All Elite Wrestling and New Japan Professional Wrestling have united as soon as once more. AEW and NJPW host the third annual Forbidden Door crossover present in Elmont, N.Y. on Sunday.
This 12 months’s present options skilled wrestlers representing AEW, NJPW, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and World Marvel Ring Stardom. Topping the cardboard is Swerve Strickland vs. Will Ospreay in a gathering between the AEW world champion and AEW worldwide champion, respectively.
Forbidden Door’s largest attracts embody Bryan Danielson, AEW TBS champion Mercedes Mone, IWGP world heavyweight champion Jon Moxley and hometown hero MJF’s first pay-per-view match since AEW Worlds Finish again in December. A chaotic six-man ladder match for the vacant TNT title can be scheduled.
Have a look beneath on the confirmed matches for AEW Forbidden Door and take a look on the crystal ball of what could come. The occasion streams reside on Bleacher Report and TrillerTV on Sunday with the primary card beginning at 8 p.m. ET.
2024 AEW Forbidden Door matches
AEW World Championship — Swerve Strickland (c) vs. Will Ospreay: Worldwide champion Ospreay gained a gauntlet match to problem Strickland for the world title. A respectful feud between the 2 stars grows extra intense by the week as bravado and aggressive spirits take over.
AEW TNT Championship — Konosuke Takeshita vs. Mark Briscoe vs. Jack Perry vs. Dante Martin vs. Lio Rush vs. TBD (Ladder match): Adam Copeland was stripped of the TNT title after breaking his leg in a profitable title protection towards Malakai Black at Double or Nothing. The Younger Bucks tried to train their powers as govt vice presidents to grant the title to their Elite teammate Perry. Christopher Daniels, appearing on behalf of AEW founder Tony Khan, as a substitute booked a collection of qualifier matches for a multi-man ladder match for the vacant title.
AEW TBS Championship and NJPW Robust Ladies’s Championship — Mercedes Mone (c) vs. Stephanie Vaquer (c): It is all or nothing on this assembly between AEW and NJPW champions. Mone is trying to win the NJPW Robust girls’s title, the belt she didn’t beat Willow Nightingale for after struggling an ankle damage within the finals. Mone notably defeated Vaquer within the semifinals to crown the inaugural NJPW Robust girls’s champion.
AEW Ladies’s World Championship — “Timeless” Toni Storm (c) vs. Mina Shirakawa: Storm and Shirakawa meet in a battle that is as a lot about Mariah Could as it’s concerning the AEW girls’s world title. Storm and Could have developed a tight-knit mentor-pupil relationship however Could’s longtime friendship with Shirakawa has ruffled feathers. Could shall be ringside to help each wrestlers as they compete for one among AEW’s prime prizes.
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship — Jon Moxley (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito: Moxley defends NJPW’s prime prize towards the person he defeated in April to kickstart his first reign. The rematch between Moxley and Naito is certain to be a barnburner between two of professional wrestling’s most compelling and well-rounded athletes.
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Orange Cassidy: Sabre has constructed a popularity globally because the premier technical wrestler of the trendy period. Cassidy is best identified for his sloth-like method to professional wrestling. It is an uncommon distinction in kinds however Cassidy has repeatedly proved to be a chameleon. A proficient technical wrestler is hiding behind Cassidy’s sluggish exterior. This can be a match that might steal the evening.
MJF vs. Hechicero: MJF will certainly obtain a loud ovation as he returns to his beloved house state of New York. Reserving MJF towards technical wizard Hechicero is an uncommon alternative for MJF’s first pay-per-view match since coming back from damage. It seemingly will not when the bell rings. MJF is one among AEW’s finest large match performers and Hechicero brings a wealth of expertise.
Owen Hart Cup Event — Bryan Danielson vs. Shingo Takagi: Danielson is delivering traditional after traditional in what’s anticipated to be his final full-time 12 months as a professional wrestler. The following chapter in his wrestling clinic tour is a match with former IWGP world heavyweight champion Takagi.
The Studying Tree (Chris Jericho, Massive Invoice and Bryan Keith) vs. Samoa Joe, Hook and Katsuyori Shibata: Hook has discovered a brand new flock. Jericho’s pressured mentorship brought on a variety of friction between him and Hook. Jericho finally screwed Hook out of the FTW championship, a title created by Hook’s father Taz. Jericho subsequently introduced Invoice and Keith beneath his “studying tree,” whereas Hook linked up with like-minded fighters Joe and Shibata.
