AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2025 Results: Winners & Grades

AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2025 Results: Winners & Grades. AEW and NJPW united once again for their annual crossover, Forbidden Door 2025, live from London. The show featured dream matches, title fights, and heated international rivalries. Fans witnessed shocking moments, brutal battles, and unforgettable performances.

With two worlds colliding, Forbidden Door has cemented itself as one of wrestling’s most anticipated events. From shocking finishes to show-stealing performances, here are the full results, winners, match grades, and highlights from Forbidden Door 2025.

AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2025 Lineup & Winners –

Zero Hour –

• All Stars 8-Man Tag : CRU (Action Andretti & Lio Rush) & Don Callis Family (Hechicero & Josh Alexander) def. El Desperado, Paragon (Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong) & Yuya Uemura.
• Trios Match : Ricochet & Gates of Agony (Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun) def. Michael Oku & JetSpeed (Speedball Mike Bailey & Kevin Knight).
• All Star 8-Woman Tag : Megan Bayne & Triangle of Madness (Thekla, Julia Hart & Skye Blue) def. Willow Nightingale, Queen Aminata, Kris Statlander & Harley Cameron.
• AEW Trios Championship : The Opps (Samoa Joe, Powerhouse Hobbs & Katsuyori Shibata) def. Bullet Club War Dogs (Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney & Robbie X)

Main Card –

• Tag Team Match : Adam Copeland & Christian Cage def. Killswitch & Kip Sabian.
• TNT Championship : Kyle Fletcher def. Himoru Takahashi
• TBS Championship : Mercedes Mone (c) def. Alex Windsor, Persephone & Bozilla
• IWGP World Championship : Zack Sabre Jr. def. Nigel McGuinness
• AEW World Tag Team Championship: The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin) (c) def. FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) vs. Brodido (Bandido & Brody King)
• AEW Unified Championship: Kazuchika Okada (c) def. Swerve Strickland
• AEW Women’s World Championship: Timeless Toni Storm (c) def. Athena
• AEW World Championship : Hangman Adam Page (c) def. MJF
• Lights Out Steel Cage Match : Will Ospreay, Darby Allin, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi def. Death Riders (Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli), The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) & Gabe Kidd

AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2025 London : Zero Hour Results –

CRU (Action Andretti & Lio Rush) & Don Callis Family (Hechicero & Josh Alexander) vs. El Desperado, Paragon (Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong) & Yuya Uemura.

Josh Alexander and Yuya Uemura opened with a sharp technical exchange before El Desperado and Hechicero traded holds. CRU tried to outpace their opponents with double-team offense, but Desperado escaped and tagged in Kyle O’Reilly. From there, Paragon’s teamwork shifted the momentum as they systematically wore down their rivals.

The action intensified as Uemura and Alexander brawled in the center of the ring. Alexander hit a big suplex for a near fall. Desperado broke free to make the save. CRU fired back with a stunner–cutter combo on O’Reilly. Uemura responded with a butterfly suplex on Lio Rush, scoring the decisive three count.

Winners: El Desperado, Paragon & Yuya Uemura

After the match, the Don Callis Family ambushed the victors until Tomohiro Ishii stormed the ring to even the odds. A wild brawl broke out, ending with Ishii planting Lance Archer with a thunderous Brainbuster.

GRADE : B+

Ricochet & Gates of Agony (Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun) vs. Michael Oku & JetSpeed (Speedball Mike Bailey & Kevin Knight).

Ricochet and Oku started the match with a fast-paced exchange. Oku hit a hurricanrana, but Gates of Agony immediately attacked him. JetSpeed came to the rescue, striking GoA and Ricochet with a coordinated assault. Toa Liona followed up with a massive pounce, sending Ricochet out of the ring.

Ricochet and his allies controlled the action for a while. Kevin Knight turned the tide with precise kicks and uppercuts. Oku and Speedball Mike Bailey executed an assisted super hurricanrana on Kaun, but Ricochet broke up the pin. Speedball connected with a moonsault knee on Kaun, while Oku used rapid strikes to knock Ricochet out of the ring. Oku then flew over Ricochet with a high-risk move.

