Get your passports, kilts, and crossover dream match spreadsheets ready, because AEW and NJPW just dropped a bombshell for UK wrestling fans: the Forbidden Door 2025 pay-per-view is officially set for August 24 at The O2 Arena in London, and AEW is making its Scottish debut with Dynamite and Collision live from Glasgow’s OVO Hydro on August 20.
Yes, folks — Tony Khan’s going full Eurotrip, and he’s dragging the entire roster with him.
This announcement, which Tony delivered via BBC London News like the world’s most caffeinated ambassador, settles the biggest mystery surrounding the 2025 Forbidden Door. Despite teasers and banners floating around Wembley like confetti during All In London 2024, fans were left venue-less. A wrestling show without a building is like MJF without a mic — still loud, but confusing.
Well, mystery solved: The O2 Arena gets the crossover chaos, and Scotland gets hit with its first-ever Dynamite and Collision double shot. That’s right, AEW is storming Glasgow, possibly with bagpipes, definitely with spot-fests.
Tickets go on sale Friday, May 2 at 10AM BST, with pre-sales kicking off April 28. So if you’re in the UK and planning to attend, start refreshing now — or risk watching the only available seat vanish like Wardlow’s push.
Both The O2 and OVO Hydro have a history of hosting WWE events, meaning AEW is sliding into enemy territory with all the subtlety of a Young Bucks entrance. London previously hosted Money in the Bank 2023, while Glasgow gave us Clash at the Castle 2024 and a flurry of other Raw and SmackDown moments that ranged from “meh” to “decent pop.”
But this is more than just venue news — Forbidden Door 2025 comes hot off the heels of All In Texas (July 12), and will showcase the fallout from NJPW’s G1 Climax, ending just one week prior. And perhaps most sentimentally, it may mark the final UK match of NJPW President Hiroshi Tanahashi, who is inching toward retirement at Wrestle Kingdom 20 in January 2026.
So mark your calendars. Save your pounds. Practice your polite-but-rowdy British chants.
AEW x NJPW is coming for your tea, your turf, and possibly your table.