Forbidden Door (2025)

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.

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.ResultsStipulationsTimes1El 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 match12:052Ricochet and GOA (Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona) defeated Michael Oku and JetSpeed ("Speedball" Mike Bailey and Kevin Knight) (with Amira Blair)Trios match9:553Megan Bayne and Triangle of Madness (Julia Hart, Skye Blue, and Thekla) (with Penelope Ford) defeated Harley Cameron, Kris Statlander, Queen Aminata, and Willow NightingaleEight-woman tag team match11:154The 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 Championship7:205Adam Copeland and Christian Cage defeated Killswitch and Kip Sabian (with Mother Wayne)Tag team match13:456Kyle Fletcher (c) (with Don Callis and Lance Archer) defeated Hiromu TakahashiSingles match for the AEW TNT Championship14:407Mercedes Moné (c) defeated Alex Windsor, Bozilla, and PersephoneFour-way match for the AEW TBS Championship15:308Zack Sabre Jr. (c) defeated Nigel McGuinness (with Daniel Garcia)Singles match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship17:009Brodido (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 Championship15:3010Kazuchika Okada (c) (with Don Callis) defeated Swerve StricklandSingles match for the AEW Unified Championship16:3011"Timeless" Toni Storm (c) defeated Athena (with Billie Starkz)Singles match for the AEW Women's World Championship15:1512"Hangman" Adam Page defeated MJFSingles match for the AEW World Championship31:4013Will 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 match32:30 

References

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Category:All Elite Wrestling shows
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