El Phantasmo earns final spot in AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door ladder match
El Phantasmo will be the final participant in the TNT title ladder match at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door.
ELP defeated AR Fox in a qualifying bout on Friday’s taped AEW Rampage episode to earn the sixth and final spot in the match to crown a new TNT Champion at Sunday’s Forbidden Door pay-per-view.
Phantasmo joins Konosuke Takeshita, Mark Briscoe, Jack Perry, Lio Rush, and Dante Martin in the bout to fill the TNT title vacated due to Adam Copeland’s injury.
Forbidden Door airs Sunday, June 30 beginning at 6:30 p.m. Eastern time on AEW’s digital media channels with the Zero Hour pre-show. The main card kicks off at 8 p.m. Eastern time on pay-per-view. The lineup:
- AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland defends against Will Ospreay
- Ladder match for the vacant TNT Championship: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Mark Briscoe vs. Jack Perry vs. Lio Rush vs. Dante Martin vs. El Phantasmo
- Title for title: TBS Champion Mercedes Mone vs. NJPW Strong Women’s Champion Stephanie Vaquer
- AEW Women’s Champion Toni Storm defends against Mina Shirakawa
- IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jon Moxley defends against Tetsuya Naito
- Owen Hart Foundation men’s tournament quarterfinal match: Bryan Danielson vs. Shingo Takagi
- MJF vs. Hechicero
- Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Orange Cassidy
- The Elite (Kazuchika Okada & The Young Bucks) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & The Acclaimed
- The Learning Tree (Chris Jericho, Big Bill, and TBA) vs. Samoa Joe, Hook, and Katsuyori Shibata
- Zero Hour: Kris Statlander & Momo Watanabe vs. Willow Nightingale & Tam Nakano
- Zero Hour: Owen Hart Foundation women’s tournament quarterfinal match: Saraya vs. Mariah May
- Zero Hour: Mistico & The Lucha Bros (Penta El Zero Miedo & Rey Fenix) vs. Titan, Yota Tsuji & Hiromu Takahashi