AEW Forbidden Door 2026 predictions, preview and more

Forbidden Door is 1 of nan much unsocial events connected nan All Elite Wrestling (AEW) calendar.

The show brings successful wrestlers from AEW, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Stardom each connected 1 card. To heighten nan stakes moreover further, finals of nan Owen Hart Foundation Men’s and Women’s Tournaments will besides conclude.

The paper for 2026’s loop of Forbidden Door features 5 title matches. The arena originates astatine 7 p.m. ET pinch nan Buy In and nan main paper originates astatine 8 p.m. ET astatine nan SAP Center successful San Jose, California.

Read beneath for previews and predictions of each match.

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Skye Blue vs. Maika

Skye Blue and Stardom’s Maika will compete connected nan Buy-In information of Forbidden Door pinch a spot successful nan TBS Championship Survival of nan Fittest lucifer connected nan line. The victor will beforehand for a changeable astatine nan TBS Championship, which was vacated by Willow Nightingale owed to an injury. Blue has been aligned pinch Thekla, who has vowed to destruct Stardom and New Japan. Blue will springiness nan Triangle of Madness’ first deed astatine Stardom.

Prediction: Skye Blue wins this one.

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Megan Bayne and Lena Kross (c) vs. Thunder Rosa and Olympia for nan AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship

Megan Bayne enters nan ringing during nan Women's Pro-Wrestling "Stardom" All Star Grand Queendom astatine Yokohama Arena successful Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, connected April 26, 2026. (Etsuo Hara/Getty Images)

Megan Bayne and Lena Kross, nan Divine Dominion, person been connected a tear since winning nan AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship. The duo has dispatched each challenger successful their way. On Sunday, they will meet Thunder Rosa and CMLL’s Olympia. The Divine Dominion’s prowess cannot beryllium overlooked here.

Prediction: Megan Bayne and Lena Kross retain.

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Adam Copeland and Christian Cage (c) vs. David Finlay and Clark Connors for nan AEW World Tag Team Championship

Adam Copeland and Christian Cage triumph astatine AEW Double aliases Nothing successful Queens, N.Y., connected May 24, 2026. (Lee South/AEW)

David Finlay and Clark Connors person targeted Adam Copeland and Christian Cage since Double aliases Nothing ended. Copeland and Cage couldn’t moreover person their infinitesimal for flash photography pinch AEW fans. They’ve had to look complete their shoulders astatine almost each AEW TV appearance. But nan seasoned tag squad duo person lived up their impressionable careers wherever it has mattered nan astir – successful nan ring.

Prediction: Cope and Cage support nan tag titles astir their waists.

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Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson vs. Místico and Máscara Dorada vs. Shingo Takagi and Titán

A triple-threat tag squad lucifer puts nan champion of pro wrestling connected display. The Young Bucks return connected Místico and Máscara Dorada and Shingo Takagi and Titán. AEW, CMLL and NJPW will beryllium connected show successful this lucifer successful what should beryllium a nosy one.

Prediction: Matt and Nick Jackson return location nan triumph here.

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Jon Moxley (c) vs. Bandido for nan AEW Continental Championship

Bandido enters nan ringing during nan New Japan Pro-Wrestling 'Best of Super Jr.' arena astatine Korakuen Hall successful Tokyo connected May 24, 2019. (Etsuo Hara/Getty Images)

Jon Moxley has held nan AEW Continental Championship since Worlds End successful December and has defended nan title each measurement of nan way. Bandido offers a unsocial situation for Moxley, who likes to support his opponents grounded for nan astir part. Bandido could propulsion disconnected nan upset present astatine Forbidden Door and return a title disconnected a member of The Death Riders.

Prediction: Bandido wins AEW gold

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Shota Umino (c) vs. Pac for nan IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship

Shota Umino looks connected during nan New Japan Pro-Wrestling property convention successful Tokyo, Japan, connected April 3, 2026. (Etsuo Hara/Getty Images)

New Japan’s Shota Umino will return to an AEW ringing to take sides nan IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship against Pac. He won nan title disconnected AEW’s Andrade successful a three-way lucifer astatine Dominion earlier this month. It is simply a awesome title defense arsenic he goes up against nan hard-hitting Pac. Should Pac and Moxley lose, The Death Riders will beryllium without immoderate titles successful nan faction.

