New Forbidden Door AEW World title match stipulations announced

Three new stipulations are official for Sunday’s AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door AEW World title match.

Champion Hangman Page and challenger MJF agreed to the new stips for the bout during Wednesday’s Dynamite after MJF, Ricochet, and Gates of Agony kidnapped Mark Briscoe and threatened to set him on fire should Page not agree to MJF’s conditions.

As agreed to, the AEW World title can change hands at Forbidden Door via a countout of Page. Also, a disqualification of Page would lead to a title change. Finally, MJF is no longer using his guaranteed title shot won at All In in the Casino Gauntlet match, meaning that MJF still has another title opportunity in his back pocket.

The updated Forbidden Door lineup:

AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door, Sunday, August 24 —

  • AEW World Champion Hangman Page defends against MJF
  • AEW Unified Champion Kazuchika Okada defends against Swerve Strickland
  • AEW World Tag Team Champions The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin) defend against FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) and Brodido (Brody King & Bandido) in a three-way
  • Adam Copeland & Christian Cage vs. Killswitch & Kip Sabian
  • AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm defends against Athena
  • TBS Women’s Champion Mercedes Mone defends against Alex Windsor, Persephone and Stardom TBD in a four-way
  • IWGP World Champion Zack Sabre Jr. defends against Nigel McGuinness
  • 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)

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