Top 5 Matches at AEW Forbidden Door PPV on DISH

Alright, wrestling marks, tape your fists and brace your souls, because we are back to give you a shot of pure, unadulterated hype straight to the jugular! AEW: Forbidden Door 2026 is about to drop a nuclear warhead on the entire industry!

We are talking about a cross-promotional, reality-splitting phenomenon where egos collide, borders melt away, and the absolute elite of the earth step into the squared circle to fight for global immortality. Here’s a full look at the card:

AEW Forbidden Door 2026

AEW Women's World Tag Team Championship: Divine Dominion (Megan Bayne and Lena Kross) (c) vs. Thunder Rosa and Olympia

AEW World Tag Team Championship: Cope and Cage (Adam Copeland and Christian Cage) (c) vs. The Dogs (David Finlay and Clark Connors)

Three-way Tag Team Match: The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) vs. El Sky Team (Místico and Máscara Dorada) vs. Unbound Co. (Shingo Takagi and Titán)

AEW Continental Championship: Jon Moxley (c) vs. Bandido

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

AEW Women's World Championship: Thekla (c) vs. Starlight Kid

Women's Owen Hart Cup Final: Mercedes Moné vs. Maya World

Singles Match: Kenny Omega vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

Men's Owen Hart Cup Final: Will Ospreay vs. Swerve Strickland

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)

Here is your explosive, comprehensive breakdown of the matches that will completely redefine the landscape of professional wrestling! To order AEW Forbidden Door, follow this link. You can also download the MyDISH App and select “Movies & Events” on the services tab, or call 877-DISH-PPV (877-347-4778).

Match #1 - AEW World Tag Team Championship:  Cope and Cage (Adam Copeland and Christian Cage) (c) vs. The Dogs (David Finlay and Clark Connors)

The story - Hide the women and children, lock your doors, and find a doorway to brace yourself, because the AEW World Tag Team Championship picture has mutated into a horrific, cross-promotional nightmare! After surviving a blood-soaked, career-threatening "I Quit" match at Double or Nothing, the legendary, iconic duo of Adam Copeland and Christian Cage thought they had finally secured their lifelong dream and cemented their legacy at the top of the mountain. But there is absolutely no rest for the wicked, because NJPW’s most sadistic, unhinged, and bone-snapping brawlers—David Finlay and Clark Connors of The Dogs—have invaded from across the Pacific Ocean with a literal license to commit legal assault! The Dogs tasted blood during the chaotic, structure-destroying Stadium Stampede, and now they have target-locked the veteran champions. They aren't just looking to take the gold; they want to permanently erase "Cope and Cage" from the face of the earth, turning this historic Forbidden Door clash into a radioactive, psychological execution!

Why we’re excited - Why am I losing my absolute mind and frothing at the mouth over this? Because this isn't your standard tag team wrestling match; it is a high-speed, soul-shattering car crash where the laws of physics go to die! We are witnessing two of the most decorated, legendary icons to ever breathe oxygen going toe-to-toe with a pack of ruthless, gold-hungry maniacs who thrive on pure, unadulterated violence. You are going to see decades of pent-up, skull-crushing aggression collide head-on with a vicious, global turf war mentality. The near-falls will give you literal cardiac arrest, and the action will be coming at you so fast it'll make your head spin. Do not look away for even a microsecond — this is going to be a beautiful, horrific classic that will set the entire arena on fire and leave the landscape of tag team wrestling in smoldering rubble!

Match #2 Steel Cage Match: Team Briscoe vs. MJF & The Don Callis Family

The story - Sweet mother of mercy, clear the blast radius and call the National Guard, because the structural integrity of the entire arena is about to be tested like it has never been tested before! The psychological warfare between the newly bald, completely unhinged "Scumbag" MJF and the reigning AEW World Champion Darby Allin has officially mutated into a radioactive, cross-promotional monster. Refusing to fight alone inside a giant playground of steel, MJF has aligned his narcissistic psyche with the calculating, ruthless genius of Don Callis, assembling a terrifying coalition of pure psychos—including the smug International Champion Kazuchika Okada, the bone-snapping Andrade El Ídolo, and the hyper-athletic executioners Kyle Fletcher, Kevin Knight, and Jake Doyle. But Darby Allin—a human crash-test dummy who wrestles like every day is his last on this earth—has countered by recruiting a volatile megateam of pure, unadulterated violence: Mark Briscoe, Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong, Kyle O'Reilly, and a boiling volcano of resentment, Konosuke Takeshita! Twelve men are locked inside a towering cage with absolutely zero escape, zero boundaries, and zero regard for each other's well-being!

