Orange Cassidy v Ospreay If someone would’ve told me that was going to happen, even when it happened, I would loudly call bullshit. And then, eat a spoonful of it.

Yota Tusji, Titán & Hiromu Takahashi vs Místico & The Lucha Bros is such a tornado of "How did this even happen"

Ospreay/OC baybeeee

oc vs ospreay, the match i show to everyone just getting into wrestling

this was really great

Forbidden door 1 is one of my favorite wrestling show. Mox Tanahashi felt very forbidden, and as a huge Mox fan, that match felt huge to me. The opener with jericho, sammy, suzuki vs kingston, shota and yuta was great, 4way for iwgp belt, oc vs ospreay, claudio zsj, bucks phantasmo darby stingshingo

Will Ospreay vs Kenny Omega because at the time, Ospreay was the best wrestler in New Japan going up against the best in AEW.

When it was actually "forbidden" matches, not all AEW matches with only AEW stars. 😔

They did the best they can do in the time frame allotted.

I dunno, they had a whole year to prepare for this. I remember Zack Sabre Jr doing his promo and said, “I’ve waited the whole year…” And it was one of the most anticipated matches.

you should have a women's ranbo with #AEW #STARDOM & #CMLL on zero hour. look how easy and fun STARDOM made it look youtu.be/JwiP9QlqBVc

The real forbidden door match is Harley Cameron versus Maki Itoh

I feel like somehow they'd be friends.

Orange Cassidy VS Zack Sabre Jr, because I love both him and Kristen's flirting with each other and I also want Kristen to bench press all of the guys on the roster. ^^^^^^^^^^^^ 😚 😚 😚 😚 😚🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

Kenny vs Ospreay is the quintessential Forbidden Door match

Half of this year's card is the most Forbidden... Because NJPW/Stardom & CMLL people actually can't get on it.. 😅

Orange Cassidy vs Will Ospreay Did anyone ever expect that match to happen?

THIS 1 ALSO

Top ones for me, in no particular order: CM Punk vs Satoshi Kojima Orange Cassidy vs Zack Sabre Jr vs Katsuyori Shibata vs Daniel Garcia Kenny Omega vs Will Ospreay Bryan Danielson vs Kazuchika Okada Dudes with Attitude vs Bullet Club Jay White vs Adam Cole vs Kazuchkia Okada vs Hangman Adam Page

Better question: why haven't Danhausen or Nyla Rose had any TV matches in 2025?

Danhausen hates AEW but was tricked into signing somehow. I doubt he wants to wrestle.

Different reasons.

OC vs ZSJ! It’s was the start of the summer of Sabre and let OC show off another side of his wrestling ability. You could also tell it meant a lot to both of them. But really you can’t go wrong with any of the OC matches at Forbidden Door

“If you don’t think Orange Cassidy can wrestle, then you’re a fucking idiot.” - Zack Sabre, Jr.

Hangman vs Cole vs Okada vs Switch. You had multiple generations of BC members against the greatest to ever do it in Japan and a fully heel and formidable champion in Switchblade. It's also unfortunately the last time we had Adam Cole at 100% before the injury in the match. This is Forbidden Door.

YA .... THIS 1 FORSURE

Is it crazy that Jack Perry vs SANADA came to mind first? Just because of the trajectory both went on after and the fact they're still in different companies is what did it for me. Other matches came to mind that were Forbidden at the time but Toni turned everything Timeless is my excuse

This is actually a really good answer.