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Tony Khan Announces First-Ever AEW, NJPW Joint Pay-Per View Event

The forbidden door is now open.

Tony Khan announced on tonight’s Dynamite that AEW and New Japan Pro-Wrestling will hold their first-ever joint pay-per-view, AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door, on June 26 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.

“This is for wrestling fans,” said Khan, AEW’s President and CEO, who spoke with Sports Illustrated before the announcement. “There are many dream matches that can take place now that the ‘forbidden door’ is finally open.”

Since the launch of AEW in 2019, there has been constant speculation about a partnership with New Japan.