Here is a complete look at the card for AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2023, along with in-depth analysis regarding the bouts fans won’t want to miss.
Where: Scotiabank Arena in Toronto
When: Sunday, June 25 at 8 p.m. ET (Buy-In pre-show starts at 7 p.m. ET)
Forbidden Door 2023 Match Card
IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship: Kenny Omega © vs. Will Ospreay
Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada
AEW World Championship: MJF © vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Sanada © vs. “Jungle Boy” Jack Perry
Men’s Owen Hart Cup Tournament first round: CM Punk vs. Satoshi Kojima
AEW Women’s World Championship: Toni Storm © vs. Willow Nightingale AEW International Championship Four-Way: Orange Cassidy © vs. Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Katsuyori Shibata vs. Daniel Garcia
10-Man Tag Team match: Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, Konosuke Takeshita and Shota Umino vs. “Hangman” Adam Page, The Young Bucks, Eddie Kingston and Tomohiro Ishii
Six-Man Tag Team match: Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara and Minoru Suzuki vs. Sting, Darby Allin and Naito
Adam Cole vs. Tom Lawlor
Pre-Show Women’s Owen Hart Cup Tournament first round: Athena vs. Billie Starkz
That Shibata/ZSJ sequence was fuckin art.
Cant believe they used the NJPW Title to do a Jungle Boy heel turn. Ending was total shithouse.
THEY MADE OKADA TAP !!!
Hell yeah ELP is here!
I hope Kojima sticks around a minute on AEW TV like Suzuki does.