Forbidden Door (2023)

The 2023 Forbidden Door is the upcoming 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 will take place on June 25, 2023, at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Forbidden Door
Promotional poster for the event
PromotionAll Elite Wrestling
New Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateJune 25, 2023
CityToronto, Ontario, Canada
VenueScotiabank Arena
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Production

Background

In February 2021, the American professional wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) started a partnership with the Japanese promotion, New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).[1] After a year of AEW and NJPW wrestlers appearing on each other's shows, the two companies co-promoted a pay-per-view (PPV) event titled Forbidden Door in June 2022.[2] The event took its name from the same term often used by AEW when referring to working with other professional wrestling promotions.[3]

On March 15, 2023, a second Forbidden Door event between AEW and NJPW was scheduled to be held on June 25, 2023, at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, thus establishing Forbidden Door as an annual event between the two companies. Tickets went on sale on March 24. The event will also kick off a month-long tour of Canada for AEW, which will include their weekly television programs and house shows.[4][5]

Storylines

Forbidden Door will feature professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.[6]

On the April 26 episode of Dynamite, AEW president Tony Khan announced that tournament matches for the second annual Owen Hart Cup would occur at Forbidden Door.[7]

See also

References
  1. "AEW, New Japan Pro Wrestling Established Working Relationship". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. February 4, 2021. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  2. Barrasso, Justin (April 20, 2022). "Tony Khan Announces First-Ever AEW, NJPW Joint Pay-Per View Event". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  3. Lambert, Jeremy (February 10, 2022). "Tony Kahn Admits He Butchered His 'Forbidden Door' Definition, Which Led To Securing Jay White". Fightful. Retrieved April 28, 2022. The term "forbidden door" has always been used in reference to companies working together and not signing exclusively with one company.
  4. Casey, Connor (March 15, 2023). "AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2023 Date, Location Confirmed". ComicBook.com. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  5. Russell, Skylar (March 15, 2023). "AEW Returning To Toronto For Forbidden Door 2 On June 25, Five Other Shows In Canada Announced". Fightful. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  6. Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 18, 2013. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  7. Keller, Wade (April 26, 2023). "4/26 AEW Dynamite TV Results: Keller's report on Darby vs. Guevara, Omega & Takeshita vs. Butcher & Blade, Jade vs. Valkyrie, Dax vs. Jarrett, Tony Khan announcement". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
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