GoA attempted their finisher, but JetSpeed interrupted with dropkicks. Ricochet landed a knee strike on Speedball, only for Mike to counter with a moonsault to the outside. Oku locked in a single-leg Boston Crab on Ricochet, who escaped by attacking Oku’s eyes. Finally, Ricochet and GoA hit Open the Gates and Spirit Gun, securing the victory.

Winners: Ricochet & Gates of Agony

GRADE : B

Megan Bayne & Triangle of Madness (Thekla, Julia Hart & Skye Blue) vs. Willow Nightingale, Queen Aminata, Kris Statlander & Harley Cameron

All eight competitors started the match at once. Willow’s team quickly took control, sending their opponents out of the ring. Queen Aminata hit Julia Hart with a Chocolate Kiss before tagging in Kris Statlander. Megan Bayne responded with a double fallaway slam on Willow and Queen, leaving Kris isolated in the corner. Harley Cameron tagged in and launched a series of attacks on everyone.

Megan hit a Scissorhands, but Skye Blue countered and threw her into a fallaway slam. Aminata escaped Bayne with a hurricanrana and locked in Chocolate Kisses. Megan tried to fight back with a piledriver, only to take another hurricanrana. Willow hit Skye with a spinebuster and a DVD. Thekla and Queen battled outside the ring, exchanging blows up the ramp.

Harley avoided a powerbomb from Megan with her nose guard and attempted a pin, but it failed. Kris accidentally struck Willow, giving Bayne the opening. Megan knocked Harley out of the ring and finished her with a Running Light Bomb.

Winners: Megan Bayne & Triangle of Madness

GRADE : B

AEW Trios Championship Match: The Opps (Samoa Joe, Powerhouse Hobbs & Katsuyori Shibata) (c) vs. Bullet Club War Dogs (Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney & Robbie X)

Shibata opened the match by dominating Clark Connors with precision strikes. Samoa Joe tagged in and went after Drilla Moloney, but Robbie X briefly interrupted. Joe avoided a leaping Robbie by sidestepping and hit sharp jabs. Clark slammed Shibata into the barricade, but Powerhouse Hobbs stopped him with heavy strikes. Moloney surprised Joe with a metal steps attack in his corner. Shibata challenged Clark’s chops and absorbed them without flinching.

Hobbs then took control, running over all opponents. Connors targeted his knee from behind while the War Dogs teamed up in the corner. Robbie X hit a high low combination and a Tornillo for a near fall. Joe countered with a Muscle Buster on X, while his teammates kept him safe from interference. Joe landed the decisive pin.

Winners & Still AEW Trios Champions: The Opps (Samoa Joe, Powerhouse Hobbs & Katsuyori Shibata)

GRADE : B+

AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2025 London : Main Show Results –

Adam Copeland & Christian Cage vs. Killswitch & Kip Sabian

Adam and Kip started the match with a fast-paced exchange. Copeland quickly dodged and surprised Kip with a strike at ringside. Christian tagged in and unloaded punches on Sabian. Killswitch regained control, forcing Christian to look for Adam to even the odds. Shayna Wayne distracted Adam, letting Killswitch and Kip maintain dominance.

Killswitch launched Kip for a cannonball on Copeland, creating a gap in his own team. He followed with a side slam on Adam. Kip asked for a tag, but Killswitch delivered a hard blow to his chest instead. Christian tried to tag Adam, but Shayna distracted him. Kip bled from a cut above his eyebrow. Killswitch threw Kip onto his shoulders, but Adam hit him with a spear.

Christian took over with repeated chops on Killswitch, who countered with a headbutt. Cage climbed the ropes with Kip and launched himself outside the ring. Christian and Adam hit a double impaler on Killswitch, but Cage didn’t notice Kip had tagged in. Christian delivered a reverse DDT to Kip. Killswitch stopped a spear, but Adam hit a decisive spear on Killswitch outside. Kip tried to counter with a knee strike and a Killswitch, but Cage stopped him mid-air and set up the finishing spear.

