AEW Forbidden Door 2026 6/28/2026
Note - AEW is running against NXT The Great American Bash 2026 here. AEW booked this show to go against TNA Slammiversary, but TNA dropped to 4PM to avoid AEW and WWE NXT stepped in to take on AEW.
We are in San Jose, CA. Excalibur, Nigel McGuinness, Tony Schiavone, Walker Stewart are on commentary.
The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) vs. El Sky Team (Místico
and Máscara Dorada) vs. Unbound Co. (Shingo Takagi and Titán)
Titan dropkicks and stomps Mist. Mist springboard twisting crossbodies him and flying headscissors him. Mist enzugiri's him from the apron. Mist springboard diving headscissors him. MD and a Buck get in. MD takes him down and they evade each other. They try dropkicks at the same time and headflip up together.
A Buck is thrown into MD. MD takes a buckle bomb + enzugiri combo. MD then takes a top rope double stomp from the catapult position. MD corkscrew kicks a Buck. MD flips into the ropes and hits a double armdrag. Shingo and MD stare down.
Shingo blocks an armdrag and elbow drops MD. MD corkscrew headscissors Shingo. Shingo shoulders him over. MD takes a suplex + springboard splash for 2. Mist springboard diving headscissors Shingo. Mist walks up the ropes and diving corkscrew armdrags Titan out. A Buck is popped up into a headscissors on Mist. MD is back body dropped into a headscissors on a Buck. A Buck walks up the ropes and diving headscissors MD. Titan hits a double hurricanrana.
MD is popped up into a headscissors off the buckles onto Titan outside. Titan hits corner lariats then he is slammed. Mist springboard swantons Titan. MD gets a 2 count on Titan. MD's tornillo armdrag is blocked and a Buck hits locomotion northern lights suplexes on him. A Buck then northern lights' Titan and MD together.
Shingo ddt's Matt. A Buck is held in the air for a 2nd rope diving legdrop. A Buck shiranui's Titan off Shingo then ddt's Shingo. A Buck superkicks Shingo then does a diving armdrag + headscissors on Unbound. Mist springboard crossbodies The Bucks then double armdrags them after being hiptossed into the ropes. The Bucks take stereo 619's.
Mist springboard plancha's his opponents outside. MD 2nd rope ssp's his opponents and Mist outside. MD and a Buck hit superkicks and Shingo lariats them over. Shingo double lariats Mist and a Buck. 4 men kip up together and hit 4 superkicks on Shingo. They then kip up together again and group superkick Titan. Mist and a Buck take canadian destroyers. MD then takes a slingshot canadian destroyer. 5 men then flop down together.
Mist hits enzugiri's on Shingo. Mist top rope spanish flies Shingo. A Buck top rope elbow drops Mist. Titan top rope double stomps a Buck then a Buck top rope 450's Titan. MD top rope ssp's Titan and a Buck. Mist la mistica's Shingo.
Mist is popped up into a kick. Shingo running lariats Mist. Titan tornado ddt's Mist. Shingo landslides Mist and Titan double stomps Mit off the buckles for 2. 4 men trade forearms. Shingo takes a double superkick + crucifix bomb. Titan's top rope crossbody is caught and he takes a meltzer driver. Titan is double pinned by The Bucks.
Thoughts: LOL at that result. MD and Mist are off to a hot start to their ROH Tag Title reign by immediately losing 2 days after winning the titles. It was a spotfest as expected with lots of action at a fast pace and little meaning anything. They got a little too cute with the superkicks here for me.
Kenny Omega vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
They lock up and wrestle on the mat. Zack gets a pin attempt in. They test strength. Zack euros him down then twists KO's neck with his feet. Zack dropkicks him in the back of the neck. KO boots him out of the corner and hurricanrana's him. KO slingshot plancha's him outside.
Zack twists KO's fingers outside and bangs his hand off the rails. Zack's head is banged off the commentary table. Kenny drops the table top on Zack. Kenny then double stomps the table top onto Zack on the floor.
They get on one commentary table and Zack does an octopus on him there. Zack stomps KO's arm into the apron. Zack euros Kenny in the arm. Zack hits facekicks and running facekicks KO. KO flying corner facekicks Zack. KO over the back fameassers him. KO bangs Zack's head off the mat. KO tope con hilos Zack outside.
