Adam Cole Pulled from Forbidden Door II Over Illness, Match with Tom Lawlor Canceled

AEW CEO Tony Khan announced this afternoon that Adam Cole has been pulled off from tonight’s AEW and NJPW co-promoted Forbidden Door II event in Toronto, Canada.

Khan stated that the official reason is due to Cole recently suffering an illness and was not medically cleared to compete at tonight’s show. Khan also stated that the scheduled match of Cole vs. “Filthy” Tom Lawlor for the show has been cancelled as a result.

Due to illness, @AdamColePro isn’t cleared tonight, therefore the Adam Cole vs @FilthyTomLawlor match is canceled.

Despite the change, tonight will be an amazing show!

Thank you to everyone watching #ForbiddenDoor, either here live in Toronto @ScotiabankArena or on ppv tonight!

— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) June 25, 2023

Updated card for AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door II:

• IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Open Challenge match – Jungle Boy Jack Perry vs. SANADA (c)
• IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship – Will Ospreay vs. Kenny Omega (c)
• AEW World Championship – Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. MJF (c)
• AEW International Championship Four-way match – Daniel Garcia vs. Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Kasuyori Shibata vs. Orange Cassidy (c)
• AEW Women’s World Championship – Willow Nightingale vs. Toni Storm (c)
• 2023 Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament First Round match – CM Punk vs. Satoshi Kojima
• 10-Man Tag Team match – Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, & Wheeler Yuta), Konosuke Takeshita, & Shota Umino vs. The Elite (Hangman Adam Page, The Young Bucks (Nick & Matt Jackson)), Eddie Kingston, & Tomohiro Ishii
• Le Suzuki Gods (Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara, & Minoru Suzuki) vs. Darby Allin, Sting, & Tetsuya Naito
• Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada
• Zero Hour pre-show: 2023 Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament First Round match – Athena vs. Billie Starkz
• Zero Hour pre-show: Stu Grayson vs. El Phantasmo
• Zero Hour pre-show: United Empire (TJP, Jeff Cobb, & Kyle Fletcher) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi, & BUSHI)
• Zero Hour pre-show: The Mogul Embassy (Swerve Strickland & Gates of Agony (Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun)) vs. Trent Beretta, Rocky Romero, & El Desperado