All Elite Wrestling returns to pay-per-view TODAY (Sun., Aug. 24, 2025) with their annual cross-promotional show with New Japan Pro-Wrestling, this year coming our way from England — Forbidden Door London. AEW’s latest PPV comes our way from The O2 Arena at 6 p.m. BT/1 p.m. ET.

A Zero Hour pre-show will stream live and free starting at 11:30 a.m. ET on All Elite’s YouTube channel, and right here at Cageside Seats.

The main card can be purchased on PPV.com, Amazon, and YouTube in the United States, as well as on traditional PPV. Internationally, it’s on Triller TV, and may be available via those providers as well.

To help you get ready, we have a preview of the entire show here. We also have predictions from our staff for each of the matches on the main card here, if you’re interested.

Cageside Seats will provide LIVE match-by-match coverage of Forbidden Door London below, beginning with the first match of the show and right on through to the main event.

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AEW FORBIDDEN DOOR LONDON QUICK RESULTS

  • Golden Lovers, Darby Allin, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Will Ospreay vs. Death Riders, The Young Bucks & Gabe Kidd
  • AEW World Championship: Hangman Page (c) vs. MJF
  • AEW Women’s World championship: Toni Storm (c) vs. Athena
  • AEW Tag Team championship: The Hurt Syndicate (c) vs. FTR vs. Brodido
  • IWGP World championship: Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Nigel McGuinness
  • AEW Unified championship: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Swerve Strickland
  • TBS championship: Mercedes Moné (c) vs. Alex Windsor vs. Persephone vs. Bozilla
  • TNT championship: Kyle Fletcher (c) def. Hiromu Takahashi
  • Christian Cage & Adam Copeland def. Kip Sabian & Killswitch
  • AEW Trios championship: The Opps (c) def. War Dogs
  • Triangle of Madness & Megan Bayne def. Kris Statlander, Willow Nightingale, Harley Cameron & Queen Aminata
  • GOA & Ricochet def. JetSpeed & Michael Oku
  • Paragon, Yuya Uemura & El Desperado def. CRU, Hechicero & Josh Alexander

AEW FORBIDDEN DOOR LONDON LIVE BLOG & MATCH COVERAGE

You make up your mind, you choose the chance you take. You ride to where the highway ends and the desert breaks. Out on to an open road you ride until the day you learn to sleep at night with the price you pay, but me? I’m just here to liveblog this here pro wrestling show for you folks.

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

Uemura and Alexaner to start, feeling out, tagging to Hechicero and Desperado, mat grappling at some length before moving on, O’Reilly tags in and CRU work him over with double-teams, Andretti the legal man! Tag to Rush, Paragon turn the tide, double-teams of their own and the match breaks down, Demolition Decapitation on Hechicero!

DDT into an assisted Rock Bottom backbreaker on Lio, Action claws at Strong’s eyes, Hechicero trips him up, springboard roundhouse kick from Andretti sets up grounded punches! Back and forth, Kyle grabbing a heel hook on Rush and Action breaks it up! Dragon screw on Lio, brainbuster connects… NOPE!

Falling into a cross armbar, Andretti breaks it up with a standing shooting star press! Uemura in, Callis Family double-teaming him, Rush with a frog splash… DESPY BREAKS IT UP! Match breaking down into “everybody do something cool” territory, Andretti dives on everybody, Yuya rolls away from a frog splash, backslide roll-through, butterfly suplex… LIO KICKS OUT! Another butterfly…

El Desperado, Paragon, & Yuya Uemura win by pinfall with a bridging butterfly suplex from Uemura on Lio Rush.

Post-match the Callis Family attacks the babyfaces but Tomohiro Ishii makes the save!

The rest of the Callis men flee but Lance Archer stands firm and he and Ishii brawl in the ring! Goozle, Tom breaks loose, struggling over a suplex lift… ISHII HITS THE VERTICAL DROP BRAINBUSTER ON ARCHER!

GOA (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona) & Ricochet vs. JetSpeed (Kevin Knight & “Speedball” Mike Bailey) & Michael Oku

Ricochet and GOA hard out the gates (of agony), laying the babyfaces out, taunting on the apron, JetSpeed take Kaun and Liona out and have Rick isolated and the two of them and Oku slap him on his bald head! Michael clears the ring, claps the crowd into it… TOA LIONA POUNCES HIM CLEAN OVER THE ROPES AND TO THE FLOOR!