KO top rope dropkicks Zack from behind for 2. KO ushigoroshi's him. Zack bangs KO's arm off his shoulder. They trade shots. Zack hits euros and KO knees him in the face. Zack slaps him. KO snap dragon suplexes him twice.
KO knees Zack in the gut for 2. Zack rolls up KO for 2. KO does an armbar. Zack PK's KO and hits chest kicks. KO blocks one. Zack armbars him and KO ropebreaks. Zack stomps KO's arm. KO hits chops. Zack pele kicks KO's arm. KO running knees him in the back of the head.
Zack facekicks him then KO lariats him. KO pumping knees him from behind in the corner. They go on the buckles. Zack sleepers him there and KO falls back to break it. KO knees him in the face twice. Zack ankle locks him and KO pushes him away. Zack PK's him and takes a flying pumping knee. KO flying knees him from behind and poisonrana's him. Zack backrolls KO with a bridge for 2. KO piledrivers him. KO pumping knees him.
Zack does a bridge pin on KO for 2. Zack michinoku drivers him for 2. They slap each other. KO dragon suplexes him and pumping knees him. Zack triangles him. KO powerbombs him to escape. KO knees him in the face. KO hits an OWA and wins.
Thoughts: Kenny won as expected here. It got a lot of time and was a slower paced match. It was one of Kenny's less offensive bouts as he didn't overdo it too much. I didn't think this was anything great though. Zack was a little more disciplined than usual in working the arm here. It was acceptable.
AEW Continental Title - Jon Moxley (c) vs. Bandido
Mox takes Band down. Band front facelocks him. Band does the finger gun point at him. Mox gives him the finger. Mox does a roll over Band and poses. Mox and Band trade chops for forearms. Band dropkicks Mox. Mox sends Band to the floor and topes him.
Band is thrown in and he tope con hilos Mox. Band goes for a corner splash and Mox gets his feet up. Mox piledrivers Band on the steps. Band is busted open and Mox bites him. Mox rips Band's mask. Mox short arm lariats him and hits mounted forearms. Mox hits mounted corner punches.
Band throws Mox on a sitout powerbomb. Mox bites him. Band top rope tornillo's Mox then flying forearms him. Band hits mounted corner punches. Band dropkicks him. Band running leg lariats Mox for 2 Mox's eye is busted open.
Mox knees him in the gut. Band gorilla press slams Mox. Band goes for a top rope frogsplash and Mox gets his knees up. They trade facekicks. Band germans him. Mox lariats him then death rider ddt's him for 2. Band bites Mox's head on the buckles. Band top rope moonsault fallaway slams Mox for 2.
Mox grounded chokes Band. Mox bulldog chokes him. Mox hits crossface shots. Mox puts the choke on again and Band is out. Mox wins.
Thoughts: I wasn't a big fan of it. It was a slower bout and not super exciting. I didn't believe Band was winning and he didn't. Band also lost here as the ROH champ which sucks. I thought this was just average.
They shake hands after and Brody King checks on Band.
IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship - Shota Umino (c) vs. Pac
Pac boots then stomps Shota in the corner. Shota is thrown out and sent into the rails. Pac slams Shota on the floor then sends him into the rails. Pac top rope dropkicks Shota. Pac facekicks him. Shota dropkicks him. They trade shots in the corner. Shota pounds on him and gets the edge.
Shota running euros Pac and fisherman suplexes him for 2. Shota sunset flips him for 2. Shota trips him into the ropes and slingshot apron ddt's him over the 2nd rope. Shota runs around the ring and dropkicks Pac into the rails. Shota bridging ddt's Pac on the floor.
Shota powerbombs him inside for 2. Pac overhead belly to belly suplexes Shota into the buckles. Pac stomps Shota in the corner. Pac pulls a table out. Pac superkicks him. Pac top rope moonsaults him outside.
Pac top rope belly to belly superplexes him for 2. They trade forearms. Pac boots him in the head and piefaces him. They trade forearms. Pac spin kicks him in the gut. Shota forearms him down. Pac rebound germans him twice. Shota tries to fire up and falls down. Pac razor's edge's him over the top through a table outside.