Winners: Adam Copeland & Christian Cage

GRADE : A-

TNT Championship Match: Kyle Fletcher (c) vs. Hiromu Takahashi

The match started evenly, with neither competitor gaining a clear advantage. Kyle Fletcher landed hard chops, but Hiromu dodged and fired back with his own strikes. Fletcher responded with an elbow for a two count. He dominated with body slams, until Hiromu hit a surprise hurricanrana. Takahashi followed with a poisonrana between the ropes and on the apron. Returning to the ring, he continued the offense but failed to secure a pin.

The two exchanged suplexes, neither giving in. Fletcher hit a Michinoku Driver, leaving both wrestlers down. He climbed for a high-risk move, but Hiromu countered with punches and attempted a hurricanrana. Fletcher caught him and delivered an avalanche back suplex, followed by a Last Ride, though Hiromu resisted. Takahashi laughed and escaped a pin at one. He reversed an attack on the apron, crashing Fletcher face-first, then hit a Sunset Bomb outside.

Hiromu attempted a Destroyer Powerbomb and a shoulder attack, but both failed to finish the match. Fletcher landed a Piledriver for a two count, followed by corner kicks. He went for a Brainbuster, but Hiromu reversed it with a pin. Fletcher then hit the decisive Brainbuster for the three count.

Winner & Still TNT Champion: Kyle Fletcher

GRADE: B+

TBS Championship Match: Mercedes Mone (c) vs. Alex Windsor vs. Persephone vs. Bozilla

The challengers immediately threw Mone out of the ring. Bozilla knocked the others down and cornered Mercedes upon her return. Bonilla launched Mone over the ropes onto her opponents outside, then slammed Persephone. Alex jumped on Bozilla’s back but failed to gain control. Bozilla crushed Alex and Mone in one corner and Persephone in another, though he ran into the post during a missed attack.

Mone hit a crossbody, only for Bozilla to catch her. Persephone followed with a cannonball onto both of them. Pins were attempted by Mone, Persephone, and Alex. Mone stopped a double pin on Persephone, applied a bearhug, and launched her into the air. Missile dropkicks and Meteora kept all four competitors in check, though Alex and Perse broke the pin. In the corner, Alex hit a spider German suplex on everyone, with Mone taking the worst fall.

Mone landed a crucifix bomb on Alex and Persephone simultaneously. She went for the Statement Maker, but both escaped. Alex countered with a double sharpshooter, though Bozilla stepped on their hands to break it. Persephone speared Alex, then Bozilla chokeslammed and moonsaulted both women. Mone broke the pin. She hit a poisonrana on Bozilla, while Alex landed a fisherman buster on Mercedes for a near fall. Persephone delivered a Razors Edge to Bozilla, and Alex locked in the sharpshooter. Mercedes reversed Persephone’s Razors Edge into a pin to secure the victory.

Winner & Still TBS Champion: Mercedes Mone

GRADE: A-

IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Zack Saber Jr (c) vs. Nigel McGuinness

Daniel Garcia accompanied Nigel McGuinness, while Marty Jones and Johnny Saint watched from ringside. The match started as a pure technical duel. Zack targeted Nigel’s arm to gain an advantage. Nigel countered, trapping Zack’s arm with his legs and applying pressure, but the pin attempt failed. Zack hit a Kimura, and Nigel escaped to the corner. McGuinness ran from corner to corner, landing a lariat for a two count.

Sabre Jr. reversed a rebound lariat into a cross armbreaker. Zack shifted the hold multiple times, while Garcia moved the rope closer so Nigel could escape. Uppercuts exchanged, and Zack began bleeding from his nose. Several pins went for near falls, including a rebound lariat and a Ripcord Lariat that Nigel resisted.

Nigel dominated with an arm lock and back pressure, then transitioned into a triangle choke. Zack applied a headlock at the ropes and left the ring to argue with Garcia. Nigel hit the Tower of London for a near fall, but Zack placed his foot on the ropes. The match continued with multiple pin exchanges until Zack finally scored the decisive count.

Winner: Zack Sabre Jr.

