Tony Khan, President, General Manager and Head of Creative for All Elite Wrestling, spoke to the media on Thursday August 21, 2025 to discuss AEW x NJPW x CMLL x Stardom Forbidden Door 2025.
TK spoke at length about the card, working with his promotion partners, making sure every one of the partners are creatively satisfied and putting this year’s card.
He also spoke about previous Forbidden Door shows, WWE’s counter-programming, the PPV industry, and he answered our Editor-in-Chief’s question about Bozilla from Stardom.
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- WWE counter-programming.
- Focusing on AEW
- Growing the AEW Television Audiences
- Alex Windsor & Her Rise
- The Women’s Division
- PPV Model — Is It Dead?
- Would they go DTC?
- HBO Max joining in on the PPV provider business
- Will there be New Japan vs. AEW matches going forward for AEW
- How All In Texas and Forbidden Door scheduling changed things up for this year.
- Working relationship with New Japan and Stardom
- Tony Khan’s enjoyment of Yota Tsuji and why he didn’t go with Yota vs. Swerve at last year’s show.
- Balancing Forbidden Door between AEW, CMLL, New Japan and Stardom.
- Touring more outside the United States based on the great crowd reactions.
- Success of AEW Grand Slam Mexico.
- 2300 Arena residency & embracing the history of ECW
- The Lights Out Cage Match
- Hosting Tanahashi’s Final Match in the UK
- Thoughts on Bozilla?
- And more!
