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 yr’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 greatest 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 also be scheduled.
Have a look under on the confirmed matches for AEW Forbidden Door and take a look on the crystal ball of what might come. The occasion streams stay on Bleacher Report and TrillerTV on Sunday with the principle 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 government vice presidents to grant the title to their Elite teammate Perry. Christopher Daniels, performing on behalf of AEW founder Tony Khan, as a substitute booked a sequence of qualifier matches for a multi-man ladder match for the vacant title.
AEW TBS Championship and NJPW Robust Girls’s Championship — Mercedes Mone (c) vs. Stephanie Vaquer (c): It is all or nothing on this assembly between AEW and NJPW champions. Mone is seeking to win the NJPW Robust ladies’s title, the belt she didn’t beat Willow Nightingale for after struggling an ankle harm within the finals. Mone notably defeated Vaquer within the semifinals to crown the inaugural NJPW Robust ladies’s champion.
AEW Girls’s World Championship — “Timeless” Toni Storm (c) vs. Mina Shirakawa: Storm and Shirakawa meet in a battle that is as a lot about Mariah Might as it’s in regards to the AEW ladies’s world title. Storm and Might have developed a tight-knit mentor-pupil relationship however Might’s longtime friendship with Shirakawa has ruffled feathers. Might might be ringside to assist 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 status globally because the premier technical wrestler of the trendy period. Cassidy is best recognized 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 night time.
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 harm. It possible will not when the bell rings. MJF is one among AEW’s finest massive match performers and Hechicero brings a wealth of expertise.
Owen Hart Cup Match — Bryan Danielson vs. Shingo Takagi: Danielson is delivering basic after basic in what’s anticipated to be his final full-time yr 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, Large Invoice and Bryan Keith) vs. Samoa Joe, Hook and Katsuyori Shibata: Hook has discovered a brand new flock. Jericho’s compelled mentorship precipitated a variety of friction between him and Hook. Jericho in the end screwed Hook out of the FTW championship, a title created by Hook’s father Taz. Jericho subsequently introduced Invoice and Keith below his “studying tree,” whereas Hook linked up with like-minded fighters Joe and Shibata.
