Wardlow made his triumphant return and immediately put the AEW locker room on notice with a vicious attack. Wardlow appeared after Kazuchika Okada retained his AEW Unified Championship against Swerve Strickland.

Wrestling, CMLL and Stardom came together once again for Forbidden Door, delivering an action-packed 2025 event at the sold-out O2 Arena in London, England.

AEW Forbidden Door (Aug. 24, 2025) was headlined by the Lights Out steel cage match from The O2 Arena in London, England. Jim Ross summed up, “It’s a sad ending to an amazing main event.”