AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door goes down on Sunday, June 30th.
All Elite Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling are coming together for their third annual crossover special. AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door was first launched in June 2022, building off of the working relationship established by the two professional wrestling juggernauts in early 2021. The first Forbidden Door card was a collection of crossover contests that were less focused on storylines and more focused on fun clashes. The same could not be said for the sequel, as AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2023 was headlined by two blood feuds in the forms of Will Ospreay vs. Kenny Omega and Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada.
This year, AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door is somewhere in the middle. While a bulk of the card is interpromotional bouts, the top contests are more or less unique to each company. AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland defends his title against fellow AEW star Will Ospreay, and IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jon Moxley defends New Japan’s top prize against NJPW’s Tetsuya Naito.
AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2024 Start Time, How to Watch
AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door goes down this Sunday, June 30th at 8 PM ET, available to stream on various pay-per-view platforms. The festivities begin 90 minutes earlier at 6:30 PM ET with AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door: Zero Hour on AEW’s social channels.
AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2024 Card
AEW World Championship: Swerve Strickland (c) vs. Will Ospreay
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Jon Moxley (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito
Winner Takes All: AEW TBS Champion Mercedes Moné vs. NJPW STRONG Women’s Champion Stephanie Vaquer
AEW Women’s Championship: “Timeless” Toni Storm (c) vs. Mina Shirakawa
Owen Hart Cup Tournament: Bryan Danielson vs. Shingo Takagi
AEW TNT Championship – Ladder Match: Jack Perry vs. Lio Rush vs. El Phantasmo vs. Dante Martin vs. Mark Briscoe vs. Konosuke Takeshita
The Elite vs. The Acclaimed and Hiroshi Tanahashi
MJF vs. Hechicero
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Orange Cassidy
Chris Jericho, Big Bill, and Jeff Cobb vs. Samoa Joe, Hook, and Katsuyori Shibata
Zero Hour: Los Ingobernables de Japon vs. Lucha Brothers and Místico
Zero Hour – Owen Hart Cup Tournament: Mariah May vs. Saraya
Zero Hour: Kris Statlander and Momo Watanabe vs. Willow Nightingale and Tam Nakano
AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2024 Betting Odds
One world championship is favored to change hands at the UBS Arena.
Courtesy of BetOnline, Tetsuya Naito (-300) is a slight favorite over IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jon Moxley (+300). That match also has odds for it to end in a draw, sitting at +290 for a tie result.
AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland looks strong going into his next title defense, sitting at -800 to challenge Will Ospreay’s +425. AEW Women’s Champion Toni Storm (-1500) appears to be safe as well against challenger Mina Shirakawa (+600). AEW TBS Champion Mercedes Moné has good odds to take home all the gold, as she is a -2000 favorite in her contest against NJPW STRONG Women’s Champion Stephanie Vaquer, who is a +700 underdog.
AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door goes down on Sunday, June 30th. Stay tuned to ComicBook for live coverage.