Why we’re excited - This isn't a wrestling match—this is a high-stakes, 12-man psychological execution inside a steel-reinforced labyrinth where the laws of physics go to die! You are going to see Darby Allin willingly throw his body off the top of the cage, Kazuchika Okada laughing in the face of danger before unleashing a world-ending Rainmaker, and Konosuke Takeshita colliding head-on with his former stablemates in a fit of pure, ego-fueled hatred! The sheer emotional weight and chaotic pandemonium will have you jumping on your couch and screaming at your television screen until your lungs give out. The action will be coming at you so fast it'll make your soul leave your body—the fallout from this absolute car crash will reshape the entire wrestling universe forever!

Match #3 - AEW Continental Championship:  Jon Moxley (c) vs. Bandido

The story - Grab your medical insurance and steel your nerves, because a hard-hitting, face-melting collision of pure, unbridled adrenaline is about to explode right in the middle of the ring! The reigning, defending AEW Continental Champion, Jon Moxley, has been tearing through the wrestling landscape like a cornered, venomous animal, leaving a trail of mangled, crimson bodies in his wake. Enter the returning, high-flying phenomenon, Bandido—a man who fears absolutely nothing and moves at a warp-speed pace that makes your head spin! Moxley has openly mocked the luchador, looking him dead in the eyes and promising to rip his coveted mask right off his face and break his spirit in front of the entire world. But Bandido isn't backing down; he is stepping into this warzone ready to gamble with his life, turning this championship sprint into a high-stakes contest where there is no mercy and absolutely nowhere to run!

Why we’re excited - This is the ultimate, beautiful clash of wrestling ideologies and human souls! You are going to see Moxley’s sadistic, bone-snapping submission wizardry and skull-crushing lariats collide head-on with Bandido’s death-defying, gravity-forgetting athleticism off the top rope! The sheer velocity of this match will amaze, and the chaotic drama will be so thick you could cut it with a chainsaw. It is an absolute dream match clinic that will set the entire venue on fire and leave the ring in smoldering ashes—do not walk away, do not blink, because this is going to be an unforgettable classic! 

Match #4 - AEW Women's World Championship:  Thekla (c) vs. Starlight Kid

The story - Check your vitals and lock down the perimeter, because the AEW Women’s World Championship picture has escalated into a full-scale, cross-continental ideological war! The calculating and deeply sinister champion, "The Toxic Spider" Thekla, committed the ultimate sin when she stood in an AEW ring and physically spat on the STARDOM logo, declaring an outright crusade against the entire joshi promotion. Daring them to send their absolute finest to face her wrath, STARDOM answered the call by unleashing one of the most beloved and dangerous aerial assassins in the world—the masked prodigy, Starlight Kid! But there is a massive psychological twist tearing at the champion's mind: Starlight Kid holds a flawless, undefeated 2-0 singles record over Thekla from their past wars in Japan. Thekla is walking into Forbidden Door as a hunted champion, desperate to eradicate her past failures, while the "Sky Tiger" is looking to humiliate her bitter rival on the grandest stage imaginable and take the richest prize in the division across the ocean!

Why we’re excited - I am practically climbing the walls just thinking about the absolute tactical masterclass we are about to inherit! This is a fascinating chess match of contrasting styles, pitting Thekla’s vicious, bone-bending submission wizardry against Starlight Kid’s dizzying, gravity-defying lucha-puroresu offense! We are talking about an elite-tier martial arts exhibition wrapped inside a bitter grudge match where every single strike will be thrown with malicious intent. The psychological tension is bound to be brain-braking, the pacing will leave you absolutely breathless, and the historical stakes of a STARDOM icon threatening to capture AEW's top prize adds an unparalleled level of unpredictability. Do not look away from your screen for a single heartbeat, because these two generational athletes are going to push each other to the absolute brink of human endurance!

Match #5 -Men's Owen Hart Cup Final: Will Ospreay vs. Swerve Strickland

The story - Ladies and gentlemen, adjust your television dials and check the Richter scale, because the definitive epic of modern professional wrestling is descending upon the SAP Center! This isn’t a standard PPV finale; it is a high-stakes, hyper-competitive collision between two absolute franchise players who have been pacing parallel tracks to the top of the mountain. These former world champions and long-time comrades share a storied history spanning over a decade, but friendship has been entirely evacuated from the premise. Following an intensely personal war of words on AEW: Dynamite, a profound psychological rift has cracked wide open. The ultimate carrot dangling on a string here is a direct passport to the main event of All In at Wembley Stadium, forcing both men to embrace their most calculating, ruthless instincts.

Why we’re excited - I am practically floating out of my boots over the pure, elite-tier artistic athleticism we are about to witness! We are talking about an absolute masterclass in pacing, psychology, and innovation, pitting Swerve Strickland’s lethal, calculated tactical execution against Will Ospreay’s mind-bending, breakneck offensive velocity. Every single sequence is bound to be a jaw-dropping testament to why these two men drive the industry forward, featuring unparalleled aerial maneuvers and stiff, canvas-shaking impacts. Expect the closing minutes to feature an agonizing sequence of near-falls that will leave you gasping for oxygen. We have a feeling this generational masterpiece is going to rewrite the wrestling history books! - Tim Lanoie