Pac top rope 450's him for 2. Pac puts him in the brutalizer. Shota forearms him after Pac misses a to prope move. Shota chest headbutts him down. Shota running knees him for 2. Pac poisonrana's him then superkicks him. Shota lariats him for 2. Shota double underhook ddt's him then fisherman busters him for the win.
Thoughts: I was surprised to see Shota win here. I don't think the table spot really fit in here and the finishing stretch could have been a little better.. I would have liked to have seen them wrestle a bit faster at times. It wasn't bad but that table spot really should have taken Shota out.
Mox gets in the ring and stares at Shota after. Hiorshi Tanahashi comes out and Mox backs off. Tana puts the belt around Shota's waist and raises his hand.
AEW Women's Title - Thekla (c) vs. Starlight Kid
Thek gets an entrance with lots of fire and people holding fire sticks. The Stardom president Okada is here for this.
Kid cartwheels over Thek then dropkicks her out. Thek kicks her and pounds on her. Thek pulls on her mask. Kid throws her down and hits mounted shots on her. Thek kicks her off the ropes and hangs out there. Kid dropkicks her out. Kid is pulled down from the apron. Kid is thrown into the rails outside. Thek hits mounted shots on her against the rails.
Kid is sent into the rails again. Thek grabs Stardom's president. Kid defends him and hits Thek. Thek stomps on Kid. Thek kneels on her for 2. Thek throws her by the mask. Kid cartwheels out. Thek stomps on her.
Thek slaps her around. Kid 2nd rope twisting crossbodies her for 2. Kid standing moonsaults her for 2. Kid drives Thek's leg into the mat and over the 2nd rope. Kid dragon screws her around the 2nd rope. Thek hanging headscissors Kid over the top rope.
Thek is up top and Kid armdrags her down. Kid is up top and is hit. Thek spider superplexes her. Thek stays up there and Kid springboard dropkicks her. Thek forearms her then Kid knees her in the face on the apron. Kid tombstones her on the apron.
Kid cross-legged fisherman suplexes her for 2. Kid misses a top rope moonsault. Thek running spears her. Kid basement dropkicks her in the back. They trade forearms on their knees. They trade chest forearms. Kid slaps her. Thek lariats her.
Thek running facekicks her twice. Thek top rope crossbodies Kid for 2. Kid dropkicks Thek in the knee then stretch mufflers her and spinning drops her with it. Kid keeps the holds on. Kid hooks her neck with her legs and Thek ropebreaks.
Kid tombstones her for 2. Kid top rope moonsaults her for 2. Kid backrolls her with a bridge for 2. Thek forearms her. Thek spears her for 2. Thek curbstomps her twice and pins her.
Thoughts: The AEW Women's Title was on the line so Kid had no real chance of winning this. I thought it was average. It got a lot more time than it needed and was another slower match. Kid did her usual match with some flying and a little leg work. Thek hit her spears and stomps. The Thekla vs Okada feud is really not as interesting as AEW makes it out to be. The tombstone on the apron should have meant more here.
Triangle of Madness comes down after and gives Thek scissors. Thek cuts Kid's mask and takes it off. Thek spits in it and hits Okada's face with it.
AEW Tag Titles - Cope and Cage (Adam Copeland and Christian Cage) (c) vs. The Dogs (David Finlay and Clark Connors)
The Dogs pose for photos on the ramp and nail one of the photographers.
Clark and Cage lock up and let go. Clark knees him in the gut and hits punches and chops on him. Cage 2nd rope twisting sunset flips him for 2. Cope shoulders DF over and side headlocks him. DF side headlocks him then shoulders him over. Cope trips DF. DF takes a side slam + reverse ddt combo. Cage sends Clark's head into DF's crotch.
Cage hits mounted corner punches on Clark. DF begs off from Cage. Cage misses a corner spear on Clark and goes shoulder first into the post. Cage is sent into the post. DF gets a 2 count on Cage then knee drops his wrist with the medical pad on it. DF rakes Cage's face. DF boots Cage in the corner.
Clark curbstomps Cage. Clark top wristlocks Cage. Cage hits punches on Clark then Clark single arm ddt's him. Cage back body drops DF. DF whips Cage down by the arm. DF stomps Cage's arm. DF forearms Cage and stomps him. Clark lights a match and sticks it in Cage's head.
