AEW X NJPW Forbidden Door 2026 GRADED - Results, Review

To finish off a jam-packed weekend of professional wrestling, AEW and NJPW combine to present the Forbidden Door pay-per-view from San Jose's SAP Center on Sunday, June 28 from 8 pm ET/1 am BST.

The show will feature the finals of the Owen Hart Foundation tournaments, as well as a Steel Cage Match where if Team Briscoe wins, the Sussex County Chicken will earn a shot at the AEW World Championship.

Full card for AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2026:

• Team Briscoe (Mark Briscoe, Darby Allin, Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong, Kyle O'Reilly & Konosuke Takeshita) vs. Team MJF (MJF, Kevin Knight, Kyle Fletcher, Jake Doyle, Kazuchika Okada & Andrade El Idolo) - Steel Cage Match - If Team Briscoe wins Mark Briscoe earns a shot at the AEW World Championship
• Will Ospreay vs. Swerve Strickland - Owen Hart Foundation Men's Tournament Final
• Kenny Omega vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
• Mercedes Moné vs. Maya World - Owen Hart Foundation Women's Tournament Final
• Thekla (c) vs. Starlight Kid - AEW Women's World Championship
• Shota Umino (c) vs. PAC - IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship
• Jon Moxley (c) vs. Bandido - AEW Continental Championship
• The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) vs. El Sky Team (Mistico & Mascara Dorada) vs. Unbound Co. (Shingo Takagi & Titan)
• Adam Copeland & Christian Cage (c) vs. The Dogs (David Finlay & Clark Connors) - AEW World Tag Team Championships
• Divine Dominion (Megan Bayne & Lena Kross) (c) vs. Thunder Rosa & Olympia - AEW Women's World Tag Team Championships - Pre-Show
• Skye Blue vs. Maika - Survival of the Fittest Qualifier - Pre-Show

AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2026 GRADED:

Drilla Moloney def. Daniel Garcia - Buy-In

The opening match on the Forbidden Door Buy-In saw Death Riders’ Daniel Garcia go one-on-one with Unbound Company’s Drilla Moloney in a match that saw Daniel Garcia fly into the front row following a Chop from the NJPW star. 

The match went back to the ring, where Daniel Garcia distracted the referee so Marina Shafir could choke Drilla Moloney. Garcia then worked over Moloney’s leg and remained in control for a good length of time before Drilla fired back with a picture perfect Dropkick.

Moloney later went for a Drilla Killa but Garcia escaped and Moloney nearly ran into Marina Shafir, which allowed Garcia to take advantage with Twist and Shout. Soon after, though, Moloney countered a Jumping Knee into the Drilla Killa for the win. 

Grade: C - A match that happened. Drilla Moloney and Daniel Garcia had a competitive match but it won’t be one that anyone remembers in about an hour’s time. 

Maika def. Skye Blue - Survival of the Fittest Qualifier - Buy-In

Maika hit the first big move of the match with an Apron Powerbomb, but the two competitors primarily kept switching momentum for the opening minutes as the crowd was right behind Maika, with the crowd popping for a big Superplex, which recorded a near fall. 

Skye Blue fought back with a Cheeky Nando’s Kick and a Sit-Out Powerbomb for a near fall. Later, Blue hit a Tornado DDT for another near fall as the Triangle of Madness member became frustrated. Blue then hit a Thrust Kick but couldn’t make the cover as Maika rolled to the outside. This paid dividends for the STARDOM talent, who hit an Apron Suplex followed by the Michinoku Driver for the win. 

Grade: C - Another competitive, forgettable match that happened on the Buy-In for AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door as Maika advanced to the Survival of the Fittest match for the TBS Title on Wednesday’s Dynamite.

Divine Dominion (Megan Bayne & Lena Kross) (c) def. Thunder Rosa & Olympia - AEW Women's World Tag Team Championships - Buy-In

The AEW World Tag Team Championships were on the line in the final match of the Buy In as Divine Dominion defended against Thunder Rosa and CMLL’s Olympia. 

Thunder Rosa was quickly flattened by Lena Kross but Rosa fought back and tagged in Olympia, and the babyfaces combined with stereo Hurricanranas before Rosa hit a Corkscrew Dive to the outside. Olympia followed up with a Springboard Dive, wiping out the champions as soon as they got back to their feet. 

Divine Dominion soon fired back, though, and worked over Thunder Rosa for a substantial amount of time until Rosa made the hot tag as Olympia ran wild with Lariats, a Shotgun Dropkick, and a Bronco Buster for a near fall on Lena Kross. Kross managed to block tag team offence from the babyfaces but Olympia hit a Fallaway Slam to Megan Bayne followed by a Moonsault by Olympia from Lena Kross onto Bayne. Rosa then used her partner’s back to hit a Shotgun Dropkick to Kross in the corner. 

Soon after, everyone took turns delivering Flying Lariats before Lena Kross and Olympia just started swinging for the fences against each other. Megan Bayne then hit a rough-looking Frankensteiner before a stiff Shotgun Dropkick from Rosa. Bayne then took out her tag team partner with a Shotgun Dropkick and the challengers followed up with a Gorilla Press Slam and Double Stomp but it was only enough for a near fall. 

Soon after, Megan Bayne was able to connect with an F5 to Thunder Rosa but Olympia broke up the pin. Divine Dominion followed up with a Shotgun Dropkick/German Suplex combo to Olympia. With Thunder Rosa all alone, the champions hit From Heaven to Hell to Thunder Rosa to record the successful title defence. 

Grade: B- - A hard-hitting, enjoyable encounter to close out the Buy-In that made everyone look good, especially Olympia, who impressed in her first AEW match of 2026.