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AEW Forbidden Door 2025
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AEW World & TNT Titles On The Line, Plus Huge Cage Match Set For Forbidden Door

By Conor Renshaw on 14 August 2025

“Hangman” Adam Page will defend his AEW World Title, Kyle Fletcher will put his TNT Championship, and NJPW president Hiroshi Tanahashi is in action in a massive ten-man cage match at Forbidden Door.

Adam Page will have his second AEW World Championship defence at Forbidden Door against MJF after the two had a face-to-face confrontation on last night’s Dynamite, which ended with Page riling MJF up so much by calling him a coward and demanding that he cash in his Casino Gauntlet title shot at Forbidden Door, and MJF agreed.

Kyle Fletcher’s TNT Championship will also be on the line at Forbidden Door, and he will face NJPW’s Hiromu Takahashi. After Fletcher defeated Tomohiro Ishii on Collision last week, he challenged NJPW to send their best to confront him on Dynamite, and last night on Dynamite, Fletcher teamed with The Young Bucks and Josh Alexander against Ishii, Hologram, Brody King, and the surprise entrance of Takahashi, who won the match for his team by pinning Alexander.

Besides The AEW Titles, What Other Match Was Set For Forbidden Door On Dynamite?

After Jon Moxley defeated Kevin Knight on Dynamite last night, Darby Allin came to the ring to attack Wheeler Yuta before Claudio Castagnoli came and laid out Allin. Then Will Ospreay entered to even the odds and took out Yuta and Castagnoli. Ospreay then took to the microphone to tell The Death Riders to bring their friends, and he’ll bring his for a Lights Out Steel Cage Match at Forbidden Door.

The full lineup for the match was later revealed, and it will be Darby Allin, Will Ospreay, Kenny Omega, Hiroshi Tanahashi, and Kota Ibushi vs. Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Gabe Kidd, Matt and Nick Jackson.

The line-up for Forbidden Door currently looks like this:

  • “Hangman” Adam Page (c) vs. MJF for the AEW World Championship
  • Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Swerve Strickland for the AEW Unified Title
  • Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin (c) vs. the winner of the Tag Team Title eliminator for the Tag Team Championship
  • Adam Copeland & Christian Cage vs. Nick Wayne & Kip Sabian
  • Toni Storm (c) vs. Athena for the Women’s World Championship
  • Mercedes Mone (c) vs. Alex Windsor vs. a star from CMLL TBD vs. a star from Stardom TBD in a Four-Way Match for the TBS Title
  • Kyle Fletcher (c) vs. Hiromu Takahashi for the TNT Championship
  • Darby Allin, Will Ospreay, Kenny Omega, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi vs. Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Gabe Kidd, Matt & Nick Jackson in a Lights Out Steel Cage Match

So, who do you think will walk out of Forbidden Door as AEW World Champion? Are you excited for this massive ten-man cage match? And which match are you looking forward to the most?

Let us know in the comments!

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