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New Forbidden Door AEW World title match stipulations announced

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Three new stipulations are official for Sunday’s AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door AEW World title match.

Champion Hangman Page and challenger MJF agreed to the new stips for the bout during Wednesday’s Dynamite after MJF, Ricochet, and Gates of Agony kidnapped Mark Briscoe and threatened to set him on fire should Page not agree to MJF’s conditions.

As agreed to, the AEW World title can change hands at Forbidden Door via a countout of Page. Also, a disqualification of Page would lead to a title change. Finally, MJF is no longer using his guaranteed title shot won at All In in the Casino Gauntlet match, meaning that MJF still has another title opportunity in his back pocket.

The updated Forbidden Door lineup:

AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door, Sunday, August 24 —

  • AEW World Champion Hangman Page defends against MJF
  • AEW Unified Champion Kazuchika Okada defends against Swerve Strickland
  • AEW World Tag Team Champions The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin) defend against FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) and Brodido (Brody King & Bandido) in a three-way
  • Adam Copeland & Christian Cage vs. Killswitch & Kip Sabian
  • AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm defends against Athena
  • TBS Women’s Champion Mercedes Mone defends against Alex Windsor, Persephone and Stardom TBD in a four-way
  • IWGP World Champion Zack Sabre Jr. defends against Nigel McGuinness
  • TNT Champion Kyle Fletcher defends against Hiromu Takahashi
  • Lights out steel cage match: Darby Allin, Will Ospreay, Kenny Omega, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi vs. The Death Riders (Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli), Gabe Kidd & The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson)

CMLL reveals AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door TBS title match representative

Posted on by Ethan Renner

CMLL has revealed which wrestler they will send to London to represent the promotion in the TBS title match set for AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door.

On Wednesday’s CMLL Informa talk show, the promotion announced that Persephone will challenge for the TBS Championship in the four-way set for the show. Mercedes Mone will defend against Persephone, Alex Windsor, and a representative from Stardom yet to be announced.

The updated Forbidden Door lineup:

AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door, Sunday, August 24 on pay-per-view —

  • AEW World Champion Hangman Page defends against MJF
  • AEW Unified Champion Kazuchika Okada defends against Swerve Strickland
  • AEW Tag Team Champions The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin) defend against winner of Tag Team title eliminator tournament
  • Adam Copeland & Christian Cage vs. Nick Wayne & Kip Sabian
  • AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm defends against Athena
  • TBS Women’s Champion Mercedes Mone defends against Alex Windsor, Persephone and Stardom TBD
  • TNT Champion Kyle Fletcher defends against Hiromu Takahashi
  • Lights out steel cage match: Darby Allin, Will Ospreay, Kenny Omega, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi vs. The Death Riders (Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli), Gabe Kidd & The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson)

Shibata wants to challenge for IWGP World title at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Katsuyori Shibata dreams of challenging for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door this summer.

While speaking with Tokyo Sports, Shibata stated his desire to challenge either Hirooki Goto or Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. Goto is the current champion, recently winning the belt from Zack Sabre Jr. at the New Beginning in Osaka. His first title defense will be against Tanahashi at NJPW’s 53rd Anniversary show this Thursday.

Goto and Shibata have been friends since high school, and the two were once IWGP Tag Team Champions together. Shibata told Tokyo Sports that he and Goto have always envisioned themselves facing off for the IWGP World title. Now that Goto is champion, this is the time that dream can become a reality.

“It’s probably only possible at this point in time that Goto has. If there is a possibility, it would be Forbidden Door and if he could hold it to that point, the possibilities would come all at once,” Shibata said. “I don’t want to give up on my dream, because my dream is to make it come true. The rest depends on Goto’s efforts.”

Forbidden Door 2025 is taking place in London on Sunday, August 24. It’s the fourth straight year that AEW and NJPW have collaborated together for the pay-per-view.

A member of the NJPW roster for more than two decades, this is Goto’s first reign as IWGP World Champion. Shibata has never held the title before. His most recent time challenging for IWGP gold was against Kazuchika Okada in 2017, when Shibata suffered a life-threatening subdural hematoma during the match.

Shibata is now signed to AEW and competes in both AEW and ROH. He’s part of a trio called The Opps with Samoa Joe and Hook.

In an interview with NJPW’s website after winning the IWGP title, Goto was asked if he had heard from Shibata.

“Just ‘I’m waiting in America!’ [laughs],” Goto responded. “I got a few messages from other wrestlers, foreign wrestlers over there I wrestled before. I was surprised how happy so many foreign fans were for me.”

Yuji Nagata has also challenged Goto to a future title match if he’s successful in his defense against Tanahashi.

Date set for AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2025 in London

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Though All In won’t be in the United Kingdom next year, AEW is still set to hold a summer pay-per-view in London.

AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door will take place in London on Sunday, August 24, 2025. The official announcement was made during the pre-show for All In this afternoon. AEW has not revealed the venue for the PPV.

Before the news was officially confirmed, there had been advertisements spotted around London promoting Forbidden Door 2025. This will be the fourth consecutive year that AEW and NJPW have collaborated together for the event. Chicago, Toronto, and Long Island (New York) were the prior locations.

The date for Forbidden Door coincides with the summer bank holiday weekend in the United Kingdom. In 2023 and 2024, All In was held in London during that weekend. But AEW has announced that Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas will be the venue for All In 2025 next July. All In will then return to the U.K. in 2026.

It was also revealed during the pre-show that AEW will make its Australia debut with a Grand Slam stadium show next February.