Moxley, Claudio Continue Reading »
Will Ospreay Earns IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship Match; Will Face Kenny Omega At AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door

Will Ospreay earned a shot at the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship (currently held by Kenny Omega) at today’s NJPW Dominion event, defeating Lance Archer in the finals of the #1 Contender’s Tournament. As a result of his victory, Ospreay will challenge Kenny Omega for the title as part of the AEW x NJPW Forbidden Continue Reading »
Orange Cassidy Issues Challenge To Zack Sabre Jr. For AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door

AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy took part in the post-AEW Double or Nothing media scrum and discussed several topics, including a potential opponent for the AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door event. Issuing a challenge to NJPW WORLD Television Champion, Orange Cassidy stated, “If you know me, I just never want to wrestle, I wrestle when Continue Reading »
All Elite Wrestling Announce 6-Date Canadian Tour; Date & Location Officially Confirmed For Forbidden Door II

All Elite Wrestling sent out the following: AEW Announces Massive Six-Show Summer Canadian Tour Kicking off with the Return of Forbidden Door in Toronto, AEW Will Host Shows in Three Provinces across June and July March 15, 2023 – AEW CEO, GM and Head of Creative Tony Khan today announced that AEW will begin a Continue Reading »
AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door II Listed For June 24th

The second All Elite Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling: Forbidden Door II event is listed to take place on June 24th, 2023, according to Spectrum Cable, with the event priced at $49.99. The event is listed among other upcoming events including WWE: WrestleMania 39 Part 1 (priced at $29.99), WWE: WrestleMania 39 Part 2 Continue Reading »
Tony Khan Reveals AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door Did Over $5 Million On Pay-Per-View

All Elite Wrestling President Tony Khan revealed recently on his official Twitter account that last Sunday’s AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door event did over $5 million on pay-per-view. Additionally, Khan revealed that the event also did over $1 million in ticket sales. Thank you to everyone, especially wrestling fans around the world, who made last Continue Reading »
Kazuchika Okada Discusses Appearing At AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door, Chicago Crowd & More

New Japan Pro Wrestling star Kazuchika Okada took part in the post-AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door media scrum and discussed his appearance at the event, the crowd in Chicago and more. Okada, who largely spoke through translator Chris Charlton, said that the crowd in Chicago were great and that he hopes that as the restrictions Continue Reading »
Claudio Castagnoli Discusses His Surprise AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door Appearance, Potential Opponents & More

Newly-signed All Elite Wrestling star Claudio Castagnoli (the former Cesaro in WWE) took part in the post-AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door media scrum and discussed his surprise appearance, potential opponents and more. Castagnoli stated that his familiarity with a large portion of the All Elite Wrestling roster and the circumstances to sign made it the Continue Reading »
FTR Discuss Their IWGP Tag Team Championships Victory, Plans To Defend The Titles In Japan & More

Newly-crowned IWGP Tag Team Champions FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) took part in the post-AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door media scrum and discussed their title victory, plans to defend the titles in Japan and more. Harwood and Wheeler said that they have had their eyes on defending the titles in Japan for a while Continue Reading »
Jon Moxley Discusses His Match Against Hiroshi Tanahashi; Why He Feels Joy In Wrestling Right Now

Interim AEW World Champion Jon Moxley took part in the post-AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door media scrum and discussed his match against Hiroshi Tanahashi, as well as why he feels a joy in wrestling right now. “That feeling, when you’re doing what you were put on Earth to do, like the absolute pleasure of being Continue Reading »
Tony Khan Discusses Success Of AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door, Debut Of Claudio Castagnoli & More

All Elite Wrestling President and CEO Tony Khan took part in the post-AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door media scrum and discussed several topics, including the success of the show, the debut of Claudio Castagnoli (fka Cesaro in WWE) and more. Khan said that anything over 100,000 worldwide pay-per-view buys is what he would consider a Continue Reading »
AEW x NJPW Results: Forbidden Door – Chicago, IL (6/26)

The following results are from a recent All Elite Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling co-promoted event. The event took place on June 26th, 2022 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois and aired live on Bleacher Report and FITE TV. AEW x NJPW: FORBIDDEN DOOR ~ THE BUY-IN (PRE-SHOW) Tag Team Match Bishamon (YOSHI-HASHI Continue Reading »
Interim AEW World Champion Crowned

All Elite Wrestling crowned the Interim AEW World Champion during tonight’s AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door event at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois as Jon Moxley defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to become the interim Champion. Earlier in the night, FTR defeated The United Empire and Roppongi Vice to become the new IWGP Tag Team Champions, Continue Reading »
Claudio Castagnoli Makes AEW Debut At AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door; Unveiled As Newest Blackpool Combat Club Member

Claudio Castagnoli, the former Cesaro in WWE, made his All Elite Wrestling debut during tonight’s AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door event as the mystery opponent for Zack Sabre Jr., personally chosen by Bryan Danielson. Castagnoli will be a member of the Blackpool Combat Club going forward alongside Bryan Danielson, Jon Moxley, Wheeler YUTA and William Continue Reading »