Adam Copeland & Christian Cage teaming for first time in 14 years at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door
The much-anticipated reunion of Adam Copeland and Christian Cage will come at this month’s AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door — even if it’s unclear if they are on the same page.
The two will team for the first time in more than 14 years to take on Nick Wayne & Kip Sabian at the August 24th London, England, pay-per-view.
It first came together on Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite when the two somewhat embraced.
Copeland had picked up a DQ win over FTR manager Stokely Hathaway after Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler stormed the ring to prevent him from landing a piledriver. That ended the no physicality moratorium between Copeland and FTR (who asked for the clause.
The numbers game eventually caught up to Copeland. Harwood and Wheeler were about to finish him with a spike piledriver when Cage ran out with Copeland’s spiked 4×4 to run them off. Wayne then ran in with a chair, but Cage nailed it with the 4×4 to send Wayne running. (FTR was in the ring at All In: Texas when Wayne, Kip Sabian and Mama Wayne turned on Cage to begin with, and Wayne & Sabian took Cage out earlier this month with a conchairto.)
Copeland and Cage then eyed each other up and Cage handed the object to Copeland who then embraced Cage in a long hug. Cage eventually left the ring, looking at Copeland the entire way back.
It was Copeland who told Cage to “go find himself” at the aforementioned All In to help set the reunion back in motion. The last time they teamed up was as part of an April 2011 WWE SmackDown dark match.
The two longtime tag team partners and friends have been at odds since Copeland first joined AEW in 2023, feuding over the TNT title. Cage interjected himself into Copeland’s World title challenge of then-champion Jon Moxley at March’s Revolution, cashing in his anytime, anywhere title shot. He eventually was submitted by Moxley, costing Copeland the opportunity.
Current AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door card | Sunday, August 24 | London, England
- AEW World Champion Hangman Page defends against MJF
- AEW Unified Champion Kazuchika Okada defends against Swerve Strickland
- AEW Tag Team Champions The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin) defend against winner of Tag Team title eliminator tournament
- Adam Copeland & Christian Cage vs. Nick Wayne & Kip Sabian
- AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm defends against Athena
- TBS Women’s Champion Mercedes Mone defends against Alex Windsor, CMLL TBD and Stardom TBD
- TNT Champion Kyle Fletcher defends against Hiromu Takahashi
- Lights out steel cage match: Darby Allin, Will Ospreay, Kenny Omega, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi vs. The Death Riders (Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli), Gabe Kidd & The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson)