Tag: Aew X Njpw: Forbidden Door

Interim AEW World Championship match set for Forbidden Door

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Jon Moxley’s opponent in the interim AEW World Championship match at Forbidden Door is set following today’s NJPW Dominion show. 

Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Hirooki Goto to advance in the eliminator tournament to crown an interim AEW World Champion at Dominion, and will now face Jon Moxley in Chicago on June 26 at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door. 

Tanahashi appeared on the June 1 AEW Dynamite and confronted CM Punk, seemingly setting up Punk vs. Tanahashi in an AEW World title match in Chicago. Punk then went on the shelf with an injury, and underwent surgery this past week. 

An eliminator tournament was set, with Jon Moxley taking on a battle royal winner on the June 8 Dynamite, and Tanahashi facing Goto at Dominion. Moxley defeated battle royal winner Kyle O’Reilly, and now Tanahashi has defeated Goto to set the first official bout for Forbidden Door. 

The first-ever AEW All-Atlantic Champion will also be crowned at Forbidden Door, with a four-way tournament final the only other match announced for the event.

AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door, Sunday, June 26 —

  • Interim AEW World Championship: Jon Moxley vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
  • AEW All-Atlantic Championship tournament final

Speak Now: A super newsworthy AEW Dynamite

Posted on by Denise Salcedo

There is tons to talk about on tonight’s AEW Dynamite review on Speak Now Pro Wrestling! 

We had a Casino Battle Royale to determine Moxley’s opponent. In additon AEW announced a brand new championship belt, Will Ospreay appeared on the show, David Finlay wrestled Hangman Page, who then expressed interest in challenging for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, Wardlow wants the TNT Championship, matches for next week’s Road Rager, and more! 

This podcast is sponsored by Wrestle Rumble.

Denise will return on Friday to chat WWE SmackDown and AEW Rampage! 

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AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door pre-sale tickets sell out in less than 40 minutes

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Following Thursday’s ticket pre-sale, AEW and NJPW’s Forbidden Door pay-per-view is on the verge of an official sellout.

The Forbidden Door tickets that were made available in the pre-sale sold out in less than 40 minutes on Thursday. More than 11,000 tickets were sold, with a limited amount of tickets being held back for Friday’s general public on-sale.

Tony Khan tweeted: “Thank you amazing wrestling fans who purchased tickets to @AEW x @njpwworld #ForbiddenDoor ppv! We sold over 11,000 tickets today, with a small allotment still held back for the general sale tomorrow!”

Dave Meltzer notes that more than 2,000 new tickets will be put on sale in tomorrow’s general public on-sale. The on-sale begins at 10 a.m. Central time.

Forbidden Door is taking place at the United Center in Chicago on Sunday, June 26. It will be the first time that AEW and NJPW have ever co-promoted a show together.

“It would have been unfathomable to collaborate on a pay-per-view when AEW first started, but a lot has changed since then in the world of wrestling,” Khan told Sports Illustrated about the relationship between AEW and NJPW . “I believe we’ve earned their trust. We started working closely together last year. The more we’ve collaborated, the better the relationship has become and the more trust we’ve built. It’s culminating at this huge event on pay-per-view with the stars of AEW and the stars of New Japan Pro-Wrestling colliding at Forbidden Door.”

There have yet to be any matches made official for the PPV.

Speak Now: AEW x NJPW, full Dynamite show recap

Posted on by Denise Salcedo

Join Denise Salcedo on the April 20th edition of Speak Now Pro Wrestling in which she covers AEW Dynamite! This episode includes a coffin match, CM Punk vs Dustin Rhodes and an announcement from Tony Khan regarding AEW and NJPW partnership! This is a fun and lively show perfect for all fans of AEW! 

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AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door joint PPV set for June 26

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The Forbidden Door is wide open.

A joint AEW-NJPW pay-per-view is set for Sunday, June 26 at the United Center in Chicago.

The announcement of AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door was made during tonight’s AEW Dynamite episode after being hyped for the past week on AEW programming.

AEW president Tony Khan and NJPW president Takami Ohbari appeared together on Dynamite to announce the PPV on Dynamite, but were interrupted by AEW’s Adam Cole and NJPW’s Jay White. Cole and White delivered the details of the event, with Cole adding that he will face Tomohiro Ishii on this week’s AEW Rampage.

No talent or match announcements have been made for Forbidden Door, but Khan told Sports Illustrated that the PPV will feature matches with AEW talent facing off against NJPW talent.

Tickets for the show ill go on sale Friday, May 6 at 11 a.m. Eastern time. The event will air on traditional pay-per-view and on the Bleacher Report app in the United States, and on FITE TV for international customers.

The event is set to take place during what is typically a lull in NJPW’s schedule, between Dominion on June 12 and the G1 Climax tournament which typically takes place later in the summer. The June 26 date means that top NJPW talent like Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi, and Tetsuya Naito will likely be available to work the show.

Okada, Tanahashi and Naito did not work last week’s NJPW event in Chicago. Tanahashi is advertised for NJPW dates in Washington D.C. and Philadelphia next month, while Okada is advertised only for Washington.

AEW and NJPW’s relationship got off to a rocky start under previous NJPW president Harold Meij after The Young Bucks, Hangman Page, and Cody Rhodes announced AEW’s founding in an episode of Being The Elite shot in front of the Tokyo Dome. After Meij’s departure, the relationship between the companies thawed. Numerous NJPW talents including Minoru Suzuki, Tomohiro Ishii, Yuji Nagata, KENTA, Satoshi Kojima, and Rocky Romero have since wrestled on AEW programming.

“We started working closely together last year,” Khan told Sports Illustrated. “The more we’ve collaborated, the better the relationship has become and the more trust we’ve built.