Forbidden Door
Promotional poster featuring various AEW wrestlers
Promotion(s) All Elite Wrestling
New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
World Wonder Ring Stardom
Date June 28, 2026
City San Jose, California
Venue SAP Center
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The 2026 Forbidden Door was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event co-produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), and World Wonder Ring Stardom. It was the fifth annual Forbidden Door, and the first to be officially co-promoted by CMLL and Stardom. The event took place on Sunday, June 28, 2026, at the SAP Center in San Jose, California. For the first time, Forbidden Door featured the finals of the men's and women's Owen Hart Foundation Tournament, becoming the third overall AEW PPV to play host to them. The event went head-to-head with The Great American Bash, a livestreaming event and television special produced by WWE for its NXT brand.

Twelve matches took place on the card, including three on the Zero-Hour pre-show. In the event's final match, which was promoted as part of a triple main event, Will Ospreay defeated Swerve Strickland to win the Men's Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament. The second main event, which was the penultimate match, saw Team Briscoe (Mark Briscoe, Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong, Kyle O'Reilly, Konosuke Takeshita, and Darby Allin) defeat Team DCMJF (MJF, Kevin Knight, Kyle Fletcher, Jake Doyle, Kazuchika Okada, and Andrade El Ídolo) in Death's Door, and in the first main event, Mercedes Moné defeated Maya World to win the Women's Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament for the second consecutive year, making her the first wrestler (male or female) to win the Owen Hart Foundation tournament twice and back-to-back. In other prominent matches, Kenny Omega defeated Zack Sabre Jr., Jon Moxley defeated Bandido to retain the AEW Continental Championship, and Shota Umino defeated Pac to retain the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship. The event was also notable for the return of Jay White, who had been out with an injury since April 2025.

Production

Background

The 2026 Forbidden Door took place at the SAP Center in San Jose, California.

Forbidden Door is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event originally co-produced by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and Japan-based New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Established in 2022, the event is held during the northern hemisphere summer, typically in June, and features direct competition between wrestlers from the two companies.[1][2] After the Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and NJPW's sister brand, the Japanese women's promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom, were involved in the 2024 and 2025 events, AEW president Tony Khan revealed that both CMLL and Stardom would be official co-promoters for 2026.[3]

On April 15, 2026, it was revealed that the 2026 Forbidden Door would take place on June 28 at the SAP Center in San Jose, California. Tickets for the event went on sale April 27.[4] Forbidden Door went head-to-head with The Great American Bash, a livestreaming event and television special produced by rival company WWE for its developmental brand, NXT. It was also set to go head-to-head with Slammiversary, a PPV event by another rival company, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA); however, TNA moved Slammiversary to an earlier start time to avoid counter-programming. According to wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer, he stated that WWE's decision to once again try and counterprogram AEW was questionable for a variety of reasons, with the main one being that WWE attempted this same tactic multiple times in 2025, as well as the odd occasion in the years prior to that, and it simply failed. WWE put both main roster and NXT shows against a number of AEW pay-per-view events in 2025, only for AEW's shows to not only perform better than expected, but for the WWE shows to underperform.[5]

Broadcast outlets

Forbidden Door aired via PPV through traditional cable and satellite providers.[6] In the United States, AEW PPV events are available on HBO Max at an exclusive rate for subscribers. The event was also available to livestream in the United States and internationally on Prime Video, PPV.com, and YouTube. Additionally in the United States, the show was broadcast at Dave & Buster's and Tom's Watch Bar locations. Outside of the United States and Canada, the event was available to stream on MyAEW.[7]

Storylines

Other on-screen personnel
Role Name
Commentators Excalibur (Pre-show and PPV)
Walker Stewart (Pre-show and PPV)
Nigel McGuinness (Pre-show and PPV)
Tony Schiavone (PPV)
Don Callis (Steel Cage match)
Spanish Commentators Carlos Cabrera
Alvaro Riojas
Ariel Levy
Ring announcers Justin Roberts (PPV)
Arkady Aura (Pre-show and PPV)
Takuro Shibata (Pre-show and PPV)
Referees Aubrey Edwards
Brandon Martinez
Bryce Remsburg
Mike Posey
Paul Turner
Rick Knox
Stephon Smith
Interviewer Lexy Nair
Pre-show hosts Renee Paquette
Jeff Jarrett

Forbidden Door featured 12 professional wrestling matches, including three on the Zero Hour pre-show, that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing feuds and storylines.[8] Storylines were produced on AEW's weekly television programs, Dynamite and Collision, as well as shows produced by NJPW, CMLL, and Stardom.

On May 14, 2026, it was confirmed that Forbidden Door would once again host the finals of the annual Owen Hart Cup, where the winners of the respective men's and women's tournaments would earn a match for the AEW World Championship and AEW Women's World Championship, respectively, at AEW's flagship PPV event, All In, on August 30.[9] On the June 3 episode of Dynamite, Will Ospreay advanced to the finals of the men's tournament,[10] with Swerve Strickland advancing to the finals on the following week's episode.[11] On the June 17 episode of Dynamite, 2025 women's tournament winner Mercedes Moné advanced to the finals,[12] with Maya World advancing to the finals on the June 20 episode of Collision.[13]

On June 10 at Dynamite: Summer BlockBuster, NJPW wrestler Zack Sabre Jr. challenged AEW wrestler Kenny Omega to a match at Forbidden Door, expressing that he had yet to defeat him in the United States, questioning if Omega was still "the best". Omega accepted the challenge.[11][14]

