The positive feeling of Hiroshi Tanahashi getting his arm raised at AEW Forbidden Door was quickly dashed after Will Ospreay was attacked by the Death Riders.

After multiple stars went down to injury and nearly every champion retained their title, AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2025 is over — where do we go from here?

AEW Forbidden Door (Aug. 24, 2025) was headlined by the Lights Out steel cage match from The O2 Arena in London, England. Jim Ross summed up, “It’s a sad ending to an amazing main event.”