Weiß Schwarz Forbidden Door lands January 15, 2027 at 440 yen a pack
Bushiroad's Weiß Schwarz booster FD pairs New Japan Pro-Wrestling and AEW, with foil-stamped signed wrestler cards, 4,400 yen boxes, and an early release on January 4, 2027.
Weiß Schwarz is getting a pro-wrestling crossover booster. 'New Japan Pro-Wrestling × AEW: Forbidden Door' is listed for release on Friday January 15, 2027, with an early release planned for Monday January 4, 2027 at Ittenyon. The set carries the title category Forbidden Door and the work number FD.
Dates and tournament legality
The standard release date is Friday January 15, 2027. Ahead of that, an early release is planned for Monday January 4, 2027 at Ittenyon.
Players do not have to wait for the general release date to use the cards competitively. Cards from this product become usable in official tournaments and sanctioned tournaments from Monday January 4, 2027, the same day as the early release.
Pack, box, and carton details
Each pack contains 8 cards and carries a suggested retail price of 440 yen, tax included. A box holds 10 packs and is priced at 4,400 yen, tax included. Cartons contain 12 boxes each. A carton price is not stated.
The planned card count is 117 Normal cards plus 117 or more Parallel cards. Both figures are described as planned.
Signed cards and PR bonuses
The set includes foil-stamped signed cards of dozens of wrestlers. Named talents include Kazuchika Okada and Swerve Strickland from AEW, Shingo Takagi and Great-O-Khan from New Japan Pro-Wrestling, and Momo Watanabe from Stardom. Tam Nakano, listed as a former Stardom wrestler, is also named.
Box and carton purchases come with planned PR card bonuses. Each box includes 1 PR card drawn from 26 types, split into 13 Normal and 13 Parallel versions. Each carton includes 1 PR card drawn from a set of 12 types.
Why it matters
The product brings talent from three promotions into one Weiß Schwarz set. The wrestlers named for signed cards come from AEW, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, and Stardom. The copyright credits on the pages for the separate New Japan Pro-Wrestling: Forbidden Door and AEW: Forbidden Door products name All Elite Wrestling, LLC, The Upper Deck Company, NJPW, and STARDOM.
The catalog also lists two separate product pages, one titled 'New Japan Pro-Wrestling: Forbidden Door' and one titled 'AEW: Forbidden Door'. Their relationship to the booster pack is not explained.
What is still unknown
The product is still in development, and the final version may differ from what is shown.
Several points remain open:
- Whether the box and carton PR cards will be included in reprints is undecided.
- What the separate 'New Japan Pro-Wrestling: Forbidden Door' and 'AEW: Forbidden Door' products contain is not announced yet.
- The full card list and the names of non-signature cards are not announced yet.
- A release outside Japan is not announced.
- The carton price is not announced yet.
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