DF hits forearms on Cage. Cage lariats DF down. Cage goes for the tag and Clark pulls Cope off the apron. DF bangs Cage's wrist off the steps. The heels put the steps on Cage's wrist then stand on the stands. Cope saves Cage and throws him in. Cage eye pokes DF and tags Cope in.
Cope comes in and cleans house. He facekicks Clark then impaler ddt's DF for 2. Cope misses a corner spear and the heels double shoulderblock him. Cope facekicks DF. Cage stands on DF's back on the 2nd rope. Cope crossbodies DF's back on the ropes. Clark sends Cage back first into the rails. Cope takes a stiff high/low for 2.
Cope suplexes DF into the buckles, knocking Clark down to the floor. Cope pops up DF into a Cage spear. The ref gets knocked down. Cope and Clark run at each other with spears at the same time and collide. DF grabs the shillelagh and nails Cage with it.
DF goes to hit Cope with the shillelagh. The lights go out. The Bang Bang Gang appear on the stage. Jay White then appears in the ring, making his return after like a year away. Jay bladerunners DF. Cope spears DF and pins him.
Thoughts: It was a nice little match. I had no issues with it. Both teams did what they were supposed to do, it made sense and Jay White returned here.
Jay celebrates with and Cope then joins The Gang.
Women's Owen Hart Cup Final - Mercedes Moné vs. Maya World
Mone slaps her and is put in a backslide. Maya does pin attempts on her. Maya cartwheels over Mone. Maya cartwheels out of Mone's headscissors and does Mone's dance. Maya trips her then boots her in the gut. Mone goes out off a failed charge. Maya cannonballs Mone off the apron.
Maya bridges out of a lariat and springboard diving armdrags her into a crossface attempt. Mone boots Maya off the apron. Mone pulls her down by the hair. Maya rolls Mone into a suplex for 2. They fight on the buckles. Maya's head is banged off the buckles. Mone 2nd rope diving meteora's her on the apron. Mone then metora's her off the apron outside. Mone meteora's her off the 2nd rope for 2.
Mone snapmares and hair throws Maya. Mone meteora's her for 2. Mone throws Maya out. Mone throws Maya in. Mone backcrackers her and foot chokes her. Mone rolls her into a double stomp. Mone talks trash and Maya hits a flurry of shots on her. Maya upkicks her. Maya rolls her into a double stomp.
Maya step up enzugiri's her then claymore kicks her. Maya springboard cutters her for 2. Maya shining wizards her. Mone suplexes her 3x. Maya gets her knees up on Mone's top rope splash. Maya cradles Mone for 2.
Mone crossfaces Maya. Maya gets a 2 count on her and forearms her down. Maya fallaway slams her and holds on for 2 more. She sends Mone out of the ring on the last one. Maya topes Mone. Maya top rope swantons Mone for 2.
Maya superkicks Maya's head into the buckles. Mone sunset bombs her into the buckles. Mone corner meteora's her for 2. Maya headscissors her out of a tombstone. Maya rolls her up for 1. Mone hits a money maker for 2. They go on the apron and Maya sunset bombs her on the floor.
Maya 2nd rope moonsaults her outside then does it inside for 2. Mone rolls her up for 2. Maya crossfaces her. Mone reverses it. Mone backcrackers her and crossfaces her. Maya submits.
Thoughts: I was alright with the idea of it but it just dragged and I couldn't wait for it to end. Mone won as expected. Maya got a lot of hope spots in and shots at the win but lost in the end.
Athena is interviewed by Renee after. She says the better woman won. Ath says she is the greatest champ of all time but her pupils are filled with disappointment and regret. Ath tells Maya to keep dreaming big because she belongs at the back of the line.
Steel Cage Match - Team Briscoe (Mark Briscoe, Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong, Kyle O'Reilly, Konosuke Takeshita, and Darby Allin) vs. MJF and The Don Callis Family (Kevin Knight, Kyle Fletcher, Jake Doyle, Kazuchika Okada, and Andrade El Ídolo)
We have one circular cage for this with like two 12-foot high doors.
All 12 men line up and fight. Jake's head is banged off the cage as Fletcher gets it too. Mark dropkicks Kevin through the ropes then MJF lariats Mark on the apron. Darby climbs the cage and Jake apron and cage powerbombs him. Okada sends Rod into the cage then Kev does as well. A table is set up and Mark's head is banged off of it.
