AEW Forbidden Door 2026: The Buy In Pre-Show 6/28/2026

AEW Forbidden Door 2026: The Buy In Pre-Show 6/28/2026

The PPV main show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/06/aew-forbidden-door-2026-6282026.html 

We are in San Jose, CA. Excalibur, Nigel McGuinness & Walker Stewart are on commentary.

We get some videos to start.

Renee Paquette and Jeff Jarrett welcome us to the show and hype up the event. 

Drilla Moloney vs. Daniel Garcia

They lock up. DG waistlock takedowns him then spins on his back and taunts him. DG chops him in the corner and double throat thrusts him. DM shoulders him over twice. DM sends DG into the rails and chops him there. DM chops him over the rail into the front row.

They get back in and DG dragon screws him over the middle rope. DG forearms him down off the apron. DM is sent into the the steps and he dragon screws DG. DG running dropkicks DM agains the rails. Marina Shafir chokes DM on the bottom buckle.

DG ties his legs up, pulls on his hair and says, "you're the guy in New Japan, right?". DG stomps DM's legs into the mat. DM hits punches and DG dragon screws him. DG ankle locks him. DG dropkicks him in the knee. DG hits mounted corner punches. DM dropkicks DG. 

They trade chops. DG boots him in the gut then DM pop up powerbombs him for 2. DG rolls DM into a sharpshooter. DG boots him in the head. DG hits downward elbows. DM has him on his shoulder and Shafir pulls DG off. DM goes after Shafir and DG rolls up DM for 2. DG hits chops on DM. DG does a twist and shout on DM. 

DG jumps at him, gets caught and is hit with a drilla killa. DM pins him.

Thoughts: I wasn't that into it. DG worked the ankle then the leg for a little. Shafir interfered near the end and it was just a match for the most part. It could have been a little shorter too. I thought this was just so-so.

Jarrett and Renee talk more. 

AEW TBS Title Survival Of The Fittest Qualifying Match - Maika vs. Skye Blue

Julia Hart is sent to the back before this starts.

SB backs up Maika in the corner and face shoves her. They trade forearms. SB pulls Maika down by the hair. Maika shoulders her over. Maika shoulders her over and low sliding lariats her for 2. SB cradles her then hits forearms.

Maika is pulled over the top. SB PK's her from the apron. SB Tries a diving headscissors off the apron but is caught and takes an apron powerbomb. Maika armbars her in the ring. SB faltliners her into the 2nd buckle. SB broski boots her in the corner for 2. 

SB hits mounted forearms. Maika's head is banged off the buckles and SB foot chokes her. SB neckbreakers her for 2. Maika suplexes her and backdrops her. Maika hits short arm lariats. 

SB goes up top. Maika superplexes her down from the 2nd rope for 2. Maika hits a corner lariat. Maika is stuck on the 2nd rope and SB superkicks her there. SB sitout powerbombs her for 2. 

They trade forearms on their knees then get up and trade. Maika lariats her on the ropes. SB step up knees her then tornado ddt's her for 2. Maika powerslams her for 2. SB sueprkicks her and Maika rolls to the apron. Maika suplexes SB on the apron. Maika hammerlock michinoku drivers her and pins her.

Thoughts: Like the opener, it was random, long and not that interesting. At least something was on the line here but that's really about it. Maika did some of her power moves but didn't exactly get the crowd all fired up here.

We get another PPV card run-down.

AEW Women's World Tag Team Title Match - Divine Dominion (Lena Kross & Megan Bayne) (c) vs. Olympia & Thunder Rosa

Rosa hits Lena from start then chops her up. Lena knees her in the gut. Rosa chops Lena then Lena lariats her over. Rosa chops Meg and Lena. Olym and Rosa then hit stereo flying headscissors. Rosa top rope tornillos Lena and Meg outside. Olym springboard plancha's the other 3 girls outside.

Rosa hits corner lariats on Meg. Lena trips up Rosa and Meg facekicks Rosa off the apron. Meg hits corner spears on Rosa. Rosa is dropped head first on the top buckle. Meg hits corner spears and a corner splash. 

Lena sliding lariats Rosa for 2. Rosa slaps Lena from the mat and Lena boots her. Rosa jawbreakers her and pulls her over the top. Rosa sends meg out. Olym tags in. Olym boots and lariats Lena. Olym dropkicks Lena. Olym hit a handstand pendulum bronco buster on Lena in the corner. Olym spinning samoan drops Lena for 2.

Rosa codebreakers Lena. Olym wastelands Meg. Olym then moonsaults off of Lena onto Meg. Rosa then jumps off Rosa's back with a corner dropkick on Lena. Olym springboard splashes Meg for 2.

Meg gordbusters Rosa. Lena running lariats Rosa for 2. Everyone hits a move and all 4 girls go down. Lena and Olym trade chops. Lena chest kicks her. Meg hurricanrana's Olym from the top and barely gets over. Rosa top rope dropkicks Meg. Meg dropkicks Lena on accident. Rosa corner dropkicks Meg. 

Olym gorilla press slams Meg. Rosa top rope double stomps Meg for 2. Rosa side kicks Lena down. Rosa hurricanrana's Meg for 2. Meg F-5's Rosa for 2. Meg claymore kicks Olym. Rosa takes a double chokeslam and is pinned.

Thoughts: It went a little long but I liked it. Rosa tried harder than usual. It got a lot of time and the heels had a different team to fight than usual. I liked the spot where Olym moonsaulted off Lena onto Meg. Meg and Lena won as expected as Rosa and Olym are a random makeshift team.

The commentators then talk about the card more and we see a video on Briscoe/MJF.

Overall thoughts: We had 3 matches here. The first two were longer, slower, random and just so-so. The 2nd match was a qualifier atleast though and meant something. The 3rd match was the best match on here. It got a lot of time and the girls probably had about the best match they were going to have here. I liked it. I thought the matches were a bit long for a pre-show that's supposed to make you want more. I won't rate this as it's a pre-show, but I think you could skip this one. What we got was average here.