AEW & NJPW: Forbidden Door “Zero Hour” Results 6/30/24
AEW & NJPW: Forbidden Door 2024 goes down tonight from UBS Arena in Elmont, New York.
Starting off with “Zero Hour” at 5:30pm EST. this evening, scheduled for the official pre-show for the co-promoted pay-per-view event is Kyle Fletcher vs. Serpentico, Mariah May vs. Saraya (Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament), Kris Statlander & Momo Watanabe vs. Willow Nightingale & Tam Nakano, Yota Tsuji, Titan & Hiromu Takahashi vs. Penta El Zero Miedo, Rey Fenix & Mistico, as well as Private Party vs. Gabe Kidd & Roderick Strong vs. Tomohiro Ishii & Kyle O’Reilly vs. Brody King & Malakai Black.
Featured below are complete AEW & NJPW: Forbidden Door “Zero Hour” results from Sunday, June 30, 2024. The following report was written by Gerweck.net reporter Matt Boone (@MattBoone0709) as the show aired live from 6:30pm EST. – Midnight EST. on pay-per-view.
AEW & NJPW: FORBIDDEN DOOR: ZERO HOUR RESULTS (6/30/2024)
The “Zero Hour” pre-show for Forbidden Door starts off with a live shot inside the UBS Arena where Renee Paquette welcomes us to the official pre-show for tonight’s AEW, NJPW, CMLL and STARDOM co-promoted event.
Settling in at the special panel area, Paquette welcomes us to the set for “Zero Hour,” where she is joined by RJ City, Renee Paquette and Rocky Romero. They all agree that tonight is a big deal. They explain the different ways and various platforms you can watch tonight’s show.
Paquette and City run down the matches scheduled for tonight’s lengthy show with a stacked card. The official match graphics flash across the screen and we hear fans in the background reacting to each one that shows up as they run down the big lineup.
Backstage, The Acclaimed and Daddy Ass talk about their match alongside Hiroshi Tanahashi against The Young Bucks and Kazuchika Okada. Back inside the arena, we shoot back to the pre-show panel, who are joined by Amanda Huber and -1 to talk about the new Reebok shoe dedicated to the late Mr. Brodie Lee (Jon Huber).
Serpentico vs. Kyle Fletcher
Inside the arena, Excalibur, Nigel McGuinness and Matt Menard welcome us in at ringside as Serpentico’s theme hits to bring him out for our first match on the pre-show. Out next is his opponent, Kyle Fletcher. As he comes to the ring, we see footage of him losing the ROH TV title to Atlantis Jr. at the CMLL show at Arena Mexico.
The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with this one. Fletcher charges across the ring and blasts Serpentico with a big boot to the face. He follows up by going to work on him with kicks and stomps in the corner of the ring.
Serpentico tries to fight back, but Fletcher overwhelms him with another onslaught, ending with a long stalled suplex. He hits a tombstone pile driver but decides against pinning him. He takes him up to the top rope and hits a stalled buckle brain-buster for the pin fall victory.
Winner: Kyle Fletcher
Malakai Black & Brody King vs. Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen vs. Gabe Kidd & Roderick Strong vs. Tomohiro Ishii & Kyle O’Reilly
The Jon Moxley vs. Tetsuya Naito video package for tonight’s IWGP title match airs to kill a couple of minutes and then we return inside the UBS Arena, where the lights go out. The House of Black duo, The Kings of the Black Throne — Malakai Black and Brody King, make their way to the ring.
Out next is the Private Party duo of Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen, followed by The Undisputed Kingdom team of Roderick Strong and Gabe Kidd. Finally, Kyle O’Reilly and Tomohiro Ishii make their way out and the bell sounds to get this four-way tag-team tilt officially off-and-running.
Malakai Black and Kyle O’Reilly get things started as the first two legal men in the ring. They trade a variety of kicks before landing at the same time a few times in a row. They hit the mat and the two trade submission attempts and reversals. O’Reilly hits a knee off the ropes and tags in Ishii.
Ishii and Brody King go at it as the crowd goes ballistic. Clearly seeing the two big boys colliding is what they were waiting for in this one. After the others in the bout get a few moments to shine, it comes down to Private Party and The Kings of the Black Throne trading high spots in the ring until King and Black get the pin.