The Family has their own table on it with a Don/MJF photo. MJF and Idolo try to one up each other and fight. Rod hits the heels with a hockey equipment bag. KOR has an original Nintendo and hits Okada with a controller. Fletcher is clotheslined with a controller. KOR hits Fletcher with the Nintendo.
Mark pours thumbtacks out. Jake is thrown out and Rod dropkicks Jake through the ropes. Rod is swung into the cage from Jake. Mark tope con hilos Jake through the ropes. Fletcher is bleeding and he lawn darts KOR into the buckles. Fletcher throws Mark off the top into tacks.
Darby hits Fletcher with a skateboard. MJF eye rakes Darby. MJF back body drops Darby chest first onto tacks for 2. Darby's palms are bleeding. MJF grabs a broom and pushes the tacks out.
MJF poses, OC pulls the broom up into his crotch. OC grabs a bag of orange slices with a note from Willow Nightingale on them. The Conglomeration eat them. Fletcher slaps them away. OC then gets orange juice in Fletcher's cut. OC hurricanrana's Idolo over the top.
Okada and KT square off. They trade forearms and KT drops him. KT opens up a bookbag and gives him the finger. KT forearms Okada down. Fletcher half and half suplexes KT then helluva kicks him. Okada is pushed into Fletcher. Fletcher superkicks Okada on accident. KT double germans Fletcher and Okada.
Darby and Kevin forearm each other. Kevin boots him in the corner. Darby boots him out of the corner and john woo's him. Darby code red's him. Darby is crotched up top and Jake chairs him. Kevin coast to coast dropkicks a chair into Darby's face for 2. Mark uppercuts Kevin then uranage's him. MJF throws a chair at Mark's head.
MJF rakes Mark's busted open head. OC is sent into the cage. Okada opens up a hockey bag and Lio Rush is inside. Lio points at the sky and bites Okada's hand. Lio handspring kicks Okada off the apron. Lio spin kicks Kevin in the head.
Lio seated springboard stunners Idolo then low topes Kevin. Lio wants MJF's Dynamite Diamond Ring. Okada rainmakers Lio. MJF tells Jake to put Lio in the bag again. Lio is then put in the bag. Jake chains the bag and throws it under the ring.
Mark hits shots on the heels and he hits them with a ladder. Mark throws a ladder at Idolo's face. Mark hits shots on MJF. KOR slaps and kicks Jake. KOR flying knees Jake. Jakes takes a facekick on the apron then an olympic slam off apron through a table.
Idolo running facekicks KOR. Idolo corner meteora's KOR. Okada dropkicks KT. KT back body drops Okada on the apron then pumping knees him there. Fletcher superkicks KT on the apron. KT blue thunders Fletcher off the apron through a table.
MJF low blows Mark. OC puts his hands in his pockets and MJF drops him with a punch. Darby reverse ddt's MJF. Darby top rope coffin drops MJF. Kevin top rope splashes MJF when Darby moves. Kevin jumps from the post to the cage then gets on top of it. Darby follows. Kevin touches a bag on top of the cage (the announcers say Darby booby trapped it), it explodes and Kevin falls off the cage through 2 double stacks of tables. Darby then dives on the heels off the cage.
Mark jay drillers MJF for 2. Jake hits mounted shots on Mark. Jay chairs Mark. MJF wants Idolo to hold Mark for a move. He protests but does it. Idolo then drops Mark and spinning back elbows MJF. Idolo and Jake argue. Jake shoves him and Idolo kicks him in the crotch. Idolo then reveals a "f*ck Don, f*ck MJF" shirt". Mark jay drillers Jake and pins him.
Thoughts: This is what AEW is. We had comedy here when it didn't always fit. We had some ridiculous stuff like exploding back packs. We had random teams. We had logic issues with Idolo going through a whole cage match just to screw MJF (when he could have done it at the start and skipped all this), blood and lots of big spots. It was entertaining and had a lot of different things. But if you were hoping for a big serious cage match, this wasn't quite it. They didn't get too wild here and this was much more toned down than other AEW bouts.
We get a Willow video where she talks about needing to light her match again.
