AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door
June 25, 2023
Scotiabank Arena
Toronto, Ont
Welcome to our live coverage of AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door. As always, we will have the results up immediately after every match. Refresh this page often to see updated results.
– IWGP U.S. Heavyweight Championship Match:
Kenny Omega (Champion) vs Will Ospreay
– Bryan Danielson vs Kazuchika Okada
– AEW World Championship Match:
MJF (Champion) vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
– Owen Hart Cup Men’s Tournament First Round Match:
CM Punk vs Satoshi Kojima
– IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Match:
Sanada (Champion) vs Jungle Boy Jack Perry
10-Man Tag Team Match
Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, & Wheeler Yuta), Konosuke Takeshita, & Shota Umino vs The Elite (Adam Page, Matt & Nick Jackson), Eddie Kingston, & Tomohiro Ishii
– AEW World Women’s Championship:
Toni Storm vs Willow Nightingale
– Fatal 4-Way for the AEW International Championship
Orange Cassidy (Champion) vs Zack Sabre Jr. vs Katsuyori Shibata vs Daniel Garcia
– Trios Match
Sting, Darby Allin, & Tetsuya Naito vs Chris Jericho, Minoru Suzuki, & Sammy Guevera
Here is the lineup for Zero-Hour Pre-show:
United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Kyle Fletcher, & TJP) vs Los Ingobernables de Japon (Shingo Takagi, Bushi, & Hiromu Takahashi)
Owen Hart Cup Women’s Tournament First Round Match:
Athena vs Billie Starks
Mogul Embassy (Swerve Strickland, Toa Liona, Brian Cage & Bishop Kaun) vs Chaos (Chuck Taylor, Trent Baretta, Rocky Romero) & El Desperado)
Our live coverage begins at 7 PM EST
Zero-Hour:
Chaos (Trent Baretta, Chuck Taylor, Rocky Romero) & El Desperado vs Mogul Embassy (Swerve Strickland, Brian Cage, Toa Liona, & Bishop Kaun) (w/ Prince Nana)
Brian Cage and Swerve Strickland double teamed Rocky Romero giving him a downward spiral DDT. Strickland came off the top rope with a foot stomp on Romero and pinned him.
===Winners: The Mogul Embassy
Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament Quarterfinal Match:
Athena vs Billie Starks
Athena was down with half her body under the bottom rope. Starks went for a Senton Bomb and missed. Athena threw Starks back in the ring, dropped her face first on her knee, and pinned her.
===Winner: Athena
El Phantasmo vs Stu Grayson
El Phantasmo came off the top turnbuckle with a flying DDT. El Phantasmo gave him a version of the pedigree and pinned him.
===Winner: El Phantasmo
United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Kyle Fletcher, & TJP) vs Los Ingobernables de Japon (Shingo Takagi, Bushi, & Hiromu Takahashi)
TJP rolled up Takagi for a near fall. Takagi gave TJP a lariat and followed it up with the Made in Japan and pinned him.
Winners: Los Ingobernables de Japon
AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door:
AEW World Championship Match
MJF (Champion) vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
MJF went out of the ring to grab his belt. When he brought it in the ring, the referee took it from him. As the ref was trying to get the belt out of the ring, Tanahashi rolled up MJF. The referee finally turned around to make a two-count. As Tanahashi argued with the referee, MJF pushed Tanahashi into the referee. MJF hit Tanahashi with the Dynamite Diamond ring. The referee turned around and made the three-count.
===Winner: MJF
Owen Hart Foundation Men’s Tournament Quarterfinal Match:
CM Punk vs Satoshi Kojima
Punk went for the GTS, but Kojima blocked it and gave him a Brainbuster for a two-count. Punk kicked Kojima in the head, gave him the GTS, and pinned him.
===Winner: CM Punk
Fatal 4-Way for the AEW International Championship Match
Orange Cassidy (Champion) vs Zack Sabre Jr. vs Katsuyori Shibata vs Daniel Garcia
Sabre rolled up Shibata for a two-count. Shibata kicked out and caught him. Shibata countered a chokehold and rolled him up again, but Garcia broke up the pin. Garcia threw Shibata out of the ring. Garcia gave Sabre a backslide for a two-count followed by a piledriver. Shibata hit Garcia with the PK kick. Garcia threw Shibata out of the ring and rolled up Garcia to retain the title.
