AEW-NJPW Forbidden Door 2023

AEW-NJPW Forbidden Door was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event co-produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). It took place on June 25, 2023 at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada.
==Production==
===Background===
In 2021, All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) began a partnership, with talent appearing in both promotions. The two companies would co-promote Forbidden Door on June 26, 2022. On March 15, 2023, a second Forbidden Door event was announced for June 25, taking place at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada.
===Storylines===
At Wrestle Kingdom on January 4, Kenny Omega defeated Will Ospreay to win the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship. On April 9, NJPW announced a tournament to determine a number one contender for the title. Ospreay would make his way to the final, beating Lance Archer at Dominion 6.4. As a result, it was later announced that Omega would defend the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship against Ospreay at Forbidden Door.
At Dominion 6.4, NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Champions Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi, and Tomohiro Ishii defeated Shota Umino and Blackpool Combat Club members Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli. After, Moxley presented a video from his stablemate Bryan Danielson, who challenged Okada to a match at Forbidden Door. It was later confirmed that Okada and Danielson would face off at the event.
On the June 14 episode of Dynamite, IWGP World Heavyweight Champion SANADA appeared in a video, issuing an open challenge for Forbidden Door. Later that night, Jungle Boy Jack Perry accepted SANADA's challenge, making the match official.
On the June 14 episode of Dynamite, Hiroshi Tanahashi appeared in a video, challenging AEW World Champion MJF to a match at Forbidden Door. The bout would be made official, however, MJF showed no interest in defending his title against Tanahashi.
==Results==
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*Dark Match: Tom Lawlor (w/Royce Isaacs) defeated Serpentico (w/Luther)
*Pre-Show: The Mogul Embassy (Bishop Kaun, Brian Cage, Swerve Strickland & Toa Liona) (w/Prince Nana) defeated El Desperado & CHAOS (Chuck Taylor, Rocky Romero & Trent Beretta) in an Eight Man Tag Team Match (12:23)
*Pre-Show: Athena defeated Billie Starkz in a Women's Owen Hart Cup Tournament First Round Match (7:49)
*Pre-Show: El Phantasmo defeated Stu Grayson (7:14)
*Pre-Show: Los Ingobernables de Japón (BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi) defeated United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Kyle Fletcher & TJP) in a Six Man Tag Team Match (7:30)
*MJF (c) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to retain the AEW World Championship (15:46)
*CM Punk defeated Satoshi Kojima in a Men's Owen Hart Cup Tournament First Round Match (13:40)
*Orange Cassidy (c) defeated Daniel Garcia, Zack Sabre Jr. and Katsuyori Shibata in a Four Way Match to retain the AEW International Championship (11:27)
*SANADA (c) (w/DOUKI) defeated Jungle Boy Jack Perry (w/Hook) to retain the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship (10:49)
*Eddie Kingston, Tomohiro Ishii & The Elite (Hangman Page, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) defeated Konosuke Takeshita, Shota Umino & Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli, Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta) in a Ten Man Tag Team Match (21:29)
*Toni Storm (c) (w/Ruby Soho & Saraya) defeated Willow Nightingale to retain the AEW Women's World Championship (10:27)
*Will Ospreay (w/Don Callis) defeated Kenny Omega (c) to win the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship (39:50)
*Sting, Darby Allin & Tetsuya Naitō defeated Minoru Suzuki & The Jericho Appreciation Society (Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara) in a Six Man Tag Team Match (15:09)
*Bryan Danielson defeated Kazuchika Okada (27:47)
==Other on-screen talent==
;Commentators
*Excalibur 
*Kevin Kelly 
*Taz 
*Tony Schiavone 
*Chris Charlton 
*Haruo Murata 
*Miki Motoi 
*El Desperado 
;Pre-show hosts
*Renee Paquette
*RJ City	
;Ring announcer
*Justin Roberts
*Takuro Shibata
*Dasha Gonzalez 
;Referees
*Aubrey Edwards
*Bryce Remsburg
*Paul Turner
*Rick Knox
*Stephon Smith
*Red Shoes Unno
==External links==
* Pre Show Results
* Results
Category:2023 pay-per-view events
Category:All Elite Wrestling pay-per-view events
Category:New Japan Pro Wrestling pay-per-view events