Gates working Oku over, quick tags, eventually Michael gets away and tags Knight in! Uppercuts and a dropkick to Bishop, Bailey in, triple-team almost takes Kaun but Ricochet breaks it up! Speedball with the standing moonsault double knee drop, Oku in, rounding the ring, Fosbury Flop takes Rick out!

Michael up top, perching, frog splash… RICOCHET KICKS OUT! Match breaking down, Speedball with an Asai moonsault to take GOA out, Kevin springboard lariat on Rick, Oku with a quebrada… NOT ENOUGH! Half crab applied, wrenching it in, JetSpeed trying to keep Gates out of the ring, Ricochet gouges the eyes to get away!

Kaun with a shotgun dropkick, he and Toa get Oku up for the double spinebuster, they hold him in place…

GOA & Ricochet win by pinfall with Spirit Gun from Ricochet on Michael Oku.

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

Chaos out the gates, everybody pairing off, babyfaces with quadruplicate mounted punches in the turnbuckles! Everybody with kicks through the ropes, Nightingale gets Thekla and throws her into the corner, hip attack, corner lariat, Aminata in on Hart, full nelson swing into a full nelson bomb, Chocolate Kisses, tag to Statlander, cover for two.

Julia Old School, tag to Blue, lariat, cover for two, Triangle of Madness clearing the ring, elbows to Willow, Bayne scoops her up, fireman’s carry, catches Queen up front, double fallaway slam! Big dive, Penelope Ford running interference, tag to Thekla, big elbow drops Kris! Boot up in the corner, hanging figure four headscissors!

Back inside, tag to Hart, whip to the corner, boots up, cover for two. Cameron in, satellite headscissors on Megan, back elbow, whip reversed, off the second, Bayne catches her and hits a fallaway slam! Tag to Aminata, she goes right after Thekla but Megan drops her with a lariat! Queen with a headscissors counter, cover for two!

Tag to Nightingale, spinebuster, Death Valley Driver, Thekla breaks it up! Dives, everybody down and out, Thekla and Aminata brawl up the ramp! Back in the ring, Megasus tags in opposite Harley, big belly-to-belly suplex counter from Bayne, powerbomb lift, Cameron takes her facemask off and swats at Megan with it! DDT… ONLY TWO!

A little back and forth, schoolboy from Harley, cover for two and Bayne drops her iwth a lariat! Match breaking down, Kris Stat accidentally lays Willow out, Bayne gets Cameron up…

Megan Bayne & Triangle of Madness win by pinfall with a Liger Bomb from Bayne on Harley Cameron.

The Young Bucks confront a member of the production crew backstage and demand proper treatment during their entrance and also they give the guy a bag to fill up with “the most dangerous thing you can find on the streets of London,” so that’ll go somewhere funny later probably.

Tony Schiavone brings Tony Khan, Dr. Martha Hart, and Oje Hart to the stage.

TK hypes up this as the biggest wrestling crowd in the history of the 02 and hands the mic to Martha, who kind of pleasantly rambles about supporting “Hangman” Adam Page tonight before handing the mic back so TK can hype up the Owen Hart Foundation.

Bullet Club War Dogs (Clark Connors, Drilla Maloney, & Robbie X) vs. the Opps (Katsuyori Shibata, Samoa Joe, & “Powerhouse” Will Hobbs) (c) (AEW World Trios Championship)

Shibata and Connors to start, trading big elbows, Katsuyori gets the better of him, big clubbing blows, off the ropes and Clark cuts him off with a knee and chops! Joe and Maloney now, tag to X, Samoa wades in with elbows and sidesteps a big springboard dive attempt! Kicks, Shibata in, sleeper hold, Connors trips the Wrestler up and throws him into the barricade!

Hobbs lays Clark out on the floor, Drilla cheapshots Joe into the steel steps, Katsuyori taken back inside, slingshot senton from Robbie, cover for two! Connors lights Shibata up, he straightens up and takes it and catches Clark with an STO! Tag to Will, cleaning house at first but War Dogs get him isolated and work him over, corkscrew senton atomico from X… NO DEAL!

Gedo runs interference and gets yelled at by referee Aubrey Edwards, Robbie up top, Shibata kicks him down and then kicks the rope into Gedo’s gentlemen’s area! Opps with corner punches, Joe pulls Robbie down…

The Opps win by pinfall with a Muscle Buster from Samoa Joe on Robbie X, retaining the AEW World Trios Championship.