===Winner: Orange Cassidy
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Match
Sanada (Champion) vs Jungle Boy Jack Perry (w/ Hook)
Perry gave Sanada a superkick. Sanada gave Perry a Poisonrana followed by a Shining Wizard for a two-count. Sanada gave Perry a moonsault and pinned him. As Perry and Hook made their way up the ramp, Perry turned on Hook when he clotheslined him.
===Winner: Sanada
10-Man Tag Team Match
Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, & Wheeler Yuta), Konosuke Takeshita, & Shota Umino vs The Elite (Adam Page, Matt & Nick Jackson), Eddie Kingston, & Tomohiro Ishii
The Young Bucks gave Moxley and Yuta a superkick. Page went for the Buckshot Lariat on Yuta, but Yuta ducked and suplexed him. Ishii gave Yuta a clothesline, a Vertical Brainbuster, and pinned him.
===Winners: The Elite, Eddie Kingston, & Tomohiro Ishii
AEW World Women’s Championship
Toni Storm (w/ Saraya & Ruby Soho) vs Willow Nightingale
Saraya tossed the spray paint into the ring. The referee saw it and ordered Saraya and Soho to the back. Willow repeatedly clotheslined Storm who was up against the turnbuckle. Willow went to charge at Storm, but Storm pulled the referee in front of her and Willow stopped dead in her tracks. Willow moved the referee out of the way. Storm raked Willow’s eyes behind the refs back, gave her the Storm Zero, and pinned her.
===Winner: Toni Storm
IWGP U.S. Heavyweight Championship Match
Kenny Omega (Champion) (w/ Don Callis) vs Will Ospreay
Don Callis tripped Omega’s leg in the ring and the referee ordered him to the back. Callis made his way back to ringside. Omega was going to go for the V-Trigger and Callis begged him not to. Omega hit the V-Trigger on Ospreay. Callis tried to pull Ospreay out of the ring while Omega tried to pull him in. The referee went outside the ring to try and pull Callis away from Ospreay. While doing so, Callis handed Ospreay a screwdriver. Omega got Ospreay up on his shoulder for the One Winged Angel, but Ospreay hit Omega in the head with the screwdriver. Osprey went for the pin after hitting Omega with the back elbow and the Storm Breaker, but Omega got his foot on the ropes. Ospreay hit the V-Trigger and One Winged Angel on Omega, but Omega kicked out after a count of one. Ospreay hit Omega with the back elbow, gave him the Storm Breaker, and pinned him to win the title.
===Winner and new IWGP U.S. Champion: Will Ospreay
Trios Match
Sting, Darby Allin, & Tetsuya Naito vs Chris Jericho, Minoru Suzuki, & Sammy Guevera
Jericho set up a table outside the ring and laid Sting on it. Jericho demanded Guevera to jump from the turnbuckle onto Sting. Guevera reluctantly jumped on Sting sending him through the table. Jericho was attempting to put Naito in the Walls of Jericho when Sting came back in the ring and got him in the Scorpion Death Lock. Suzuki came from behind Sting and broke it up. Naito gave Suzuki an Atomic Drop. Sting clotheslined him Suzuki and Naito rolled him up and pinned him. After the match, Jericho hit Naito with the baseball bat. Sting grabbed the bat from Jericho and hit him in the stomach with it.
===Winners: Sting, Darby Allin, & Tetsuya Naito
Bryan Danielson vs Kazuchika Okada
Okada came off he top rope with an elbow on Danielson. Okada went to pick Danielson up, but Danielson was motionless. The referee called on Doc Sampson to check on him. The doctor said he can continue. Okada went to give Danielson the Rainmaker, but Danielson escaped as he had feigned his injury and gave Okada the Busaiku Knee. Danielson began to stomp on Okada. Okada gave Danielson the Landslide and the Rainmaker, but only got a two-count. Danielson got Okada in the LeBell Lock and Okada submitted.
===Winner: Bryan Danielson
