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On June 30, All Elite Wrestling and New Japan Pro-Wrestling will present AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door.
Among other matches, Swerve Strickland will defend the AEW World Championship against Will Ospreay. Plus, TBS Champion Mercedes Moné will face NJPW STRONG Women’s Champion Stephanie Vaquer. Elsewhere on the show, Jon Moxley will defend the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against Tetsuya Naito.
Zero Hour Pre-Show
The pre-show panel previews the card and highlights each match as they get fans ready for the action.
Backstage, The Acclaimed hype up their match alongside Billy Gunn. Gunn says he’ll be cheering them on. Caster takes a shot at Kazuchika Okada and says his wife is more famous than he is. Anthony Bowens says he is amped up, and they’re going to kick Okada in the Rainmaker. He says enough is enough, and it’s time to step through the Forbidden Door to dish out an “elite” ass-kicking.
Amanda Huber and Negative One discuss the new shoe in honor of Brodie Lee.
Serpentico vs. Kyle Fletcher
Fletcher drills Serpentico with a big boot and takes control early on. He grounds Serpentico, who fires back with a hurricanrana. Fletcher drills himm with a clothesline. Fletcher tears at Serpentico’s mask. They go back and forth, and Fletcher nails him with a stiff shot to the back of the head. Fletcher hits a Tombstone. He hits a Brainbuster on the turnbuckle for the win.
Winner: Kyle Fletcher
House of Black (Malakai Black and Brody King) vs. Tomohiro Ishii and Kyle O’Reilly vs. Roderick Strong and Gabriel Kidd vs. Private Party (Zay and Quen)
Black and O’Reilly start the bout and go back and forth. King and Ishii tag in and trade blows. The powerhouses duke it out. Kidd tags in and takes the fight to King. Kidd and Strong double-team King. Quen takes Strong out with a dive. Private Party double-teams Kidd. O’Reilly and Kidd exchange strikes.
Kidd levels O’Reilly with a lariat. Kidd lights up O’Reilly with some chops. Strong argues with him, and tensions rise. Ishii tags in drops them with a double clothesline. Ishii drops Matt Taven when he tries to interfere, and the powerhouse keeps rolling. King trades shots with Ishii. O’Reilly and Ishii double-team King. Quen breaks up the pin after a double-team brainbuster. Strong and O’Reilly are both down after a double clothesline. Bodies are flying as the match breaks down. King drops Ishii with a chop.
Private Party double-teams King and dives onto a group of competitors at ringside. Black drills Kassidy with a shot to the face. King levels Kassidy with a lariat. He hits the Gonzo Bomb for the win.
Winners: House of Black (Malakai Black and Brody King)
A video package highlights Mercedes Moné’s match with Stephanie Vaquer.
Willow Nightingale & Tam Nakano vs. Kris Statlander & Momo Watanabe (with Stokely Hathaway) vs.
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