The 2024 Forbidden Door is an upcoming 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 be the third annual Forbidden Door event. It will take place on June 30, 2024, at the UBS Arena in the Long Island hamlet of Elmont, New York.
AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door | |||
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Promotion | All Elite Wrestling New Japan Pro-Wrestling | ||
Date | June 30, 2024 | ||
City | Elmont, New York | ||
Venue | UBS Arena | ||
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Production edit
Background edit
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 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.[4][5]
On April 11, 2024, AEW announced that the third Forbidden Door would take place on June 30, 2024, at the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York.[6][7]
Storylines edit
Forbidden Door will feature professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines.[8]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Nason, Josh (February 4, 2021). "AEW, New Japan Pro Wrestling Established Working Relationship". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
- ^ Barrasso, Justin (April 20, 2022). "Tony Khan Announces First-Ever AEW, NJPW Joint Pay-Per View Event". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Casey, Connor (March 15, 2023). "AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2023 Date, Location Confirmed". ComicBook.com. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy (April 11, 2024). "AEW Announces Dates And Locations For 2024 PPV Events". Fightful.
- ^ Knight, Cain A. (April 11, 2024). "AEW announces full PPV schedule for 2024, including events on back-to-back weekends". Cageside Seats.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2012.