As AEW has continued on through 2026, one key date missing from their PPV calendar has been their annual AEWxNJPW Forbidden Door event. The promotion had previously given no indication when, or where, the show would happen, though loads of fans speculated the show would move out of August, the month of last 12 months’s Forbidden Door, and back to June, when the primary three Forbidden Door events were held.
That assumption proved to be correct. Mercury News reports that Forbidden Door shall be going down on June 28 in San Jose, California’s SAP Center, home of the NHL’s San Jose Sharks. AEW confirmed the news shortly thereafter on X, and revealed that premium ticket sales would begin next Tuesday on April 21, while the official Forbidden Door ticket sale would begin per week after that on April 27.
As reported by @mercnews, AEW and Latest Japan Pro Wrestling are bringing #ForbiddenDoor to San Jose, CA!
The fifth annual event will feature the brightest stars from AEW, @njpwglobal, @CMLL_OFICIAL, and @we_are_stardom, LIVE from the @SAPCenter on Sunday, June 28. pic.twitter.com/WnRlPoa2SQ
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) April 15, 2026
AEW’s poster for Forbidden Door revealed that the show can be limited to AEW and NJPW collaborations, with the logos of promotional partners World Wonder Ring Stardom and CMLL also being featured. While no Stardom talents were displayed on the poster, several dual AEW/CMLL contracted wrestlers were also featured prominently, including Mistico, CMLL World Heavyweight Champion Hechicero, and CMLL World Women’s Champion Persephone.
Forbidden Door won’t be the one wrestling show held on June 28, as TNA Slammiversary will occur that evening in Boston, Massachusetts. AEW and TNA found themselves face to face just two weeks ago, when sports coverage led to Warner Brothers Discovery moving “AEW Collision” to Thursday nights, putting it directly against “TNA Impact.” TNA President Carlos Silva was reportedly angered by the motion, and it’s believed to have contributed to Silva barring TNA talent from working with AEW talent, a call that affected several upcoming matches.
Opinion: This Yr’s Forbidden Door Should Return To The Spirit Of The First Two Forbidden Door Shows
I’m not certainly one of those individuals who holds their nose up at Forbidden Door and think its an unnecessary event. I’m not only glad to see its still on AEW’s calendar, but I’m really glad to see it back in June. Last 12 months’s show going down in August made sense because All In was in July, however the show coming so soon after the G1 Climax, and the CMLL/Stardom involvement still being minimal, made it hard for the show to feel like Forbidden Door. Moving it back to June this 12 months and strengthening CMLL and Stardom’s presence should go an extended strategy to giving Forbidden Door the texture of a large, cross promotional event.
After all, the onus now could be on AEW and Latest Japan to deliver it, something I feel they have not done with the last two Forbidden Doors. Do not get me fallacious; each the 2024 and 2025 incarnations of the event were excellent, possibly even great, but they did not have the identical feel as 2022 and 2023, especially when the 2024 show was headlined by an all-AEW event and far of the 2025 show felt like AEW vs. AEW matches. I can see that on some other AEW PPV; I should not be seeing it at Forbidden Door. So if I’m AEW, Latest Japan, CMLL, and Stardom, I’m seeking to rectify that this 12 months. Forbidden 2026 shouldn’t follow the identical template as 2024 and 2025, but as a substitute should look to capture the spirit of Forbidden Door 2022 and 2023, and make this feel like a real cross promotional extravaganza.