{"id":140551,"date":"2025-08-22T04:11:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T08:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=140551"},"modified":"2025-08-22T04:11:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T08:11:23","slug":"aewxnjpw-forbidden-door-2025-preview-8-24-25-match-card-time-how-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/08\/22\/aewxnjpw-forbidden-door-2025-preview-8-24-25-match-card-time-how-to-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"AEWxNJPW Forbidden Door 2025 Preview (8\/24\/25) \u2013 Match Card, Time, How to Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Live from London\u2019s O2 Arena, the third PPV from England\u2019s capital city provides a card of style clashes, interpromotional team-ups, dream matches, and storylines to satisfy pro wrestling fans. As someone who will be there and who attended the previous two <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/08\/26\/aews-all-in-the-legacy\/\" target=\"_self\">Wembley All Ins<\/a>, I genuinely feel this could be the best show the UK has yet.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_140578\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-140578\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-140578 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/08\/11-71.jpg\" alt=\"A graphic for AEWxNJPW Forbidden Door 2025,\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/08\/11-71.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/08\/11-71-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/08\/11-71-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/08\/11-71-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/08\/11-71-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-140578\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: AEW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ignore counterprogramming and the wider <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/06\/20\/aew-vs-wwe-in-the-uk-the-battle-for-britain\/\" target=\"_self\">Battle for Britain<\/a>. This PPV has reunions of a classic tag team, the UK retirement of a Japanese legend, the return of a British legend, and a dinosaur!<\/p>\n<p>Start playing Oasis!<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How to Watch AEWxNJPW Forbidden Door<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Date:\u00a0Sunday 24<sup>th<\/sup> August<\/li>\n<li>Time: The main broadcast starts at 4 pm ET \/ 1 pm PT\/ 6 BST<\/li>\n<li>Watch in the U.S.:\u00a0<a  href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/video\/detail\/B0F8N9CBT4\/ref=atv_dp_amz_tc_73A3fI_1_6?jic=8%7CEgNhbGw%3D\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon<\/a>, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.trillertv.com\/watch\/aew-forbidden-door-2025\/2phj5\/?srsltid=AfmBOoqK5CccOb_-lDcgIwlSWipVK0V2SO4Lqsw54Gq24zVOY8hwbYmm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Triller TV<\/a>, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.ppv.com\/event\/forbidden-door-25\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PPV.com<\/a>,\u00a0 <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/D_gLYv2fZng\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.fubo.tv\/welcome\/program\/SH043164330000\/aew-forbidden-door-preshow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fubo,<\/a> and traditional cable and satellite providers. Selected locations of Dave and Busters, and Tom\u2019s Watch Bar<\/li>\n<li>Rest of the World:\u00a0<a  href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/video\/detail\/B0F8N9CBT4\/ref=atv_dp_amz_tc_73A3fI_1_6?jic=8%7CEgNhbGw%3D\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon<\/a>, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.trillertv.com\/watch\/aew-forbidden-door-2025\/2phj5\/?srsltid=AfmBOoqK5CccOb_-lDcgIwlSWipVK0V2SO4Lqsw54Gq24zVOY8hwbYmm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Triller TV<\/a>, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.ppv.com\/event\/forbidden-door-25\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PPV.com<\/a>,\u00a0 <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/D_gLYv2fZng\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>AEWxNJPW Forbidden Door &#8211; Announced Card <\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>AEW TBS Championship: Mercedes Mone \u00a9 vs. Alex Windsor vs. Persephone vs Bozilla<\/li>\n<li>AEW World Tag Team Championship: The Hurt Syndicate \u00a9 vs. Brodido vs. FTR<\/li>\n<li>Nick Wayne and Killswitch vs. Christian Cage and Adam Copeland<\/li>\n<li>IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Zack Sabre Jr vs. Nigel McGuinness W\/ Daniel Garcia<\/li>\n<li>Lights Out Steel Cage Match: Will Ospreay, Darby Allin, Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi, and Hiroshi Tanahashi. Vs. Jon Moxley, The Young Bucks, and Gabe Kidd<\/li>\n<li>AEW TNT Championship: Kyle Fletcher \u00a9 vs. Hiromu Takahashi<\/li>\n<li>AEW Women\u2019s World Championship: \u201cTimeless\u201d Toni Storm vs. Athena AEW Unified Championship: Kazuchika Okada (c). vs. Swerve Strickland<\/li>\n<li>AEW World Championship: Hangman Adam Page \u00a9 Vs. MJF. The title can change hands on a DQ or countout.