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Forbidden Door (2023)

Promotion All Elite Wrestling
New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Date June 25, 2023
City Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Venue Scotiabank Arena
Attendance 14,826

The 2023 Forbidden Door was the second annual Forbidden Door 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 took place on June 25, 2023, at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was AEW's first PPV to be held outside of the United States and NJPW's first traditional PPV to be held in Canada. Forbidden Door was also the first non-WWE PPV event to be held in Toronto in what was Air Canada Centre since World Championship Wrestling's Mayhem event on November 21, 1999.

Fourteen matches were contested at the event, including four on Zero Hour pre-show as well as one dark match. In the main event, Bryan Danielson defeated Kazuchika Okada by submission. In other prominent matches, Will Ospreay defeated Kenny Omega to win the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship, The Elite ("Hangman" Adam Page, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson), Eddie Kingston, and Tomohiro Ishii defeated Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta, and Claudio Castagnoli), Konosuke Takeshita, and Shota Umino in a 10-man tag team match, Sanada defeated "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry to retain the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, and in the opening bout, MJF defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to retain the AEW World Championship.

Results


No. Results Stipulations Times

1D Tom Lawlor (with Royce Isaacs) defeated Serpentico (with Luther) by pinfall Singles match 4:10

2P Mogul Embassy (Swerve Strickland, Toa Liona, Brian Cage, and Bishop Kaun) (with Prince Nana) defeated Chaos (Rocky Romero, Chuck Taylor, and Trent Beretta) and El Desperado by pinfall Eight-man tag team match 12:30

3P Athena defeated Billie Starkz by pinfall Women's Owen Hart Cup Tournament first round match 7:50

4P El Phantasmo defeated Stu Grayson by pinfall Singles match 7:15

5P Los Ingobernables de Japon (Shingo Takagi, Bushi, and Hiromu Takahashi) defeated United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Kyle Fletcher, and TJP) by pinfall Six-man tag team match 7:30

6 MJF (c) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi by pinfall Singles match for the AEW World Championship 15:30

7 CM Punk defeated Satoshi Kojima by pinfall Men's Owen Hart Cup Tournament first round match 13:40

8 Orange Cassidy (c) defeated Zack Sabre Jr., Katsuyori Shibata, and Daniel Garcia by pinfall Four-way match for the AEW International Championship 11:15

9 Sanada (c) (with Douki) defeated "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry (with Hook) by pinfall Singles match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship 10:45

10 The Elite ("Hangman" Adam Page, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson), Eddie Kingston, and Tomohiro Ishii defeated Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta, and Claudio Castagnoli), Konosuke Takeshita, and Shota Umino by pinfall 10-man tag team match 21:25

11 Toni Storm (c) (with Ruby Soho and Saraya) defeated Willow Nightingale by pinfall Singles match for the AEW Women's World Championship 10:30

12 Will Ospreay (with Don Callis) defeated Kenny Omega (c) by pinfall Singles match for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship 39:45

13 Sting, Darby Allin, and Tetsuya Naito defeated Le Suzuki Gods (Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara, and Minoru Suzuki) by pinfall Six-man tag team match 15:10

14 Bryan Danielson defeated Kazuchika Okada by submission Singles match 27:40