Mark Briscoe is interviewed. He says MJF has no friends and says MJF's title is about to be his. He says he wants his title match on Dynamite and says it's his time.
Men's Owen Hart Cup Final - Will Ospreay vs. Swerve Strickland
SS rides in on a motorcycle with a cigar and some kind of necklace.
They trade shots to start. SS facekicks him and ducks a hidden blade. SS stalls outside and clubs on Will in the ring. Will flying headscissors SS. SS is swept on the buckles then Will dropkicks him out. Will slingshot plancha's him outside.
Will forearms him inside and hits Kawada kicks. They trade chops. SS is hit with snake eyes. SS rolls into a flatliner on him for 1. SS facekicks him. SS hits suplexes. SS puts Will on his shoulder and neckbreakers him.
Will enzugiri's him. Will hits punches. Will handspring corkscrew kicks SS. Will springboard forearms SS. Will corner facekicks SS. Will top rope diving forearms SS from behind. SS avoids a hidden blade. SS backbreakers him. Will forearms him.
SS spin kicks him in the gut. Will step up enzugiri's him. Will takes a powerbomb into a powerslam for 2. SS boots Will off the apron. Will sends SS' shoulder into the post. Will armbreakers SS over the shoulder and double stomps his arm. Will rolling armbars SS on the floor. SS taps but it's on the outside so it doesn't count. Prince Nana throws a drink at Will. SS apron powerbombs Will. Will's face is catapulted into the bottom rope connector. Will is busted open.
SS punches Will down in the ring. Will hits punches while seated and SS suplexes him. Will hits a standing spanish fly. Will hits shots and Will stunners him off a suplex attempt. Will hits a styles clash for 2. Will hidden blades him and SS back elbows him in return.
SS is crotched up top. SS is hurricanrana'd from the top. Will corkscrew kicks him in the back of the head for 2. Will buzzsaw kicks him and superkicks him. SS hits a dead eye on him for 2. SS misses a top rope double stomp on the apron. Will swings SS' head into the steps outside.
SS is now busted open big. Will hits mounted shots on SS and bangs his head off the steps several times. They go on the steps. Nana grabs Will and SS house call kicks Will off the steps. Will does a styles clash to SS on the commentary table.
They get in and Will springboard dropkicks him. Will hits an os cutter for 2. Will hook kicks SS a few times, spinning forearms him and drops him with a forearm. SS meets the 10 count to get up and Will hidden blades him for 2.
They fight on the buckles and SS double stomps the back of Will's neck. Will rolls up SS for 2. SS house call kicks him for 1. Will back elbows him. They lariat each other at the same time and both go down. They stare down at each other and get in the corners. Will flying hidden blades him and hits a stormbreaker for 2. SS low blows Will.
SS vertebreakers Will for 2. SS hits his own hidden blade. SS hits a JML driver for 2. The Death Riders come out. SS house call kicks Will. Will no sells it and fires up. Will back elbows him. Will buckshot hidden blade's him for 2. Will hits a paradigm shift ddt then a death rider ddt. Will hits a tiger driver '91 and wins.
Thoughts: Will won as expected here. There was just no way he was losing since All In is coming up in Wembley. It got like close to 40 minutes. It had a slower pace to it. They didn't sell as much as they should in the end stretch of this, but I think they built up the match enough for it not to be a huge problem. It was a watchable match, they bled and tried to make it feel big without going too crazy and they kept it interesting. I would say it was a good match overall.
Will stares down Swerve after. The Death Riders celebrate. Will holds the Owen Hart Cup up and The Death Riders put Will on their shoulders as fireworks shoots off. Will then kisses his wife outside.
Overall thoughts: It was the usual very long AEW PPV. There was no reason for this to go 5 hours. And doing it on a Sunday night at 8PM is just plain mean when most people have to go to work or school the next day. The Forbidden Door concept is pretty much done. AEW took NJPW's best talent and everything people wanted to see has been done already. I'd say the main event was the best match of the night. Mostly everything hovered around just average to okay here as a lot of the matches went too long and were too slow. A lot of regulars were missing from here like Ricochet, Eddie Kingston, Jericho, The Hurt Syndicate and FTR even though all are seemingly available and most of the matches had limited storylines involved. I'd give it a lower 6 out of 10 and say it was okay overall.