During Collision: Summer BlockBuster on June 13, AEW Women's World Champion Thekla called out Stardom's roster, a promotion she previously wrestled at before AEW. Former Wonder of Stardom Champion Starlight Kid accepted Thekla's challenge for the AEW Women's World Championship at Forbidden Door.[15][16]

Following MJF's AEW World Championship victory over Darby Allin at Double or Nothing on May 24, Mark Briscoe challenged MJF for the title on the following episode of Dynamite, to which MJF refused due to Briscoe's appearance, and instead accepted a challenge by Rush.[17] The following episode, MJF retained his title against Rush, but suffered a legitimate injury to his knee.[18][19] On June 10 at Dynamite: Summer Blockbuster, Briscoe spoke to AEW president Tony Khan about an idea he had. Following Briscoe's victory, MJF appeared, declined Briscoe's challenge, and ordered Lethal Twist to attack Briscoe, but was rescued by the Conglomeration. Following the altercation, Briscoe announced that Khan approved a match for Forbidden Door's main event, set to be a six-on-six steel cage match between MJF's team and Briscoe's team, where if Briscoe's team won, Briscoe would receive a world title match. MJF then announced his team to include Don Callis Family (Kevin Knight, Kyle Fletcher, Jake Doyle, Kazuchika Okada, and Andrade El Idolo). Mark Briscoe announced his team on the same night, consisting of Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong, Kyle O'Reilly, Konosuke Takeshita, and Darby Allin.[11][20]

Results

No. Results Stipulations Times[33]
1P Drilla Moloney defeated Daniel Garcia by pinfall Singles match 10:26
2P Maika defeated Skye Blue by pinfall TBS Championship Survival of the Fittest Qualifying Match[21] 9:18
3P Divine Dominion (Megan Bayne and Lena Kross) (c) defeated Thunder Rosa and Olympia by pinfall Tag team match for the AEW Women's World Tag Team Championship[22] 10:48
4 The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) defeated El Sky Team (Místico and Máscara Dorada) and Unbound Co. (Shingo Takagi and Titán) by pinfall Three-way tag team match[23] 17:50
5 Kenny Omega defeated Zack Sabre Jr. by pinfall Singles match[24] 26:30
6 Jon Moxley (c) defeated Bandido by technical submission Singles match for the AEW Continental Championship[25] 18:10
7 Shota Umino (c) defeated Pac by pinfall Singles match for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship[26] 18:15
8 Thekla (c) defeated Starlight Kid by pinfall Singles match for the AEW Women's World Championship[27] 18:45
9 Cope and Cage (Adam Copeland and Christian Cage) (c) defeated The Dogs (David Finlay and Clark Connors) by pinfall Tag team match for the AEW World Tag Team Championship[28] 16:45
10 Mercedes Moné defeated Maya World by submission Women's Owen Hart Cup Final[29]
The winner received an AEW Women's World Championship match at All In.		 24:55
11 Team Briscoe (Mark Briscoe, Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong, Kyle O'Reilly, Konosuke Takeshita, and Darby Allin) defeated Team DCMJF (MJF, Kevin Knight, Kyle Fletcher, Jake Doyle, Kazuchika Okada, and Andrade El Ídolo) by pinfall Death's Door match[30][31]
Since Briscoe's team won, he earned an AEW World Championship match against MJF.		 30:50
12 Will Ospreay defeated Swerve Strickland (with Prince Nana) by pinfall Men's Owen Hart Cup Final[32]
The winner received an AEW World Championship match at All In.		 35:30
(c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match
P  – the match was broadcast on the pre-show

Owen Hart Cup brackets

This section is transcluded from Owen Hart Cup. (edit | history)

Women's

2026 Women's Tournament winner Mercedes Moné, who became the first multi-time Owen Hart Cup champion.
Quarterfinals
Double or Nothing
(May 24, 2026)
Dynamite
(June 3, 2026)
Collision
(June 6, 2026)
Dynamite: Summer Blockbuster
(June 10, 2026)		 Semifinals
Dynamite
(June 17, 2026)
Collision
(June 20, 2026)		 Final
Forbidden Door
(June 28, 2026)
                 
Persephone 12:21
Hazuki Pin
Hazuki 22:30
Mercedes Moné Sub
Mercedes Moné[a] Sub
Alex Windsor 12:23
Mercedes Moné Sub
Maya World 24:55
Mina Shirakawa 11:00
Athena Pin
Athena 14:00
Maya World Pin
Skye Blue 11:21
Maya World[b] Pin

Men's

2026 Men's Tournament winner Will Ospreay
Quarterfinals
Double or Nothing
(May 24, 2026)
Dynamite
(May 27, 2026)		 Semifinals
Dynamite
(June 3, 2026)
Dynamite: Summer Blockbuster
(June 10, 2026)		 Final
Forbidden Door
(June 28, 2026)
                 
Will Ospreay Pin
Samoa Joe 13:55
Will Ospreay Sub
Mark Davis 23:16
Mark Davis Pin
Jack Perry 17:24
Will Ospreay Pin
Swerve Strickland 35:30
Swerve Strickland Pin
Bandido 15:20
Swerve Strickland Pin
Brody King 15:00
Claudio Castagnoli 12:01
Brody King Pin

Notes

  1. ^ Willow Nightingale was originally scheduled to face Alex Windsor, but was removed from the match due to injury, thus Windsor would instead face a mystery "Wild Card" participant, later revealed to be Moné.
  2. ^ Sareee was originally scheduled to face Skye Blue, but was removed from the match due to injury and was replaced by World.

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