AEW Dynamite Summer Blockbuster 2026 Notes: Darby Allin Returns, Team Briscoe vs. Team MJF Steel Cage and Kenny Omega vs. Zack Sabre Jr. Matches Set for Forbidden Door, Swerve Strickland Advances to Men’s Owen Hart Cup Finals, Maya World Advances in Women’s Owen Hart Cup, 6/17 Card, 6/13 Collision Card

AEW
Jun 10, 2026

Darby Allin Returns & Attacks Kevin Knight

Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite Summer Blockbuster 2026 show at The Andrew J Brady Music Center in Cincinnati, Ohio featured Darby Allin making a surprise return.

During the show, Don Callis and TNT Champion “The Jet” Kevin Knight came out to the ring. Knight grabbed the microphone and talked about why he joined the Don Callis Family and blamed Darby Allin for not getting the job done against MJF for why he attacked him. Knight then stated that he is looking at becoming “Jet 2 Belts” and called out AEW World Champion MJF.

This led to Allin’s music playing instead and ran out from the crowd and attacked Knight in revenge for what Knight did to him at Double or Nothing. This led to other members of the Don Callis Family running out and Allin escaping through the crowd and ran out of the door to exit the building.

This was Allin’s first appearance since this past May’s Double or Nothing 2026 event.

Team Briscoe vs. Team MJF Steel Cage Match With Special Stip Announced for AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2026

Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite Summer Blockbuster 2026 show also featured the first of two new matches announced for the card of AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2026.

This new match announced was a 12-Man Tag Team Steel Cage match of Team Briscoe (Mark Briscoe & 5 mystery partners) vs. Team MJF (MJF & 5 mystery partners). This match was also announced to feature the stipulation of if Briscoe’s team wins, then he gets a future shot at the AEW World Championship.

This new match was initially setup over recent weeks shows over Briscoe trying to get an AEW World title match from MJF and MJF rejecting each time. Prior to the start of Briscoe’s singles match against PAC, he was seen backstage with Tony Khan who agreed to Briscoe’s mystery proposal.

Following Briscoe’s victory, he grabbed a microphone and called out MJF demanding a shot at the title. MJF’s music played and he came out through the crowd telling Briscoe that he still refuses to give into Briscoe’s demands. MJF then talked about how he is actually the most powerful person in AEW and the thing that is the most important to have is not friends but money. This led to The Lethal Twist running out as hired guns and attacked Briscoe resulting in the rest of The Conglomeration running out to save Briscoe and cleared the ring of the Lethal Twist.

Briscoe then grabbed a microphone and informed MJF of what he said to Tony Khan backstage and revealed that it was a 12-Man Tag Team Steel Cage match involving a team of himself and five other guys and a team of MJF and five other guys for him for the main event of Forbidden Door. Briscoe also stated that Khan also agreed to the idea that if his team wins, then he gets a future shot at MJF’s title.

In a follow-up segment, Don Callis and the Don Callis Family were seen backstage only to be interrupted by MJF who asked Don Callis for five of his top guys to be on his team. Callis responded back telling MJF that he is not a pimp only to be convinced to accept MJF’s offer after being given a briefcase full of money. “The Jet” Kevin Knight stepped up to be on MJF’s team as long as he gets a shot at MJF’s World title, which MJF agreed but also told Knight that if they lose, then he can never get a shot for it as long as he is champion.

Swerve Strickland Advances to 2026 Men’s Owen Hart Cup Finals at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2026

Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite Summer Blockbuster 2025 show also featured one Semifinal Round match in this year’s Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup tournament.

This match was Swerve Strickland defeating Will Ospreay.

As a result of his victory, Strickland will be facing off against Will Ospreay in the Finals of this year’s Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup tournament at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2026.

Maya World Advances in 2026 Women’s Owen Hart Cup

Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite Summer Blockbuster 2026 show also featured one Quarterfinal Round match in this year’s Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup tournament.

This match was Maya World defeating Skye Blue.

As a result of her victory, World will be facing off against Athena in the Semifinal Round in this year’s Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup tournament.

Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Kenny Omega Announced for AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2026

Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite Summer Blockbuster 2026 show also featured the first of two new matches announced for the card of AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2026, which takes place on June 28th at the SAP Center in San Jose, California.

This new match announced was a singles match of Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Kenny Omega.

This new match was setup following a video promo segment featuring Sabre Jr. calling out Omega for a match at Forbidden Door and Omega accepting it.

Current card for AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2026:

  • 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

Current Card for Next Week’s AEW Dynamite Show

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

Current card for June 17th AEW Dynamite show:

  • 2026 Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Semifinal Round match – Hazuki vs. Mercedes Mone
  • Vacant TBS Championship Survival of the Fittest Qualifier match(es)

Current Card for This Week’s AEW Collision Summer Blockbuster 2026 Show

Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite Summer Blockbuster 2026 show also featured three new matches announced for the card of this week’s Collision Summer Blockbuster 2026 show on June 13th.

This upcoming show will be taped on Thursday, June 11th at the The Andrew J Brady Music Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The new matches announced were:

  • Vacant TBS Championship Survival of the Fittest Qualifier match – Julia Hart vs. Persephone
  • 10-Person Tag Team Street Fight match – Death Riders (Jon Moxley, Daniel Garcia, PAC, Claudio Castagnoli, & Marina Shafir) vs. Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor, Lee Moriarty, The Infantry (Carlie Bravo & Capt. Shawn Dean) & Trish Adora)
  • Kenny Omega vs. Bad Dude Tito

Current card for June 13th AEW Dynamite Summer Blockbuster 2026 show:

  • Vacant TBS Championship Survival of the Fittest Qualifier match – Julia Hart vs. Persephone
  • 10-Person Tag Team Street Fight match – Death Riders (Jon Moxley, Daniel Garcia, PAC, Claudio Castagnoli, & Marina Shafir) vs. Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor, Lee Moriarty, The Infantry (Carlie Bravo & Capt. Shawn Dean) & Trish Adora)
  • The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) vs. The Dogs (Clark Connors & David Finlay)
  • Kenny Omega vs. Bad Dude Tito
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