AEW Collision Summer Blockbuster 2026 Notes: Starlight Kid Appears, Starlight Kid vs. Thekla for AEW Women’s World Title Set for Forbidden Door 2026, Hikaru Shida & Persephone Advances to Vacant TBS Title Survival of the Fittest Match, 6/17 Dynamite Show Card, 6/20 Show Card

Starlight Kid vs. Thekla for AEW Women’s World Title Announced for AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2026

Saturday’s Collision Summer Blockbuster 2026 show at The Andrew J Brady Music Center in Cincinnati, Ohio featured one new match announced for the card of AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2026, which takes place on which takes place on June 28th at the SAP Center in San Jose, California.

This new match announced was an AEW Women’s World Championship match of Starlight Kid vs. Thekla (c).

This new match was initially setup over recent weeks shows over AEW Women’s World Champion Thekla calling out Stardom and declaring “death” to the company. During tonight’s show, Tony Schiavone gave a public apology to Stardom for Thekla disrespecting them. This led Thekla showing up to interrupt and stated she won’t be apologizing. Thekla then issued a challenge to Stardom telling them to send their best and she will beat them at Forbidden Door. Stardom also invited Stardom President Taro Okada to attend as well.

In a follow-up segment, a video aired featuring Stardom’s Starlight Kid accepting Thekla’s challenge and for her AEW Women’s World title at Forbidden Door.

Current card for AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2026:

  • AEW Women’s World Championship – Starlight Kid vs. Thekla (c)
  • 2026 Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Finals – Will Ospreay vs. Swerve Strickland
  • 2026 Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Finals – TBD vs. TBD
  • 12-Man Tag Team Steel Cage match – Team Briscoe (Mark Briscoe & 5 mystery partners) vs. Team MJF (MJF, “The Jet” Kevin Knight, & 4 mystery partners)
  • Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Kenny Omega

Hikaru Shida & Persephone Advances to Vacant TBS Title Survival of the Fittest Match

Saturday’s AEW Collision Summer Blockbuster 2026 show also featured two qualifying matches for the Vacant TBS Championship Survival of the Fittest match.

The first match was Hikaru Shida defeating Zayda Steel.

The second match was Persephone defeating Julia Hart.

As a result of their victories, Shida and Persephone advanced to the Survival of the Fittest match for the Vacant TBS Championship at the July 1st AEW Dynamite show in San Jose, California.


Current Card for Next Week’s AEW Dynamite Show

Saturday’s AEW Dynamite Summer Blockbuster 2026 show also featured one new match and two new segments announced for the card of next week’s show on June 17th at the Smart Financial Centre At Sugar Land in Sugar Land, Texas.

The new matches announced were:

  • 12-Man Tag Team match – MJF & 5 mystery partners vs. Mark Briscoe & 5 mystery partners
  • MJF and Mark Briscoe to choose their team members for Team MJF vs. Team Briscoe Steel Cage match at Forbidden Door
  • Will Ospreay and Swerve Strickland to go face-to-face

Current card for June 17th AEW Dynamite show:

  • 2026 Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Semifinal Round match – Hazuki vs. Mercedes Mone
  • 12-Man Tag Team match – MJF & 5 mystery partners vs. Mark Briscoe & 5 mystery partners
  • Vacant TBS Championship Survival of the Fittest Qualifier match(es)
  • MJF and Mark Briscoe to choose their team members for Steel Cage match at Forbidden Door
  • Will Ospreay and Swerve Strickland to go face-to-face

Current Card for Next Week’s AEW Collision 2026 Show

Saturday’s AEW Dynamite Summer Blockbuster 2026 show also featured one new match announced for the card of next week’s show on June 20th.

This upcoming show will be taped on Wednesday, June 17th at the Smart Financial Centre At Sugar Land in Sugar Land, Texas.

Current card for June 20th AEW Collision show:

  • 2026 Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Semifinal Round match – Athena vs. Maya World