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Lights Out Steel Cage Match <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Jon Moxley and the Death Riders have turned the corner <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/04\/16\/why-some-aew-fans-want-the-death-riders-to-end\/\" target=\"_self\">from apathy-inducing to<\/a> recapturing the intimidating and violent magic that made Moxley the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/04\/16\/jon-moxley-more-than-the-greatest-transitional-champion-of-modern-wrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">embodiment of the alternative. \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Dynamite, Will Ospreay made it clear this was a lights-out match because he is not medically cleared. The prospect of upcoming surgery adds both to the stakes of the match and sympathy for Ospreay, while also perhaps suggesting a big finish involving an Ospreay being grounded or paying for his hubris.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s be honest, it\u2019s not like a steel cage in AEW keeps everything contained to the ring. That\u2019s rarely to the detriment of the action or story. By challenging Moxley to finish him off, has Ospreay set himself up as the sacrificial lamb to add heat to an <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/09\/27\/darby-allin-aew-world-championship\/\" target=\"_self\">eventual\/inevitable clash with \u00a0Darby Allin? \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Odd Choices but Perhaps Clear Intentions?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Two events on Dynamite provide odd, unexpected twists in two world title matches. On paper, the AEW World Tag Team Championship match seems repetitive. The Hurt Syndicate\u2019s last defence was in a three-way. However, subtly, it kind of fits with their characters and reign so far. The Syndicate hasn\u2019t faced an equal challenge.<\/p>\n<p>I outlined in this week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/08\/18\/aew-dynamite-preview-8-20-25-forbidden-door-go-home-show\/\" target=\"_self\">Dynamite preview<\/a> why, separately, each team would push the tag champions. Yet in a three-way, it gives the champions space and breathing room. Transparently, does it signpost the result? Keeps FTR free for Cope\/Cage or MJF? Or is a twist coming?<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, the added stipulations to the AEW World Championship match scan as WWE-esque. It hints at a screw-job finish. It\u2019s MJF. Manipulation is what The Salt of the Earth does. It challenges Page. Puts the Cowboys\u2019 reign at risk. Plus, with the contract still in MJF\u2019s hand as a backup\u2026<\/p>\n<p>As I\u2019ve discussed in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/08\/18\/mirroring-the-history-of-hangman-adam-page-vs-mjf\/\" target=\"_self\">my history of the rivalry here<\/a>, is this just another midpoint milestone to set up something later down the road?<\/p>\n<p><strong>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Header photo \u2013 AEW \u2013 Stay tun<\/em><em>ed to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a> for more on AEWxNJPW Forbidden Door and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. <\/em><em>You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world. As well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.\u00a0 You can catch AEW Dynamite on Wednesday nights at 8 PM ET on TBS. AEW Collision airs Saturday at 8 pm Eastern on TNT. More AEW content available on their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@AEW\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Live from London\u2019s O2 Arena, the third PPV from England\u2019s capital city provides a card of style clashes, interpromotional team-ups, dream matches, and storylines to satisfy pro wrestling fans. As someone who will be there and who attended the previous two Wembley All Ins, I genuinely feel this could be the best show the UK [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4960,"featured_media":140577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4677,17,14,6,2192],"tags":[8232,8936,7655,4395,2546,1017,101],"class_list":["post-140551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aew","category-cmll","category-njpw","category-north-america","category-wrestling","tag-hangman-adam-page","tag-aewxnjpw-forbidden-door","tag-forbidden-door","tag-jon-moxley","tag-mjf","tag-nigel-mcguiness","tag-will-ospreay"],"modified_by":"Michael Joseph Sugue, Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4960"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140551"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140579,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140551\/revisions\/140579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}