Brodido are on top of the AEW tag team division.
The makeshift team of Bandido and Brody King, who only started working together earlier this summer, captured the AEW World Tag Team Championships on Sunday night, winning a no-disqualification three-way match against FTR and The Hurt Syndicate.
The result was the first title change at this year’s AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door, which took place at The O2 in London, England.
The match came down to just FTR and Brodido after the defending champs, The Hurt Syndicate, were attacked by a masked trio who emerged at ringside. As Shelton Benjamin and Bobby Lashley brawled to the back, it was revealed that they were fending off a fight from Ricochet and Gates of Agony, who were under the disguises.
Back in the ring, Bandido interrupted a double-team move from FTR, scoring a frogsplash off the top. He then used the legs of King to launch himself for a 450 Splash for the pinfall win, earning the duo their first gold.
Brodido and FTR fought through an eight-team tournament to earn a shot at the tag titles. After wrestling to a 30-minute time limit draw on Wednesday’s Dynamite in the tournament finals, it was ruled that both teams would face off against The Hurt Syndicate in a three-way match at Forbidden Door.
While The Hurt Syndicate weren’t pinned, the result ended their 214-day reign with the tag titles. They first earned the belts off Private Party back in January and had previously defended them on four pay-per-view broadcasts.
Zero Hour results
- Yuya Uemura, El Desperado, Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong def. Action Andretti, Lio Rush, Hechicero & Josh Alexander (12:13)
- Ricochet, Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona def. Michael Oku, Mike Bailey & Kevin Knight (9:56)
- Megan Bayne, Julia Hart, Skye Blue & Thekla def. Harley Cameron, Kris Statlander, Queen Aminata & Willow Nightingale (11:15)
- Samoa Joe, Katsuyori Shibata & Powerhouse Hobbs def. Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney & Robbie X (AEW World Trios Championships) (10:00)
Forbidden Door Main Card results
- Adam Copeland & Christian Cage def. Killswitch & Kip Sabian (13:46)
- Kyle Fletcher def. Hiromu Takahashi (TNT Championship) (15:27)
- Mercedes Moné def. Persephone, Alex Windsor & Bozilla (TBS Championship) (Four-Way) (15:30)
- Zack Sabre Jr. def. Nigel McGuinness (IWGP World Heavyweight Championship) (17:00)
- Bandido & Brody King def. Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood, Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin (AEW World Tag Team Championships) (Three-Way) (16:04)
- Kazuchika Okada def. Swerve Strickland (AEW Unified Championship) (16:38)
- Toni Storm def. Athena (AEW Women’s World Championship) (15:15)
- Hangman Adam Page def. MJF (AEW World Championship) (31:38)
- Hiroshi Tanahashi, Will Ospreay, Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi & Darby Allin def. Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Gabe Kidd, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson (Lights Out Steel Cage Match) (32:26)
