Huge Update On Stardom & CMLL's Involvement AEW/NJPW Forbidden Door 2024

Big update on the changing shape of the AEW/NJPW supershow

by Michael Hamflett
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Forbidden Door will take AEW's wrestling buffet approach to the next level at Forbidden Door 2024, potentially incorporating CMLL and Stardom when the company hit Long Island on June 30th.

This is according to Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful, who reported following a conversation with AEW and NJPW Vice President Rocky Romero. Per a Select report;

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"Romero told Fightful that STARDOM will "definitely" be a part of this year's Forbidden Door, and said that CMLL "very likely" will. He followed up and says after that, the sky is the limit."

Forbidden Door has previously featured talent from New Japan Pro Wrestling wrestling stars from AEW since its 2022 inception, but with the likes of Kazuchika Okada and Will Ospreay jumping ship between the two promotions, the card was looking more difficult than normal to assemble. Stardom and CMLL talents could plug those gaps, and encourage more stories being told across the wider wrestling landscape with potentially four rosters to pick and choose from.

Romero clarified that the show would "always be an NJPW/AEW co-branded show", but for now at least, the benefits of opening it up beyond the two companies seem to far outweigh any possible negatives.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation over 7 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 30 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz", Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 50,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett