According to reports, Forbidden Door 2023 witnessed the annual crossover of NJPW x AEW as the summer of AEW continues. Forbidden Door 2023 was held at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Main attractions of Forbidden Door 2023 were Owen Hart Foundation Men’s Tournament Quarterfinal Match, AEW International Championship Fatal Four-way, ten-man Tag, trios match, IWGP Heavyweight Championship, AEW Women’s World Championship, AEW World Championship Four-way, and IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship.
Here is some information about Forbidden Door 2023:
- This was a pay-per-view event for professional wrestling, which was co-produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW) from America and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) based in Japan.
- It occurred on June 25, 2023, at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- It was the second annual Forbidden Door event.
- The featured match was a one-on-one competition between individuals. Bryan Danielson and Kazuchika Okada, with Danielson winning.
- Other notable matches on the card included CM Punk vs. Satoshi Kojima, Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay, and MJF vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi.
- The event had an attendance of 14,826 people.
- Streaming live on Bleacher Report Live and standard PPV providers for $49.99 was available.
Here are some of the matches that took place at Forbidden Door 2023:
AEW World Championship: The main event was a singles match between Bryan Danielson and Kazuchika Okada, with Danielson winning. Other notable games on the card included CM Punk vs. Satoshi Kojima, Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay, and MJF vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi. The event had an attendance of 14,826 people. Streaming live on Bleacher Report Live and standard PPV providers for $49.99 was available.
IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Bryan Danielson
AEW Women’s World Championship: Thunder Rosa (c) vs. Toni Storm
IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship: Jay White (c) vs. Adam Cole
Owen Hart Foundation Men’s Tournament Finals: Adam Cole vs. Jeff Hardy
Here are some of the matches that took place at Forbidden Door 2023:
- AEW All-Atlantic Championship: PAC vs. Miro vs. Malakai Black vs. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Clark Connors
- AEW Trios Championship: Roppongi Vice (Rocky Romero, Trent Beretta, and Rocky Romero) (c) vs. United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Great-O-Khan, and Aaron Henare)
- AEW vs. NJPW Super Junior Tag Team Eliminator: Hiromu Takahashi and Bushi vs. Darby Allin and Sting
- NJPW vs. AEW Eight-Man Tag Team Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi, and The Young Bucks vs. Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara, Santana, and Ortiz
Adam Cole vs. Tom Lawlor
Adam Cole and MJF must team up in AEW’s Blind Eliminator tournament. Before that gets underway, though, MJF booked Cole in this singles match against former UFC fighter “Filthy” Tom Lawlor. If Adam plans to remain in the mix for MJF’s AEW world title, he better not lose this match.
Zero Hour pre-show
For those of you who crave even more AEW x NJPW action, you can check out the next four matches on the pre-show:
Athena vs. Billie Starkz in the Owen Hart Foundation tournament
Stu Grayson vs. El Phantasmo
Best Friends & El Desperado vs. Mogul Embassy
Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI vs. United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Kyle Fletcher, TJP)
Summary
You know a PPV card is loaded when Shingo Takagi is stuck on the pre-show. Last year’s Forbidden Door was regarded as one of the best wrestling shows of 2022, and this one should follow suit. How can it not be a great show when the top two matches are Danielson vs. Okada and Omega vs. Ospreay?
