Tonight’s AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door 2025 pay-per-view took place at The O2 Arena in London, England. Below are the complete results.
Forbidden Door Zero Hour Pre-Show Results
– Paragon (Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong), El Desperado, and Yuya Uemura def. CRU (Lio Rush and Action Andretti) and Don Callis Family (Josh Alexander and Hechicero) (with Lance Archer and Rocky Romero)
– Ricochet and Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona) def. Michael Oku and JetSpeed (“Speedball” Mike Bailey and Kevin Knight) (with Amira Blair)
– Megan Bayne and Triangle of Madness (Julia Hart, Skye Blue, and Thekla) (with Penelope Ford) def. Harley Cameron, Kris Statlander, Queen Aminata, and Willow Nightingale
– The Young Bucks, while being interviewed by Lexi Nair backstage, began to bully a production crew member. Matt Jackson, complaining about their music and graphics, instructed the crew member to fill a bag with weapons and hide it under the ring for their Steel Cage match.
– Tony Khan, along with Martha Hart and Owen Hart’s son Oje, announced that AEW has made history tonight because this is the biggest wrestling crowd in the history of The O2 Arena in London.
– AEW Trios Championship: The Opps (Samoa Joe, Katsuyori Shibata, and Powerhouse Hobbs) (c) def. Bullet Club War Dogs (Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors, and Robbie X) (with Gedo) to retain the Titles
Forbidden Door Main PPV Show Results
– Adam Copeland (Edge) and Christian Cage def. Kip Sabian and Killswitch (with Mother Wayne)
This Cope and Christian’s first match as a tag team in 14 years.
– TNT Championship: Kyle Fletcher (c) def. Hiromu Takahashi (NJPW) to retain the Title
– Fatal 4-Way match for the TBS Women’s Championship: Mercedes Moné (c) def. Alex Windsor (AEW), Peresphone (CMLL), and Bozilla (Stardom) to retain the Title
– IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Zack Sabre Jr. (c) def. Nigel McGuinness (with Daniel Garcia) to retain the Title
Zack showed respect to Nigel after the match. British wrestling legend and former WWE NXT UK General Manager Johnny Saint appeared in the video package for this match:
.@McGuinnessNigel and Johnny Saint, two brilliant minds at play as Nigel prepares for his IWGP World Title match against Zack Sabre Jr. ♟️#ForbiddenDoor | LIVE NOW | Internationally on TrillerTV PPV
➡️ https://t.co/9zgyPnCYnx pic.twitter.com/UitUzVnxuN— TrillerTV (@Triller_TV) August 24, 2025
Saint was also seated ringside for this match.
– Tony Schiavone announced tonight’s attendance: 18,992. The biggest wrestling crowd in the history of The O2 Arena.
– Triangle of Madness attacked Queen Aminata, which led to former AEW Women’s World Champion Jamie Hayter returning from injury to make the save.
– Triple Threat Match for the AEW World Tag Team Championship: Brodido (Brody King and ROH World Champion Bandido) def. FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) and The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin) (c) to win the Titles
3 Masked Men attacked Lashley and Benjamin during the match and took them out. They removed their mask to reveal themselves to be Ricochet and Gates of Agony.
Bandido is now a double champion: ROH World Champion and AEW World Tag Team Champion.
– AEW Unified Championship: Kazuchika Okada (c) def. Swerve Strickland to retain the title
Okada attacked Strickland after the match. Prince Nana came out with a pipe and Okada retreated. Wardlow returned and attacked Nana and security. Wardlow then joined Don Callis’ heel faction.
– AEW Women’s World Championship: “Timeless” Toni Storm (c) def. ROH Women’s Champion Athena via submission to retain the title
Billie Starkz tried to interfere in the match, but Mina Shirakawa chased her away.
– AEW World Championship: “Hangman” Adam Page (c) def. MJF to retain the title
– Lights Out Steel Cage Match: Will Ospreay, Kenny Omega, Darby Allin, Kota Ibushi and Hiroshi Tanahashi def. Death Riders (Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli), The Young Bucks and Gabe Kidd
Death Riders attacked Ospreay after the match. Moxley injured Ospreay neck with a steel chair. This is way to write Ospreay off AEW TV, as he’s dealing with legitimate neck issues. AEW wrote Swerve Strickland off TV earlier tonight as well, because he also needs surgery.
