AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2024 Results – June 30, 2024 – Swerve Strickland vs. Will Ospreay

June 30, 2024
Elmont, NY – UBS Arena
Commentary – Excalibur, Taz, Nigel McGuinness, and Jim Ross

Quick Match Results

1. Zero Hour Pre-show: Kyle Fletcher defeated Serpentico via Buckle Brainbuster (pinfall)
2. Zero Hour Pre-show: Four-way Tag Team match – Kings of the Black Throne (Brody King & Malakai Black) defeated Tomohiro Ishii & Kyle O’Reilly, Gabe Kidd & Roderick Strong, and Private Party (Marq Quen & Isiah Kassidy) via Gonzo Bomb (pinfall)
   • Prior to the start of the match, The Undisputed Kingdom’s Mike Bennett & Matt Taven came out with Kidd & Strong to be in their corner.
   • During the match, Undisputed Kingdom interfered leading to Ishii laying out Taven and Bennett in return.
   • King pinned Kassidy after hitting the Gonzo Bomb to give House of Black the victory.
3. Zero Hour Pre-show: Willow Nightingale & Tam Nakano defeated Kris Statlander & Momo Watanabe via Twilight Dream (pinfall)
   • Prior to the start of the match, Stokely Hathaway came out with Statlander & Watanabe to be in their corner.
   • Near the end of the match, Nightingale hit a pounce to Watanabe and followed it with a clothesline to Statlander over the ropes. Nightingale tagged in Nakano and hit a shotgun dropkick to Statlander off the apron leading to Nakano hitting the Twilight Dream to Watanabe for the pinfall victory.
4. Zero Hour Pre-show: 2024 Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup First Round match – Mariah May defeated Saraya via Rolling Clutch Pin (pinfall)
   • Prior to the start of the match, “Timeless” Toni Storm & Luther came out with May while Harley Cameron came out with Saraya to be in their respective corners.
   • Following the match, Storm celebrated with May over May’s victory and walked their way back to the stage for more celebrations only for Mina Shirakawa to come out and try to get in on the celebrations. This led to Storm and Shirakawa getting into a confrontation resulting in May getting in between the two to defuse the situation.
5. Zero Hour Pre-show: Mistico & The Lucha Bros (Rey Fenix & Penta El Zero Miedo) defeated Yota Tsuji, Titan, & Hiromu Takahashi via La Mistica (submission)
   • Mistico submitted Titan after hitting a tilt-a-whirl La Mistica for the victory for his team.
6. MJF defeated Hechicero via Sheer Drop Brainbuster (pinfall)
7. The Elite (Kazuchika Okada & The Young Bucks (Matthew & Nicholas Jackson)) defeated “Scissor Ace” Hiroshi Tanahashi & The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens & Max Caster) via Rainmaker (pinfall)
   • Okada pinned Tanahashi after hitting a Rainmaker to give The Elite the victory.
   • Following the match, Okada picked up Tanahashi teasing another Rainmaker only for Billy Gunn to run out to save Tanahashi and Okada bailing out of the ring before Gunn could get his hands on him.
8. 2024 Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament First Round match – Bryan Danielson defeated Shingo Takagi via Armbar (submission)
9. AEW Women’s World Championship – “Timeless” Toni Storm (c) defeated Mina Shirakawa via Storm Zero (pinfall)
   • Prior to the start of the match, Mariah May was in the ring holding a bouquet of flowers. Storm came out to star spangled banner music while dressed up as the Statue of Liberty and holding a torch and with Luther at her side for her special entrance. After Skirakawa and Storm were both in the ring, May presented bouquets of flowers to each of them for pre-match festivities.
   • Following the match, May was conflicted over how to react and got into the ring to be with Storm only to keep looking over at Shirakawa. Storm helped up Shirakawa to her feet and Shirakawa offered a handshake, which Storm accepted and shook hands. Storm and Shirakawa then embraced in an awkward hug and May added to the awkwardness by having them embrace afterwards in an equally awkward three-way kiss at the same time while the crowd erupted in loud cheers.
10. Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Orange Cassidy via Clarky Cat Lock (submission)
    • Sabre Jr. submitted Cassidy after locking in a Clarky Cat Lock and slowly turning Cassidy into a human pretzel in the process for the verbal tap out victory.
11. Samoa Joe, HOOK, & Katsuyori Shibata defeated The Learning Tree (Chris Jericho & Big Bill) & Jeff Cobb via Judas Effect (pinfall)
    
    • Prior to the start of the match, Bryan Keith came out with The Learning Tree and Cobb to be in their corner. Keith interfered several times throughout the match to help out The Learning Tree.
    • HOOK pinned Jericho after hitting a Judas Effect to give his team the victory.
12. Vacant AEW TNT Championship Ladder match – Jack Perry defeated Konosuke Takeshita, Mark Briscoe, Dante Martin, Lio Rush, and El Phantasmo via grabbing the title
13. AEW TBS Championship & NJPW Strong Women’s Championship Winner Takes All match – Mercedes Mone (TBS) defeated Stephanie Vaquer (NJPW Strong) via Crossface (submission)
    • Prior to the start of the match, it was announced that this match would be held under AEW rules in regards to a ten count for ring outs.
    • Following the match, Mone celebrated her NJPW Strong Women’s title victory only to be interrupted by Britt Baker making her surprise return to AEW.
14. IWGP World Heavyweight Championship – Tetsuya Naito defeated Jon Moxley (c) via Destino (pinfall)
    • This match was held under NJPW’s IWGP rules including NJPW’s “Red Shoes” referee officiating the match.
    • Near the end of the match, Moxley took offense over his belief of Red Shoes’ slow count after he hit a Paradigm Shift to Naito and not allowing him to use a chair. This led to Moxley confronting the referee several times.
15. AEW World Championship – Swerve Strickland (c) defeated Will Ospreay via Big Pressure (pinfall)
    • Prior to the start of the match, a special pre-match hype video aired for Ospreay and he came out wearing a Hayabusa tribute mask. Strickland came out with Prince Nana next for his entrance after a special live intro by Jim Jones of hip hop legend group Dipset.
    • Near the end of the match, Ospreay attempted to hit a Hidden Blade to Strickland who ducked leading to the referee getting hit instead. Ospreay then hit a Stormbreaker to Strickland for a near fall but there was no referee to count. This led to Don Callis coming out and got Ospreay’s attention at ringside. Callis attempted to hand Ospreay a screw driver to use as a weapon to Strickland which led to Ospreay being surprised over the offer. This led to Prince Nana managing to prevent Callis from handing the weapon and shoved him to the ground resulting in an angry Ospreay confronting Nana and threatening to stab him with the screw driver only to have second thoughts and tossed the screw driver away. Ospreay then got back into the ring only to get hit with a House Call by Strickland for a near fall after a second referee ran out. Strickland then hit a Killshot to Ospreay and followed it with another House Call for another near fall. Ospreay managed to get up on his feet but was wobbly and charged at Strickland for a Hidden Blade that led to Strickland catching Ospreay’s head and after a few pats, Strickland hit a House Call and followed it with a Big Pressure for the pinfall victory.
    • Following the match, AEW medical and Kyle Fletcher came out to check on Ospreay as Ospreay recovered enough to be dejected over his loss. Strickland went over to Ospreay for a brief embrace over the match they had and continued his celebration with the crowd at ringside.