It was the third annual Forbidden Door event and took place on June 30, 2024, at the UBS Arena in the Long Island hamlet of Elmont, New York.

[5] On April 11, 2024, AEW announced that the third Forbidden Door would take place on June 30, 2024, at the UBS Arena in the Long Island hamlet of Elmont, New York.

[8] Forbidden Door featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines.

[9] Storylines were primarily advanced on AEW's weekly television shows Dynamite, Rampage, and Collision, the YouTube series Being The Dark Order, and also at NJPW, Stardom, and CMLL events.

[11] At Double or Nothing, Adam Copeland legitimately injured his leg in his successful title defense of the AEW TNT Championship.

As they were about to award the championship to their Elite stablemate Jack Perry, Christopher Daniels—who had been fired by the Bucks two weeks prior—appeared, revealing that AEW president Tony Khan had reinstated him as an interim executive vice president in the absence of Kenny Omega, who had surgery due to diverticulitis, and that any announcement made by Daniels came directly from Khan.

[11][13] The first qualifying match took place on that week's episode of Rampage, where Konosuke Takeshita defeated Penta El Zero Miedo.

[19] El Phantasmo earmed the final spot in the ladder match by defeating AR Fox on the June 28 episode of Rampage.

[17] Prior to signing with AEW in November 2023, Mariah May performed in Stardom where she teamed together with Mina Shirakawa as part of Club Venus.

Storm made a surprise appearance at Stardom American Dream on April 4 after a Club Venus match and teased a match at Forbidden Door;[21] in return, Shirakawa made her first appearance in AEW on the April 10 episode of Dynamite, saving May from a post-match beatdown before kissing her.

[23] Shirakawa accepted the challenge and the match was made official on the June 5 episode of Dynamite, with May listed as the cornerwoman for both participants upon her request.

[15][24] At Forbidden Door in 2023, AEW's Orange Cassidy won a four-man match which also involved NJPW's Zack Sabre Jr.[25] The following year on the June 8, 2024, episode of Collision, Sabre challenged Cassidy to a rematch as a singles match at Forbidden Door, claiming the two men had unfinished business.

Additionally, for 2024, it was announced that the respective winners would earn matches for AEW's men's and women's world championships at All In in August.

[30] During the June 19 episode of Dynamite, it was announced that AEW's Bryan Danielson would face NJPW's Shingo Takagi at Forbidden Door in a first-round tournament match.

[31] Next, Kings of the Black Throne (Malakai Black and Brody King) faced Kyle O'Reilly and Tomohiro Ishii, Private Party (Zay and Quen), and Roderick Strong and NJPW Strong Openweight Champion Gabe Kidd (accompanied by Gedo and The Undisputed Kingdom – ROH World Tag Team Champions Matt Taven and Mike Bennett).

[31] Following that, a tag team match between Tam Nakano and Willow Nightingale, and Kris Statlander and Momo Watanabe (accompanied by Stokely Hathaway).

[31] Following that, Mariah May (accompanied by AEW Women's World Champion "Timeless" Toni Storm and Luther) faced Saraya (accompanied by Harley Cameron) in the Women's Owen Hart Foundation tournament quarterfinals, with the winner facing Hikaru Shida on Rampage: Beach Break.

[31] In the final match of the Zero-Hour pre-show, The Lucha Brothers (Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fénix) and CMLL's Místico (accompanied by Alex Abrahantes) faced NJPW's Los Ingobernables de Japón (Hiromu Takahashi, Titán and Yota Tsuji).

The Lucha Brothers then hit the Fear Factor on Takahashi and Místico locked in La Mística on Titán, forcing him to tap out for the win.

In the opening stages, Hechicero performed an arm breaker over the top rope and hit a Mad Scientist Bomb on MJF for a two-count.

Hechicero delivered a running corner knee strike and locked in a double armbar, but MJF reached the ropes.

Danielson delivers a running corner dropkick to Takagi and places him on the top rope and lands an avalanche back suplex.

Next, "Timeless" Toni Storm (accompanied by Luther) defended the AEW Women's World Championship against Stardom's Mina Shirakawa, with Mariah May supporting both competitors.

Perry then beat Briscoe with a chair and proceeded to climb the ladder and retrieved the championship, thus making him the youngest AEW TNT Champion.

In the opening stages, Moné performed a meteora from the middle rope and attempted a swinging DDT on the outside, but Vaquer blocked it and threw her into the LED board.

Mike Malkasian of Wrestling Headlines gave the overall show an 8.75/10, saying "A very solid PPV tonight, and we’ve come to expect that from AEW.

[33] Erik Beaston of Bleacher Report graded the show an A, notably saying "The AEW president routinely churns out quality PPV cards.

After one night of exhilarating action, fans are quick to trumpet the next great era in the company, until Wednesday's Dynamite reminds everyone that the follow-up to those events is equally as important as the shows themselves.

[34] Fred Morlan of Voices of Wrestling gave the overall show an 8/10, saying "Even though the main event broke the Forbidden Door mold in terms of not being AEW vs. someone outside of the company, it turned out to be the right call.

Still, all in all, this show delivered very high-quality in-ring action with lots of finishes that made sense and should set up future storylines.