AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door no longer being planned for Arthur Ashe Stadium

Originally posted on F4WOnline.com | By Bryan Rose | Last updated 4/9/24

Forbidden Door won’t be held in Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Andrew Zarian reported on his Beyond the Bell podcast that AEW’s annual Forbidden Door event with NJPW won’t be held in the New York City stadium this June. Fightful further reported that this was due to NJPW not wanting to split the costs with AEW when it comes to running the venue. However, Rocky Romero on X denied Fightful’s claim.

This is not true. https://t.co/cEUyZcU4xu
— ROCKY ROMERO “Chico El Luchador” (@azucarRoc) April 9, 2024

Zarian had reported back in February that AEW and NJPW were looking at holding their show at the stadium, which AEW has booked before for their Grand Slam events in the fall. Forbidden Door has previously been held in Chicago and Toronto.

Last month, Tony Khan announced that this year’s Forbidden Door would also feature talent from CMLL and Stardom, as AEW has strengthened ties with both promotions over the last several months. Last year’s show in Toronto was headlined by Bryan Danielson defeating Kazuchika Okada and Sting, Darby Allin, and Tetsuya Naito teaming together to defeat Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara, and Minoru Suzuki.

This article first appeared on F4WOnline.com and was syndicated with permission.

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