GRADE: A

AEW World Tag Team Championship Match: The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin) (c) vs. FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) vs. Brodido (Bandido & Brody King)

The challengers pounced on the champions, and the action quickly moved to ringside. Bandido and Dax faced off in the ring, but Bobby Lashley hit a double clothesline on FTR. Shelton Benjamin dominated Dax, who tagged in Bandido to escape. Bandido attempted a Tope Suicida, but Shelton stopped him and tagged in Lashley. Hurt Syndicate dominated Bandido, while Brody King tried to mount a comeback but argued with the referee and was beaten down by the champions.

Bandido used a screw to free himself from Shelton and tagged in Brody. King charged at all opponents, hitting a cannonball to FTR. Lashley confronted him in the ring, exchanging blows to the crowd’s roar. Shelton distributed German suplexes on King but took a Shatter Machine from Brody and Cash. Wheeler attempted a Tope, but the champions caught him. Brody then launched into a Tope on all three opponents. Bandido hit a fallaway slam moonsault on Cash and others outside.

Lashley speared Brody in the ring, and the champions attacked everyone at ringside. Two hooded wrestlers in NJPW gear attacked Lashley outside. Bandido avoided a chairshot from Dax with a superkick, while King blocked Cash but took a chairshot to the head. The hooded wrestlers were revealed as Ricochet and Gates of Agony, taking out Hurt Syndicate. King catapulted Bandido for a 450 splash on Dax, securing the pin.

Winners & New AEW World Tag Team Champions: Brodido (Bandido & Brody King)

GRADE: A

Unified Championship Match: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Swerve Strickland

Swerve Strickland started strong, landing a dropkick that caught Okada off guard. He chained two neckbreakers together, but Okada countered and launched him out of the ring. Swerve attempted to land on his feet but tweaked his knee, giving Okada the opening to slide through the ropes with a kick. The fight spilled onto the metal steps, where Okada delivered a brutal DDT. Back in the ring, he followed with a neckbreaker across the knee for a near fall.

Strickland fought back with sharp strikes, a flatliner, and a suplex. The two battled high above the ring, with Swerve landing a superplex, though Okada narrowly escaped. At ringside, Swerve aimed for a stomp, but Okada dodged and countered with a piledriver. Back inside, Okada hit his trademark elbow drop and held Swerve’s wrist to deliver successive lariats. Swerve escaped the Rainmaker, countering with a kick and his House Call, before drilling Okada with lariats of his own.

Okada’s precision dropkick swung momentum back his way. Swerve avoided the first Rainmaker attempt, but another dropkick kept him reeling. Strickland powered through with a slam and a stomp, nearly securing the three count despite his injured knee. In the frantic closing stretch, both men dodged each other’s finishers until Okada landed the decisive Rainmaker for the victory.

Winner & Still Unified Champion: Kazuchika Okada

After the match, Okada targeted Swerve’s knee with vicious attacks. Prince Nana rushed to the ring with a metal pipe, forcing Okada to retreat and saving his client from further damage.

Wardlow attacks Prince Nana! In his return to AEW, Wardlow surprises Nana and beats him down, leaving Swerve unable to stand up to defend him. Security rushes in to restrain Wardlow. Wardlow hugs Don Callis and greets Okada on the ramp, joining the Don Callis Family.

GRADE: A

AEW Women’s World Championship Match: Timeless Toni Storm (c) vs. Athena

Toni Storm starts strong, arguing with Billie Starkz before hitting a Storm Zero attempt. Athena immediately takes control, dropkicking Storm into the barricade and repeatedly slamming her head into the post. Athena follows up with stiff knees and neck strikes. Storm tries a quick roll-up, but Athena escapes and mocks her, attempting a Hip Attack. Toni counters with a Fisherman Suplex for a close two-count.

Athena shifts momentum back, focusing on Storm’s neck with a suplex, but Toni fires back with a DDT and Tiger Driver. Athena recovers, landing a Super Hurricanrana into a Powerbomb, but still only gets two. She transitions into a Koji Clutch variation, forcing Toni to desperately crawl to the ropes. Athena sets up for a Piledriver on the steps, but Toni bites her leg and smashes her face into the steel.

