Several New Matches Added To AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door

Plenty announced for AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door

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Jun 22, 2023

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CM Punk will have to combat a lover of bread at the upcoming AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door pay-per-view.

It was announced during the June 21 edition of AEW Dynamite that Punk will take on Satoshi Kojima at Forbidden Door in the first round of the men's Owen Hart Foundation tournament. Reports noted that CM Punk was originally scheduled to face KENTA but that match was nixed after KENTA turned down facing Punk. In the first round of the women's Owen Hart Foundation tournament, Athena will face Billie Starkz on the Zero Hour pre-show.

Two title matches have been added to Forbidden Door that will see Toni Storm put the AEW Women's World Championship on the line against NJPW STRONG Women's Champion Willow Nightingale. Orange Cassidy, meanwhile, will defend the AEW International Title in a Four-Way against Zack Sabre Jr., Katsuyori Shibata, and Daniel Garcia.

In another major match, The Young Bucks and Hangman Page will team with Eddie Kingston and Tomohiro Ishii to face Blackpool Combat Club's Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, as well as Shota Umino and Konosuke Takeshita. The match came about after Kingston agreed to team with The Elite and the Mad King later selected Tomohiro Ishii as their partner.

Sting and Darby Allin will be in Trios action at Forbidden Door against Chris Jericho, Minoru Suzuki, and Sammy Guevara. The Icon and Darby will reveal their partner on Collision. The two men teamed with Shingo Takagi as the Dudes with Attitudes at last year's Forbidden Door so a reunion may well be on the cards.

Check out the updated AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door lineup below:

  • Kenny Omega (c) vs. Will Ospreay - IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
  • Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada
  • MJF (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi - AEW World Championship
  • SANADA (c) vs. "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
  • Hangman Page, The Young Bucks, Eddie Kingston, & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, Shota Umino, & Konosuke Takeshita
  • Orange Cassidy (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Katsuyori Shibata vs. Daniel Garcia - AEW International Championship
  • Toni Storm (c) vs. Willow Nightingale - AEW Women's World Championship
  • Sting, Darby Allin, & TBA vs. Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara, & Minoru Suzuki
  • CM Punk vs. Satoshi Kojima - Men's Owen Hart Foundation Tournament
  • Athena vs. Billie Starkz - Women's Owen Hart Foundation Tournament - Zero-Hour

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