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Forbidden Door 2025 at the O2 Arena starts with Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, and Bryan Danielson as our commentary team.
Adam Copeland and Christian Cage vs Killswitch and Kip Sabian w/Mother Wayne
Cope and Kip start the match, and after Cope knocks Kip down, Kip beats Cope to the corner and Cope goes to the floor. Kip follows him and Cope nails him on the floor. Cage tags in and after they trip Kip, Cage grounds and pounds and then follows with 15 in the corner. Killswitch tags in and the crowd chants “Luchasaurus.” Cage tags out to Cope.
Cope and Killswitch throw hands and Killswitch hits a thrust kick to drop Cope. Cope clotheslines Kip and then gets low bridge on Killswitch. Cope goes to attack Killswitch and Mother Wayne gets in the way. Killswitch then throws Kip into Cope and follows with a choke slam on the apron.
Killswitch is able to slap Cope, and Kip tags himself in. Cope fights out of the corner, but Kip slams him into the corner. They fight in the corner and Kip snaps Cope’s neck on the top rope. Kip gets a drop-kick for two. Kip tags in Killswitch and orders him around. Killswitch whips Kip into Cope in the corner and then covers for two. Killswitch beats down Cope and then tosses him to the corner. Cope fights out of the corner and tries to reach over Killswitch, but Killswitch pulls him back.
Kip gets slapped hard by Killswitch and it looks like Kip is busted open. Mother Wayne pulls Cage off the apron. Cope is put on the top and Kip joins him. Killswitch puts Kip on his shoulder and Cope spears Kip. Both Cope and Kip are down. Cope gets the hot tag and Cope goes wild on Kip. Killswitch gets into the ring and Cage lays in a series of chops until Killswitch drops Cage. Cage runs Killswitch into the ringpost from the inside. Cage stands on Killswitch in the ropes and then does it to both Killswitch and Kip.
Kip is tossed to the floor and Killswitch rolls to the floor as Cage leaps onto him from the top over the ringpost. Cage is on top, Killswitch joins him. Coupe grabs Killswitch for a slam and Cage lands a flying headbutt for one only. Killswitch grabs Cope and Cage and Kip tags in. Cope and Cage get a double impaler and Kip gets a quick rollup on Cage for two. Cage gets a reverse DDT and is grabbed by Killewitch on the apron. Cope hits a spear on Killswitch and runs into a high knee from Kip.
Cage pops up Kip and Cope spears him for the pin and the win.
Winners: Adam Copeland and Christian Cage
Cope and Cage shake hands after the match and Cope goes for a hug, and Cage breaks out of the hug.
Kyle Fletcher (TNT Champion) w/Lance Archer and Don Callis vs Hiromu Takahashi
Walker Stewart and Don Callis join commentary.
Kyle pulls Takahashi down and then they run the ropes and Kyle gets a shoulder tackle. Takahashi gets a series of chops, and tries a hurricanrana, but Kyle blocks it. Takahashi gets a flying crossbody. He runs into a big boot from Kyle. Kyle lays in chops in the corner. Takahashi is able to reverse it, but Kyle drops him with a back elbow for two. Kyle gets a huge slam follows with a second for two.
Kyle hits mocking kicks and Takahashi lays in chops, and Kyle cuts it off with a knee. Kyle gets a backdrop and covers for two. Takahashi works out of a rear chinlock and Kyle works him over with knees. Takahashi escapes and gets a tejaris. He then knocks Kyle from the ring and rolls him back in. Takahashi gets a basement drop-kick for two. Kyle whips Takahashi into the corner, where Takahashi gets his knees up. They throw hands and Takahashi gets a dragon whip and then comes off the ropes into a half-and-half from Kyle.
Kyle gets a Michinoku Driver and both men are down. Kyle is up at five and he gets a scoop slam. Kyle goes to the top. Takahashi meets him there and lays in chops. Kyle gets a back suplex from the second rope for two. Kyle gets a Liger bomb for two. Kyle gets a series of mocking kicks again and Takahashi starts laughing at him. Kyle gets a series of forearms to the head and Takahashi stays on his feet. Kyle gets a leg lariat and Takahashi is up at one.
They move to the apron, and Kyle tries for a suplex, and Takahashi reverses it to a DDT and follows with a power bomb. Kyle is rolled into the ring and Takahashi gets a clothesline for two. Takanashi goes for the Time Bomb, but Kyle gets a series of kicks and tries for a Liger Bomb, but Takahashi makes it a Code Red for two. Takahashi gets a Death Valley Driver for two. They jockey for position and Kyle gets a jumping tombstone for two.
Kyle gets a running kick to the back of Takahashi’s head and Takahashi reverses a brain buster into a rollup for two. Kyle gets the brain buster with his second attempt for the pin and the win.
Winner and still TNT Champion: Kyle Fletcher
Mercedes Moné (TBS Champion) vs Alex Windsor vs Persephone vs Bozilla
Cool entrance for Mone with 8 traditional Royal Guard members carrying her belts.
Mone gets surrounded to start the match and she rolls to the floor. Bozilla takes out Alex and Persephone and Mone comes back and tries for a rollup. No good and Bozilla tosses Mone onto the other two on the floor. Persephone gets into the ring and is slammed by Bozilla. Windsor leap’s onto Bozilla back and Mone bounces off Bozilla. Bozilla charges into the corner and runs into the ringpost as Mone and Persephone dodges.
Persephone and Windsor hit Mone with a flapjack from two. Perspehonie gets a hurricanrana and Windsor follows with an arm drag. Bozilla is back in the ring and gets both of them with a double back suplex. Mone leaps onto Bozilla’s back, and Bozilla backs into the corner. Persephone monkey flips Mone into Bozilla’s arms. Bozilla hits a power bomb. Bozilla is pulled out of the ring. Windsor gets a senton from the apron onto Bozilla who had picked up Persephone.
Persephone is tossed into the ring by Mone who gets a jackknife pin for two. Mone gets a top turnbuckle arm drag and a rollup for two, Windsor gets a rollup on Mone and they trade two counts until Bozilla breaks up the three women. Bozilla gets a bear hug on Persephone and Windsor breaks it up. Bozilla stands on Mone in the ropes, and she then charges into a big boot from Windsor, and Windsor gets a clothesline. As Bozilla gets up Mone gets a meteora for two.
Persephone and Windsor try to attack Mone on the top, but they keep pulling each other away. Bozilla joins in and Windsor is able to pulse all three down, with Mone being tossed across the ring. Perspehonie and Windsor start fighting and Mone gets a statement maker on both women at once. The move is broken up and Windsor clotheslines the other two. Windsor gets a sharpshooter on Mone and Persephone. Bozilla stands on Mone and Persephone’s hands so they can’t tap out until the hold is broken.
Bozilla beats down Windsor. Bozilla charges at Persephone. Persphanie dodges and spears Windsor. Bozilla takes them both down and goes to the top. Bozilla moonsaults onto both of them and Mone breaks it up at two. Mone reverses a slam into a poisonrana for two. Windsor gets a fisherman’s buster on Mone for two. Bozilla gets a German suplex after Windsor tries to suplex her.
Bozilla runs through Windsor and works her over in the corner. Persephone is able to get a razor’s edge on Bozilla, but Windsor nails her with a clothesline for two. Windsor gets a sharpshooter on Persephone. Mone gets a lung blower on Windsor to break it up. Pespehanie tries for a razor’s edge on Mone, who reverses it into a rollup for the pin and the win.
Winner and still TBS Champion: Mercedes Mone
We get a nice video of Nigel McGuinness and Johnny Saint playing chess and talking about Technical wrestling.
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