AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2025 took place on 24 August 2025 at London’s O2 Arena. The cross-promotional professional wrestling show featured AEW, New Japan Pro-Wrestling and wrestlers associated with other promotions. Among the headline outcomes, “Hangman” Adam Page retained the AEW World Championship against MJF, Toni Storm retained the AEW Women’s World Championship against Athena, and Brodido captured the AEW World Tag Team Championship. This historical recap replaces the old list of predicted matches with AEW’s official show results.
Forbidden Door 2025: key match results
| Match / title | Winner | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| AEW World Championship: Adam Page vs MJF | Hangman Adam Page | Page retained |
| AEW Women’s World Championship: Toni Storm vs Athena | Toni Storm | Storm retained via submission |
| AEW World Tag Team Championship: Hurt Syndicate vs FTR vs Brodido | Brodido (Bandido and Brody King) | New champions |
| IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Zack Sabre Jr. vs Nigel McGuinness | Zack Sabre Jr. | Sabre retained |
| TNT Championship: Kyle Fletcher vs Hiromu Takahashi | Kyle Fletcher | Fletcher retained |
| AEW Unified Championship: Kazuchika Okada vs Swerve Strickland | Kazuchika Okada | Okada retained |
These results follow AEW’s official event recap. Forbidden Door is scripted professional wrestling: match outcomes and title changes are entertainment storylines, not independent sporting league results. Distinguishing an announced result from the narrative built around it is essential for an accurate event archive.
Hangman Page and Toni Storm leave London as champions
Adam Page defended the AEW World Championship against MJF successfully. The match was billed around the challenger’s negotiated stipulations and their ongoing rivalry, but the recorded outcome was an AEW title retention. In another major title match, Toni Storm made ROH Women’s World Champion Athena submit to retain the AEW Women’s World Championship.
The programme placed two singles title defences alongside multiple inter-promotional matches. The involvement of athletes from several companies was part of Forbidden Door’s identity; the exact championship lineage must be attributed to the relevant promotion instead of lumping every belt together as an AEW title.
Brodido win the AEW tag team titles
One of the show’s actual title changes came in a three-way tag team match. Brodido – Bandido and Brody King – defeated reigning champions The Hurt Syndicate and FTR to take the AEW World Tag Team Championship. The outcome differed from a simple defence or a non-title exhibition: the championships genuinely changed hands within AEW’s booking.
Sabre, Fletcher and Okada retain their titles
For the New Japan title, Zack Sabre Jr. retained the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against Nigel McGuinness. Meanwhile, Kyle Fletcher defeated Hiromu Takahashi in a TNT Championship defence. Kazuchika Okada overcame Swerve Strickland to keep the AEW Unified Championship.
The distinction between match winners and championship changes matters: the winners listed here did not all become new champions. Some entered the show holding a title and left with that title intact.
Lights Out Steel Cage: the closing storyline
The event’s high-profile Lights Out Steel Cage match was won by a team comprising Darby Allin, Will Ospreay, Hiroshi Tanahashi and the Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi). Their opponents included the Death Riders, Gabe Kidd and the Young Bucks. AEW’s account describes a violent post-match storyline assault on Ospreay by Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli.
This was presented as an unsanctioned-style spectacle within professional wrestling, not as a regulated combat-sport contest. Treating its narrative twists as actual competitive records would confuse entertainment reporting with MMA or boxing results.
When and where did Forbidden Door 2025 happen?
The 2025 edition was staged at The O2 in London on Sunday 24 August 2025. The cross-promotional line-up was its defining feature: wrestlers from AEW, NJPW and associated organisations appeared on the same card. The old article’s anticipated match-ups, ticket offers and speculative storyline predictions are now historical context, not current advice for a forthcoming event.