Forbidden Door 2025 London: title changes and cage chaos

All Elite Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling’s cross promotional pay per view Forbidden Door returned to the O2 Arena in London on August 24, 2025, in front of a reported sellout crowd, producing a night of hard-hitting main events, title changes and a chaotic steel cage climax that may have lasting consequences for several top stars. Promoters and ticketing trackers said the show drew roughly 17,500 fans, a figure some outlets described as a record for pro wrestling at the venue, though published comparisons to WWE’s 2023 Money in the Bank tally leave room for differing interpretations.

The card delivered a string of decisive outcomes. Zack Sabre Jr. retained the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, scoring a technical victory over Nigel McGuinness in a match widely praised as a wrestling clinic. In tag team gold shock, the newly aligned Brodido pairing of Brody King and Bandido captured the AEW World Tag Team Championship in a threeway elimination match with The Hurt Syndicate and FTR. Adam Page held onto the AEW World Championship, defeating Maxwell Jacob Friedman in a violent, drama-filled bout, while Toni Storm and Kazuchika Okada both retained their respective AEW...