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Al Elite Wrestling’s banned door payment-view-view gathered wrestlers from AEW, Ring of Honor, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, Stardom, Revpro and Cosejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) all under one roof on Sunday.
The card contained eight championship matches, including the matches listed on the pre-show. And when the dust settled in London’s O2 arena, the title pictures did not change much for the most part.
Will Ospray also took the head of the violence in the last fight at night.
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Read below for some of the highlights of Forbidden Door.
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Death riders get the last laughter
Jon Moxley went into a steel cube on the Forbidden Door 2025. (Al Elite Wrestling)
Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi, Darby Allin, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Will Ospray may have won the unknown light out of the steel cage against Death Riders, Gabe Kidd and Matt and Nick Jackson. But it was Jon Moxley’s fraction who saved Ospreay at the end.
Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli and Gabe Kidd Brutalized Ospreay, which targeted the throat on which he was set to be operated on. Osprey’s teammates couldn’t get to him in time when death riders locked the door and their opponents went to work on him.
Now it seems that Ospray will be out of action for a while.
Osprey’s teammates seemed to be in shock when AEW medicine staff participated in Ospray. He was seen in a neck rod when forbidden dies ended.
Adam Page Def. MJF to keep AEW World Cup

Adam Page retained AEW World Championship on the Forbidden Door 2025. (Al Elite Wrestling)
Maxwell Jacob Friedman (MJF) may have had the benefit of going into the AEW World Championship match. He could win the title of incompatibility or counting and did not have to perform the Casino Gauntlet contract to get the shot.
Still, Adam Page, fresh of the high of winning the title at all, went to work. He pulled out all the stops, including a lunar from the top rope. He spiked a dead eye through the table and took a tombstone Piledriver out of the broken table.
In the end, Page Buckshot hit Lariat and picked up the diocese at MJF.
MJF may have lost this round, but he still has a new option in the palms.
AEW Stars Adam Copeland, Christian Cage Dish On Surprise Aosivances, Next Chapter In their Story
Jamie Hayter, Wardlow Return
AEW saw two large returns occurred during the night.
First, Wardlow went into the Fray after Kazuchika Okada, who preserved the AEW Unified Championship over Swerve Strickland. Okada put a Christmas in Strickland after the victory when Prince Nana came out to interrupt him.
When Nana controlled Strickland, Wardlow entered the ring and did quickly work from Nana. Wardlow before he seemed to go with the Don Callis family.
Jamie Hayter almost defeated Mercedes MonĂ© in the Women’s Owen Hart Cup tournament and served an AEW WOMEN’S World Championship shot. But she had not yet returned to the ring since then due to an injury. When Thekla came after Queen Aminata, Hayter came out to the crowd to save.
Toni Storm retains AEW WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Toni Storm caused Athena to tap out on the Forbidden Door 2025. (Al Elite Wrestling)
Toni Storm and Athena had increased for several weeks. Athena, Ring of Honor Women’s Champion, won the Casino Gauntlet match at all. Athena had turned out to be one of the best women’s wrestlers in the world as she ran through Ring of Honor Roster.
But Storm has been on his own tear. The four-time champion regained Aew Women’s World Championship at Grand Slam: Australia and has not looked back. Athena would not be an easy opponent, but Storm has been shown to remove the best of the best with ease.
Storm’s skill in the ring was no fight for Athena. Storm caused Athena to submit to the victory.
Elsewhere
- Brody King and Bandido Def. Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin and Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood to win AEW World Tag Team Championship.
- Zack Saber Jr. Def. Nigel McGuinness to preserve the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.
- Mercedes Moné Def. Alex Windsor, Bozilla and Pershone to keep the AEW TBS championship.
- Kyle Fletcher Def. Hiromu Takahashi to keep the AEW TNT championship.
- Adam Copeland and Christian Cage Def. Killswitch and Kip Sabian in a tag-team match.
- Katsuyori Shibata, Powerhouse Hobbs and Samoa Joe Def. Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney and Robbie X to keep AEW World Trios Championship.
- Julia Hart, Skye Blue, Thekla and Megan Bayne Def Harley Cameron, Kris Statlander, Queen Aminata and Willow Nightingale in an eight-women tag-team match.
- Bishop Kaun, Toa Liona and Ricochet def. Kevin Knight, “Speedball” Mike Bailey and Michael Oku in a Trios match.
- Kyle O’Reilly, Roderick Strong, El Desperado and Yuya Uemura Def. Lio Rush, Action Andreti, Hechicero and Josh Alexander in an eight-man tag-team match.