Adam Copeland & Christian Cage vs. the Patriarchy (Killswitch & Kip Sabian)

Copeland and Sabian to start, Adam takes him down quick but Kip recovers, punches back into the corner, tag to Cage! Christian unloads on Sabian, he gets away and tags Killswitch in! A little action, Copeland tags in, dropkick puts the dinosaur man hard into the barricade and Mother Wayne checks on him!

She gets in Adam’s way, Killswitch pushes her aside, Kip comes screaming from behind but Copeland sidesteps and the dinosaur man has to catch his own partner… AND HE THROWS KIP SABIAN AT ADAM COPELAND LIKE A SACK OF POTATOES! Taking Adam back inside, Kip tags in and Killswitch isn’t happy about it!

Jawing at Christian, chops to Copeland, aggressive tags among the Patriarchy and Killswitch just chucks Sabian at Adam again! Kip bleeding from his eyebrow, shouting orders at the dino man, he demands a tag and gets chopped to the floor but referee Bryce Remsburg accepts it as a tag! Copeland reaching for a tag, Mother Wayne runs interference and Cage crashes to the floor where she talks trash at him!

Killswitch puts Kip up in an electric chair and legs Adam hit a Doomsday Device on his own partner! Finally Christian tags in! Lighting the dinosaur man up with chops on chops on chops, Killswitch cuts him down with a headbutt! Scoop, Cage slips out, passes him shoulder-first into the ringpost! Choking Killswitch in the ropes, Kip tries to help him out and Christian chokes both of ‘em at the same time!

Jockeying for position in the turnbuckles, Copeland powerbombs the dinosaur man, diving headbutt from Cage… NO DEAL! Double goozle, Sabian blind tag, double Impaler DDT but Bryce waves the cover off! Sabian schoolboys Cage for two, Christian with the inverted DDT, Killswitch goozles him… COPELAND SPEARS THE DINO MAN OFF THE APRON!

Cage lays in wait for Kip to get up, cut off with a knee lift, underhooks, Christian shoves him off, throws Sabian into a spear from Adam…

Adam Copeland & Christian Cage win by pinfall with a lateral press from Cage on Kip Sabian.

Post-match, Cage offers Copeland a hand and he shakes it!

Hiromu Takahashi vs. Kyle Fletcher (c) (AEW TNT Championship)

Feeling out, side headlock, shot off, shoulder block from Fletcher, big chops from Takahashi, he tries to snap off a tijeras, slips out of the counter, stomp the foot, corner lariat but Kyle drops him with a boot! Hiromu ducks a chop in the corner, lays a bunch of chops of his own in, Fletcher with a back elbow to regain control of the match and a cover for two.

Penalty Kick to the spine, scoop and a slam, another one, cover for two. Pressing the attack, another nearfall, action to the floor, Takahashi takes over, back inside, hard whip to the corner, corner lariat, dropkick connects, cover, no deal! Hiromu lets his tongue come out, he’s got a plan, Kyle catches him with overhead elbows, block a kick, dragon screw / arm drag combination from Takahashi!

Fletcher snaps off a Dragon suplex, Michinoku Driver… both men are down and out! up in the turnbuckles, Kyle reverses, he’s got Hiromu in a wheelbarrow position, pulls him up… TURNING BACK SUPERPLEX CAN’T PUT TAKAHASHI AWAY! Fletcher does his Last Ride… STILL NO! Hiromu grinning as Kyle kicks him over and over, forehead to forehead, he shrugs off a big elbow and laughs harder!

More elbows, Takahashi stops laughing, stumbling but still on his feet, off the ropes and Fletcher drops him with a boot… HIROMU KICKS OUT AT ONE! Rolling under the ropes for a breather, Kyle joins him, lifting him up for a brainbuster… HIROMU TAKAHASHI COUNTER DDT INTO THE APRON! SUNSET FLIP POWERBOMB TO THE FLOOR FOLLOWS IT UP!

Back inside, Takahashi off the ropes with an Axe Bomber… NO DEAL! Kyle comes up grabbing his shoulder, fireman’s carry, he slips out, trading kicks, a big elbow puts Hiromu on his knees! Powerbomb lift, counter spikes him… FLETCHER KICKS OUT! Northern lights bomb… STILL NOT ENOUGH!

Kyle gets him up for a Tombstone, reversed, reversed back, revolution Tombstone piledriver… HIROMU WON’T STAY DOWN! Kyle wants the brainbuster, countered to a small package for two! Fletcher hangs on after kicking out, lifts him back up…

Kyle Fletcher wins by pinfall with a brainbuster, retaining the AEW TNT Championship.

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