AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door breaks company live gate record

AEW is back in the million dollar gate club.

Company head Tony Khan tweeted that Sunday’s AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door at Toronto, Canada’s Scotiabank Arena has broken the company’s live gate record at “about” $1.2 million USD.

Khan also said it’s one of the top three biggest live gates in the history of wrestling in Canada. That list is topped by WWE WrestleMania X8 at Toronto’s SkyDome that generated more than $3.9 million USD followed by WWE WrestleMania VI at the SkyDome that generated $3.4 million USD.

However, the yet-to-be announced attendance of approximately 14,000 is not among the most-attended shows in Canadian wrestling history.

The company live gate record will be short-lived due to August’s All In at London’s Wembley Stadium which currently sits at $8.3 million due to more than 66,000 sold tickets.

AEW’s previous streak of four straight million dollar gates for pay-per-views ran from 2022’s Double or Nothing through 2022’s Full Gear, ending with March’s Revolution in San Francisco which Khan said did over $800,000.