Forbidden Door 2023 Breaks AEW Record

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The 2023 AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door has broken records according to Tony Khan and secured a place in Canada’s wrestling record books, too.

The event took place on June 25 at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada, with a layout change adding more seats for fans eager to see the AEW and NJPW crossover show.

Having previously been reported as “near capacity”, it was also reported that 13,185 tickets had been distributed for the show up to June 24.

For comparison, 16,529 fans were reportedly in attendance for Forbidden Door 2022 at the United Center in Chicago last year.

Tony Khan tweeted the record-breaking news for the June 25 show, revealing:

“Tonight #ForbiddenDoor in Toronto is officially the biggest live gate in @AEW history at about $1.2 million (USD), and it’s one of the top 3 biggest live gates in the history of pro wrestling in Canada!”

According to F4W Online, the top Canada live gates are WWE WrestleMania X8 and WWE WrestleMania VI, which both took place at the Toronto SkyDome.

WrestleMania X8 drew a live gate of $3.9m whilst WrestleMania VI took $3.4m.

F4W Online also notes that:

“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.”

Despite being one of the history books, AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door’s live gate has been eclipsed by AEW All In in London, England with a gate of more than $8m ahead of the August 27 2023 show.

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