Back inside, Toni nails a headbutt into Storm Zero for another near fall. She then attempts a Piledriver on the apron, but Billie Starkz interferes by pulling the ring apron, causing Storm to lose balance. Athena nearly connects with the O-Face, but Toni counters. Just as Billie tries to use a chair, Mina Shirakawa rushes out to stop her and chases her off.

The final stretch sees Toni and Athena trade near falls until Storm finally blocks the O-Face, trapping Athena in the TCM Chickenwing submission. With no escape, Athena taps out!

Winner: Timeless Toni Storm (Still AEW Women’s World Champion)

GRADE: A-

AEW World Championship Match : Hangman Adam Page (c) vs. MJF (Title could change hands by DQ or countout)

The bout opened with classic MJF mind games as he stalled outside the ring, but Hangman quickly trapped him with furious corner strikes. Page kept control early, throwing Max into the barricades and even the first row. Grabbing a chair, Hangman nearly risked disqualification, allowing MJF to capitalize with a post shot and piledriver for a two-count.

Hangman rallied with a Flying Lariat, Fallaway Slam, and attempted Buckshot Lariat, only for MJF to counter into the Salt of the Earth armbar. Page reversed into a Crossface, but MJF escaped with a clever roll-up. Momentum shifted wildly with Hangman landing a ringside Moonsault into a Piledriver and a brutal Deadeye through a table. The O2 Arena roared when Max barely survived with a rope break.

MJF turned the tide again by sending Page face-first into a chair, opening him up. Hangman fought back, hitting another Piledriver onto the broken table, but Max kept finding ways to hang on. Desperation set in—MJF taunted Hangman with his Diamond Ring, but Page spat at him instead of using it. MJF then used every trick—referee bumps, low blows, and the Heatseeker—but controversy struck when Page had his foot on the ropes.

As chaos unfolded, Mark Briscoe stormed ringside, helping ensure the ref noticed Page’s rope break. A furious MJF tried to cheat again with the championship belt and contract, but Hangman turned the tables. One final Buckshot Lariat sealed the victory.

Winner: Hangman Adam Page (Still AEW World Champion)

GRADE: A

Lights Out Steel Cage Match – Will Ospreay, Darby Allin, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi vs. Death Riders (Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli), The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) & Gabe Kidd

From the opening bell, this was pure chaos—fists, weapons, and high-flying spots everywhere. Ospreay opened strong with a Sasuke Special, Darby followed with a lightning-fast dive, and the Golden Lovers squared off with the Bucks in a heated exchange before hitting dual moonsaults to the outside.

The carnage escalated—Darby handcuffed and brutalized by Moxley with a fork, Tanahashi fending off a BTE Trigger attempt, and Ospreay using a wire table against Mox. In a mix of violence and comedy, the Bucks opened what they thought was a weapons bag—only to find jelly bears, which Kenny Omega hilariously shoved into Matt’s mouth before Ibushi landed a stiff kick.

High-risk spots defined the match: Darby was taped to a chair and slammed, Claudio hurled him into the cage, and later, Darby and Kidd crashed through stacked tables from the top of the structure in a terrifying fall. Tanahashi tried to climb for glory, but it was Ospreay who stole the moment with a moonsault off the top of the cage onto everyone.

The finishing stretch was fireworks—Hidden Blades, V-Triggers, Snap Dragons, and the Golden Trigger, before Ospreay, Omega, Ibushi, and Tanahashi combined:

• Stormbreaker to Claudio
• Golden Trigger to Matt Jackson
• Hidden Blade to Nick Jackson
• One Winged Angel + High Fly Flow for the final pinfall.

Winners: Will Ospreay, Darby Allin, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi ✅

But the celebration was short-lived—Moxley and the Death Riders ambushed Ospreay, locking him inside the cage post-match. Mox stomped a chair onto Will’s neck as his allies screamed for help, ending the PPV on a chilling cliffhanger.

GRADE: A+

This was everything a Lights Out Cage Match should be—violent, chaotic, story-driven, and capped with insane spots (Darby’s fall, Ospreay’s moonsault, and the finishing sequence). The post-match beatdown on Ospreay perfectly set up future blood feuds while making the babyfaces look heroic in victory. Match of the Night and a possible Match of the Year contender.

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