PAC Issues Challenge To Shota Umino for IWGP Global Heavyweight Title Match at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2026

AEW released a video earlier today featuring PAC issuing a challenge to NJPW talent Shota Umino for his IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship at AEW and NJPW’s upcoming co-promoted Forbidden Door 2026 event, which takes place on June 28th at the SAP Center in San Jose, California.

“Next Sunday, June 28, is Forbidden Door. I’ll be there. Why don’t you be there? Why don’t you fly across the Pacific and come fight for your honor?

And whilst you’re at it, why don’t you bring me the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship for the ride?

I will help you understand exactly who the Death Riders are, and I will help you comprehend why we do what we do.”

"Why don't you fly across the Pacific and come fight for your honor!"

The Death Riders' @BASTARDPAC follows up on @GabeKidd0115's attack on @Shooter_us at #NJDominion with a challenge for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship at #ForbiddenDoor! pic.twitter.com/NPTjUImguT

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) June 18, 2026

Current card for AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2026:

• AEW Women’s World Championship – Starlight Kid vs. Thekla (c)
• AEW Continental Championship – Bandido vs. Jon Moxley (c)
• AEW World Tag Team Championship – The Dogs (Clark Connors & David Finlay) vs. Cage & Cope (Christian Cage & Adam Copeland) (c)
• 2026 Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Finals – Will Ospreay vs. Swerve Strickland
• 2026 Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Finals – Mercedes Mone vs. winner of Athena/Maya World
• 12-Man Tag Team Steel Cage match – Team Briscoe (The Conglomeration (Mark Briscoe, Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong, & Kyle O’Reilly), Konosuke Takeshita, & Darby Allin) vs. Team MJF (MJF & Don Callis Family (“The Jet” Kevin Knight, Kyle Fletcher, Jake Doyle, Kazuchika Okada, & Andrade El Idolo))
• Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Kenny Omega