Winners: Malakai Black & Brody King
Kris Statlander & Momo Watanabe vs. Willow Nightingale & Tam Nakano
The Mercedes Mone vs. Stephanie Vaquer video package for tonight’s TBS Champion versus NJPW STRONG Women’s Champion match airs to kill a couple of minutes and then we return inside the UBS Arena, where Stokely Hathaway self-introduces his team of Kris Statlander and Momo Watanabe.
After they settle inside the squared circle, the upbeat catchy entrance tune for Willow Nightingale hits and out she comes accompanied by her partner for this women’s tag-team bout, Tam Nakano. All four are ready to rock and roll, and then the bell sounds to get this one officially off-and-running.
Nightingale starts things off and calls for Statlander to do the same, but when she won’t, Nightingale tags in Nakano. When she does that, suddenly Statlander is willing to tag in and she does, starting things off with Nakano. She takes Nakano down and hits the double biceps pose.
Willow finally tags in, so Kris quickly tags out. Hathaway distracts the referee, allowing Watanabe to take over on offense for her team. She tags Statlander back in, who picks up where she left off, taking it to Nakano. Things build until Nightingale finally gets the hot tag.
For the first time, she gets her hands on her former friend turned rival Statlander. Statlander eats some shots from Willow and then quickly tags back out, which brings Watanabe in to endure more punishment from Nightingale. She ends up taking over and Statlander tags in.
Statlander picks the bones of the already beaten down Willow until Nakano tags back in. Nightingale and Nakano go for the Doomsday Device off the ropes, but it is countered. Nightingale ends up hitting an Avalanche Death Valley Driver off the ropes for a super close near fall attempt.
Watanabe hits a modified Styles Clash for a super close near fall of her own on Willow moments later. Willow fights back and hits a pounce on Watanabe before clotheslining Statlander over the top-rope. Nightingale splashes onto Kris on the floor after tagging Nakano in. Nakano hits a hammer-lock German suplex into a bridge for the pin fall victory.
Winners: Willow Nightingale & Tam Nakano
Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament
Saraya vs. Mariah May
The Will Ospreay vs. Swerve Strickland pre-match video package airs to kill a few minutes before we return inside the UBS Arena for our next “Zero Hour” pre-show match of the evening. The theme for Mariah May hits and out she comes accompanied by “Timeless” Toni Storm and Luther the Butler.
After she settles inside the squared circle, her music dies down. The entrance tune for her opponent for this Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament tilt plays next and out comes Saraya, accompanied by Harley Cameron. The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with this one.
We see some basic back-and-forth action, with Saraya largely in the offensive driver’s seat throughout. Hikaru Shida is shown watching on backstage. Harley hops on the apron for a distraction, but Storm comes over and beats her down.
May is distracted by this and almost finished off by Saraya, but she gets her hand on the ropes just in time before the count of three. May then gets a roll-up out of nowhere for the win. She will now move on to face Shida in the semifinals. Mina Shirakawa comes outto celebrate with May, and has a pull-apart with Storm.
Winner and ADVANCING in the Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament: Mariah May
Yota Tsuji, Titan & Hiromu Takahashi vs. Penta El Zero Miedo, Rey Fenix & Mistico
The “Timeless” Toni Storm vs. Mina Shirakawa video package airs for their AEW Women’s Championship showdown later tonight. We then return inside the UBS Arena where Hiromu Takahashi, Titan and Yota Tsuji come out together to the ring. Takahashi has a Mistico mask with him.
After they settle inside the ring for our final “Zero Hour” pre-show match of the evening before we switch over to the pay-per-view portion of the event, their music dies down and The Lucha Bros theme hits. Out comes Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fenix. They stop half-way down and Mistico’s theme hits.
Mistico catches up with Penta and Fenix and the three head to the ring for what should be an excellent trios match to close out tonight’s pre-show. Once all six are in the ring, the bell sounds and we get this one officially off-and-running. AEW, CMLL and NJPW are all featured in this one. Fans chant “Holy sh*t! Holy sh*t!” before anything happens.
Fenix and Titan kick things off for their respective teams. After they brawl briefly, we see a series of tags and hot spots that brings everyone in the building to their feet. Multiple wild spots elicit “This is Awesome!” chants.
Things wrap up when Penta hits a Fear Factor with Fenix hitting a stomp off the top at the same time. Mistico follows up with his armbar for the win in an excellent pre-show main event. Excalibur and Nigel McGuinness run down the lineup for the pay-per-view as the match graphics flash across the screen and then the pre-show wraps up shortly afterwards.
Winners: Penta El Zero Miedo, Rey Fenix & Mistico
