AEW to bring Forbidden Door to NYC's Arthur Ashe Stadium

AEW will be returning to Queens, New York, this year, but not for their traditional Grand Slam event. 

Instead, the company will bring their third-ever Forbidden Door pay-per-view to Arthur Ashe Stadium in June according to Andrew Zarian.

Earlier in the day, PWInsider reported that AEW would return to the famed tennis venue but not necessarily for their September Grand Slam editions of Dynamite and Rampage and that a PPV was being considered instead.

AEW has yet to confirm the news, but could do so next week during media interviews for next Sunday's Revolution PPV or at the PPV itself.

If confirmed, it will be the third different city to host the annual show, following Chicago and Toronto, Canada. The event has featured AEW vs. NJPW action but could include CMLL wrestlers as well as has been reported.

In terms of the future for the Grand Slam event, Zarian said that it will happen but a venue and date has yet to be confirmed.

AEW first ran the stadium in September 2021, drawing over 20,000 fans for a live Dynamite that featured a 30-minute draw between Kenny Omega and Bryan Danielson and a taped Rampage with CM Punk vs. Powerhouse Hobbs in Punk's first non-PPV AEW match.

They returned in September 2022 for a Dynamite with Danielson vs. Jon Moxley for the then-vacant AEW World title and a taped Rampage featuring the in-ring debut of rapper Action Bronson in front of nearly 14,000 fans.

Finally, they ran the venue in September 2023 in front of 11,000 fans for a Dynamite headlined by then-AEW World Champion MJF defeating Samoa Joe and a taped Rampage with The Young Bucks & Hangman Page winning the ROH Six-Man titles.