The first matches have been officially announced for the upcoming AEW Forbidden Door pay-per-view.
The crossover event with New Japan Pro Wrestling will take place at the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York on Sunday, June 30th. On the May 29th episode of AEW Dynamite, the build to the show officially began as multiple matches were confirmed for the event.
At AEW Double or Nothing, Adam Copeland successfully retained the TNT Championship against Malakai Black in a barbed wire steel cage match. Unfortunately, Adam Copeland suffered a major injury in the match and will require surgery so will be out for a number of months. Although The Young Bucks attempted to simply award the championship to Jack Perry on Dynamite, it was announced that a ladder match for the vacant championship will take place at Forbidden Door and the entrants will be confirmed in qualifying matches in the coming weeks.
The main event of the May 29th Dynamite saw a Casino Gauntlet match take place to crown a new number one contender to Swerve Strickland’s AEW World Championship. The match was won by International Champion Will Ospreay, who pinned Orange Cassidy in the match. Strickland vs. Ospreay has been confirmed for Forbidden Door.
The Line-Up For AEW Forbidden Door Is As Follows:
Pre-show:
- Kris Statlander and Momo Watanabe vs. Willow Nightingale and Tam Nakano [pre-show]
- Mariah May vs. Saraya
- Los Ingobernables de Japon (Yota Tsuji, Titan, and Hiromu Takahashi) vs. The Lucha Brothers (Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fénix) and Místico
Main card:
- Swerve Strickland (c) vs. Will Ospreay – Singles match for the AEW World Championship
- Mark Briscoe vs. Konosuke Takeshita vs. vs. Jack Perry vs. Dante Martin vs. El Phantasmo Ladder match for the vacant TNT Championship
- TBS Champion Mercedes Mone vs. NJPW Strong Women’s Champion Stephanie Vaquer – Title vs. Title match
- Toni Storm (c) vs. Mina Shirakawa – Singles match for the AEW Women’s Championship
- Orange Cassidy vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
- Jeff Cobb (c) vs. TBA – Singles match for the NJPW World Television Championship
- Mercedes Mone (c) vs. Stephanie Vaquer – Winner take all match for the TBS Championship and NJPW Women’s Strong Championship
- MJF vs. Hechicero
- Bryan Danielson vs. Shingo Takagi – Owen Hart Cup quarterfinal match
- Chris Jericho, Big Bill and partner TBA vs. Katsuyori Shibata, Samoa Joe and Hook
- The Acclaimed and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. The Young Bucks and Kazuchika Okada
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