Men’s Owen Hart tournament finals set for AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door
Former AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland will take on Will Ospreay in the finals of the men’s AEW Owen Hart Foundation tournament.
Strickland advanced by virtue of his semifinal win over Brody King on Wednesday’s Dynamite. The end came when a bloodied King was hit with a foreign object by Prince Nana as he went to the middle rope, followed by a Strickland vertebreaker for the pin and win.
He will now take on Ospreay in the finals, set for Sunday, June 28 at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door in San Jose, California, with the winner moving on to challenge for the AEW World title at August’s All In.
It will be the third bout in their unofficial AEW trilogy. The first came at 2024’s Forbidden Door when Strickland successfully defended his then-AEW World title followed by a rematch at June 2025’s Summer Blockbuster edition of Dynamite when they went to a 30-minute draw.
Current AEW Forbidden Door lineup | Sunday, June 28 | San Jose, California
- Men’s Owen Hart Foundation tournament finals: Will Ospreay vs. Swerve Strickland
- Women’s Owen Hart Foundation tournament finals: TBD vs. TBD
- Team MJF vs. Team Mark Briscoe in a 12-man steel cage match
- Kenny Omega vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
Since 2011, Josh has been a contributing editor to Wrestling Observer/F4WOnline.com and also hosts the Punch-Out podcast. He has also written for Fight Magazine, Bloody Elbow, Bleacher Report, and other websites. He's a 2000 graduate of the University of Maine, worked in pro sports, and once was an indie ring announcer.