Forbidden Door (2024)

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AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door
PromotionAll Elite Wrestling
New Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateJune 30, 2024
CityElmont, New York
VenueUBS Arena
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The 2024 Forbidden Door is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and supershow co-produced by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and the Japan-based New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It will be the third annual Forbidden Door event and will take place on June 30, 2024, at the UBS Arena in the Long Island hamlet of Elmont, New York. The event will also see the involvement of wrestlers from NJPW's sister promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom and the Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).

Production

Background

The event will be held at the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York.

Forbidden Door is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event co-produced by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and Japan-based New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Established in 2022, the event is held in June and features direct competition between wrestlers from the two companies.[1][2] The event takes its name from the same term often used by AEW when referring to working with other professional wrestling promotions.[3]

On April 11, 2024, AEW announced that the third Forbidden Door would take place on June 30, 2024, at the UBS Arena in the Long Island hamlet of Elmont, New York.[4][5] Rocky Romero, who is a vice president for both AEW and NJPW, said that wrestlers from World Wonder Ring Stardom, a women's Japanese company and sister promotion of NJPW, would also take part in the 2024 event. He also said that there was a possibility for wrestlers from the Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) to be involved.[6]

Storylines

Forbidden Door will feature professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines.[7]

During the May 22 episode of Dynamite, it was announced that on the following week's episode, a Casino Gauntlet match would be held to determine who would challenge Swerve Strickland for the AEW World Championship at Forbidden Door.[8] The match was won by Will Ospreay.[9]

At Double or Nothing, Adam Copeland legitimately injured his leg in his successful title defense of the AEW TNT Championship.[10] On the following episode of Dynamite, AEW executive vice presidents The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson) stripped Copeland of the title due to the injury. As they were about to award the championship to their Elite stablemate Jack Perry, Christopher Daniels—who had been fired by the Bucks two weeks prior—appeared and announced that AEW president Tony Khan had appointed him as an interim executive vice president in the absence of Kenny Omega, who had surgery due to diverticulitis. Daniels then announced that the TNT Championship would not be handed to Perry and instead, the next champion would be determined by a ladder match at Forbidden Door and the participants would be determined by qualifying matches over the next few weeks.[9][11] The first qualifying match took place on that week's episode of Rampage, where Konosuke Takeshita qualified by defeating Penta El Zero Miedo.[12] Mark Briscoe then qualified on the next week's Dynamite by defeating Brian Cage.[13]

Following her successful defense of the AEW TBS Championship on the May 29 episode of Dynamite, Mercedes Moné was interrupted by NJPW Strong Women's Champion Stephanie Vaquer, who performs in NJPW/Stardom and CMLL. The two subsequently stared each other down while holding their respective championships up.[9] The following week, it was announced that the two would face each other at Forbidden Door in a Winner Takes All match for both championships.[13]

Prior to signing with AEW in November 2023, Mariah May performed in Stardom where she teamed together with Mina Shirakawa as part of Club Venus. After signing with AEW, May became a protege of AEW Women's World Champion "Timeless" Toni Storm, who also previously performed in Stardom from 2016 to 2019. Shirakawa then made her first appearance in AEW on the April 10 episode of Dynamite by saving May from a post-match beatdown.[14] During Stardom's June 2 event, Storm along with May appeared in a vignette where Storm said she had been observing Shirakawa and while she also considered Shirakawa a friend due to her friendship with May, Storm wanted to challenge Shirakawa to a match at Forbidden Door.[15] Shirakawa accepted the challenge and the match was made official on the June 5 episode of Dynamite.[13]

Matches

No.Matches*Stipulations
1Swerve Strickland (c) (with Prince Nana) vs. Will OspreaySingles match for the AEW World Championship[16]
2Konosuke Takeshita vs. Mark Briscoe vs. participants TBDLadder match for the vacant AEW TNT Championship[17]
3Mercedes Moné (AEW) vs. Stephanie Vaquer (NJPW)Winner Takes All match for the AEW TBS Championship and Strong Women's Championship[18]
4"Timeless" Toni Storm (c) vs. Mina ShirakawaSingles match for the AEW Women's World Championship[19]
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
*Card subject to change

See also

References

  1. ^ Nason, Josh (February 4, 2021). "AEW, New Japan Pro Wrestling Established Working Relationship". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  2. ^ Barrasso, Justin (April 20, 2022). "Tony Khan Announces First-Ever AEW, NJPW Joint Pay-Per View Event". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  3. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (February 10, 2022). "Tony Kahn Admits He Butchered His 'Forbidden Door' Definition, Which Led To Securing Jay White". Fightful. Retrieved April 28, 2022. The term "forbidden door" has always been used in reference to companies working together and not signing exclusively with one company.
  4. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (April 11, 2024). "AEW Announces Dates And Locations For 2024 PPV Events". Fightful. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  5. ^ Knight, Cain A. (April 11, 2024). "AEW announces full PPV schedule for 2024, including events on back-to-back weekends". Cageside Seats. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  6. ^ Lee, Joseph (May 8, 2024). "Rocky Romero Confirms STARDOM Involvement in AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door, CMLL 'Very Likely'". 411Mania. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  7. ^ Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
  8. ^ Russell, Skylar (May 22, 2024). "Forbidden Door Casino Gauntlet Set For 5/29 AEW Dynamite". Fightful. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  9. ^ a b c Powell, Jason (May 29, 2024). "AEW Dynamite results (5/29): Powell's live review of a Casino Gauntlet match for a shot at the AEW World Championship at Forbidden Door, AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland vs. Killswitch, TNT Title update". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
  10. ^ Powell, Jason (May 26, 2024). "AEW Double Or Nothing results: Powell's live review of Swerve Strickland vs. Christian Cage for the AEW World Championship, Willow Nightingale vs. Mercedes Mone for the TBS Title, Anarchy in the Arena". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
  11. ^ Quiles Jr., Fernando (May 29, 2024). "Adam Copeland Stripped of TNT Championship on AEW Dynamite by The Young Bucks". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  12. ^ Powell, Jason (May 31, 2024). "AEW Rampage results (5/31): Powell's review of Konosuke Takeshita vs. Penta in a qualifier for the TNT Title ladder match, AEW Women's Champ Toni Storm vs. Viva Van". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  13. ^ a b c Powell, Jason (June 5, 2024). "AEW Dynamite results (6/5): Powell's live review of MJF returns, Swerve Strickland vs. Roderick Strong for the AEW World Championship, Saraya vs. Mariah May". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
  14. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (April 10, 2024). "Mina Shirakawa Kisses Mariah May On 4/10 AEW Dynamite". Fightful. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
  15. ^ Roy, Bishal (June 2, 2024). "Toni Storm Makes Surprise STARDOM Appearance To Challenge Mina Shirakawa At Forbidden Door". SE Scoops. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
  16. ^ Defelice, Robert (May 29, 2024). "Will Ospreay To Challenge Swerve Strickland For AEW World Title At AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2024". Fightful. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  17. ^ Russell, Skylar (June 5, 2024). "Mark Briscoe Qualifies For TNT Championship Ladder Match At AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door". Fightful. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
  18. ^ Russell, Skylar (June 5, 2024). "Mercedes Mone To Face Stephanie Vaquer In Title For Title Match At AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door". Fightful. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
  19. ^ Russell, Skylar (June 5, 2024). "Toni Storm To Defend AEW Women's World Title Against Mina Shirakawa At AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door". Fightful. Retrieved June 5, 2024.

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