Prediction: Umino retains nan title

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Thekla (c) vs. Starlight Kid for nan AEW Women’s World Championship

Thekla pinch nan title astatine nan AEW Double aliases Nothing arena successful Queens, N.Y., connected May 25, 2026. (Lee South/AEW)

Thekla’s warfare against New Japan and Stardom started almost instantly aft Double aliases Nothing. She put 3 challengers distant astatine nan past pay-per-view and begged nan Japanese pro wrestling promotions to nonstop their best. They obliged. Starlight Kid is simply a erstwhile Stardom champion and while Thekla has nan Triangle of Madness down her, Starlight Kid has Neo Genesis successful her corner. Thekla has proven to beryllium 1 of nan fiercest women’s wrestlers successful nan world and she will beryllium it again connected Sunday night.

Prediction: Thekla retains successful a hard-hitting match.

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Mercedes Moné vs. Maya World

Mercedes Mone attacks Kris Statlander pinch nan title loop during AEW Dynamite astatine nan Wolstein Center successful Cleveland, Ohio, connected Oct. 30, 2024. (Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire)

It each comes down to this. The Owen Hart Cup women’s last betwixt Mercedes Moné and Maya World pinch a changeable astatine nan AEW Women’s World Championship connected nan statement astatine All In. Moné is nan CEO and 1 of nan champion successful nan ring. She returned to AEW arsenic a chaotic paper entrant successful nan tourney and has been connected a tear since then. World is an up-and-comer who is riding a activity of momentum going into nan final. World has proven much than tin to sound down immoderate force that stepped to her. It each culminates successful Sunday’s match.

Prediction: Mercedes Moné wins and goes to All In.

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Kenny Omega vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

Kenny Omega enters nan ringing during nan New Japan Pro-Wrestling Wrestle Dynasty arena astatine Tokyo Dome successful Tokyo, Japan, connected Jan. 5, 2025. (Etsuo Hara/Getty Images)

Sometimes, a lucifer that is not successful nan main arena tin bargain nan show. Pro wrestling fans saw that astatine Double aliases Nothing betwixt Konosuke Takeshita and Kazuchika Okada. Sunday whitethorn beryllium nary different erstwhile Kenny Omega and Zack Sabre Jr. measurement successful betwixt nan ropes for their apt classical that they will put on. Omega and Sabre are 2 of nan champion successful nan world and what they will bring to nan ringing doesn’t needfully request to beryllium explained. Sit backmost and watch this 1 intently.

Prediction: Kenny Omega takes attraction of Zack Sabre Jr.

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Will Ospreay vs. Swerve Strickland

Will Ospreay makes his return astatine AEW Revolution successful Jacksonville, Fla., connected March 15, 2026. (AEW)

Will Ospreay has vowed, pinch each his being, that he is going to main arena All In astatine Wembley Stadium. He has kept his committedness truthful far, but faces a acquainted foe successful Swerve Strickland successful nan finals of nan Owen Hart Foundation Men’s Tournament. There’s a batch of emotion down nan last present and it will beryllium expressed during nan match. Ospreay and Strickland both want to beryllium connected apical of AEW and person proven to beryllium much than tin of taking connected that challenge.

Prediction: Will Ospreay will spot his dream realized and conclusion Swerve Strickland.

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Team Briscoe vs. MJF and The Don Callis Family successful a 12-man alloy cage match

MJF holds nan AEW World Championship astatine AEW Double aliases Nothing successful Queens, N.Y., connected May 25, 2026. (Lee South/AEW)

AEW world champion Maxwell Jacob Friedman is putting Mark Briscoe done nan wringer arsenic Briscoe tries to situation for his title. MJF has a laundry list of reasons why Briscoe shouldn’t beryllium capable to make nan situation but he’s near disconnected a fewer things – Briscoe’s grit and heart. Briscoe and his squad will person to hit MJF and his squad successful a alloy cage lucifer for him to get that shot. Briscoe’s squad includes Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong, Kyle O’Reilly, Konosuke Takeshita and Darby Allin. MJF’s squad includes Kevin Knight, Kyle Fletcher, Jake Doyle, Kazuchika Okada and Andrade El Idolo.

Prediction: Team Briscoe wins successful a sadistic match.