Forbidden Door (2025)
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| Promotion | All Elite Wrestling New Japan Pro-Wrestling | |||
| Date | August 24, 2025 | |||
| Attendance | 18,992 | |||
| Venue | The O2 Arena | |||
| City | London, England | |||
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Forbidden Door (also known as Forbidden Door: London) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view show made by both All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It took place on August 24, 2025 at The O2 Arena in London, England. It was the fourth Forbidden Door event held by AEW and NJPW and the first to be held outside of North America. The event also featured wrestlers from World Wonder Ring Stardom, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), and Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro).
The main event saw the team of Darby Allin, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Will Ospreay, and the Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi) defeat Gabe Kidd, the Death Riders (Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli), and The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) in a Lights Out Steel Cage match.[1]
Other notable matches saw The Opps (Samoa Joe, Katsuyori Shibata, and Powerhouse Hobbs) defeat Bullet Club War Dogs (Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors, and Robbie X) (with Gedo) to retain their AEW World Trios Championships. Kyle Fletcher defeat Hiromu Takahashi to retain his AEW TNT Championship, Mercedes Moné defeat Alex Windsor, Bozilla, and Persephone to retain her AEW TBS Championship, Zack Sabre Jr. defeat Nigel McGuinness to retain his IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. Brodido (Brody King and Bandido) defeated The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin) and FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) to win the AEW World Tag Team Championship. Kazuchika Okada defeated Swerve Strickland to retain his AEW Unified Championship, "Timeless" Toni Storm defeated Athena to retain her AEW Women's World Championship, and "Hangman" Adam Page defeated MJF to retain his AEW World Championship.
Matches
| No. | Results[2][3] | Stipulations | Times |
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| 1P | El Desperado, Yuya Uemura, and Paragon (Roderick Strong and Kyle O'Reilly) defeated CRU (Action Andretti and Lio Rush) and the Don Callis Family (Hechicero and Josh Alexander) (with Lance Archer and Rocky Romero) | Eight-man tag team match | 12:05 |
| 2P | Ricochet and GOA (Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona) defeated Michael Oku and JetSpeed ("Speedball" Mike Bailey and Kevin Knight) (with Amira Blair) | Trios match | 9:55 |
| 3P | Megan Bayne and Triangle of Madness (Julia Hart, Skye Blue, and Thekla) (with Penelope Ford) defeated Harley Cameron, Kris Statlander, Queen Aminata, and Willow Nightingale | Eight-woman tag team match | 11:15 |
| 4P | The Opps (Samoa Joe, Katsuyori Shibata, and Powerhouse Hobbs) (c) defeated Bullet Club War Dogs (Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors, and Robbie X) (with Gedo) | Trios match for the AEW World Trios Championship | 7:20 |
| 5 | Adam Copeland and Christian Cage defeated Killswitch and Kip Sabian (with Mother Wayne) | Tag team match | 13:45 |
| 6 | Kyle Fletcher (c) (with Don Callis and Lance Archer) defeated Hiromu Takahashi | Singles match for the AEW TNT Championship | 14:40 |
| 7 | Mercedes Moné (c) defeated Alex Windsor, Bozilla, and Persephone | Four-way match for the AEW TBS Championship | 15:30 |
| 8 | Zack Sabre Jr. (c) defeated Nigel McGuinness (with Daniel Garcia) | Singles match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship | 17:00 |
| 9 | Brodido (Brody King and Bandido) defeated The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin) (c) and FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) (with Stokely) | Three-way tag team match for the AEW World Tag Team Championship | 15:30 |
| 10 | Kazuchika Okada (c) (with Don Callis) defeated Swerve Strickland | Singles match for the AEW Unified Championship | 16:30 |
| 11 | "Timeless" Toni Storm (c) defeated Athena (with Billie Starkz) | Singles match for the AEW Women's World Championship | 15:15 |
| 12 | "Hangman" Adam Page defeated MJF | Singles match for the AEW World Championship
If Page was either counted out or disqualified, he would lose the title. |
31:40 |
| 13 | Will Ospreay, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Darby Allin, and Golden☆Lovers (Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi) defeated Gabe Kidd, Death Riders (Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli), The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) (with Marina Shafir and Wheeler Yuta) | Lights Out Steel Cage match | 32:30 |
(c) – is the champion(s) going into the match. P - This match took place on the pre-show | |||
References
- ↑ "Toni Storm Retains The AEW Women's World Championship At All In Texas, Hands Mercedes Moné First AEW Singles Loss". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved November 10, 2025.
- ↑ "AEW Forbidden Door pre-show results: The Opps vs. Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney, and Robbie X for the AEW Trios Titles, all-Star eight-man and eight-woman tag matches, trios match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved November 10, 2025.
- ↑ "AEW Forbidden Door results: Powell's live review of Hangman Page vs. MJF for the AEW World Championship, Toni Storm vs. Athena for the AEW Women's Championship, Lights Out Steel Cage match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved November 10, 2025.