HENARE & Great-O-Khan Issue Open Challenge for IWGP Tag Titles for AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2026

Current IWGP Tag Team Champions United Empire (HENARE & Great-O-Khan) issued a challenge earlier today on Twitter for an Open Challenge for their titles at

IWGP Tag Team Champions HENARE & Great-O-Khan issued an open challenge earlier today on Twitter for their tag titles at AEW x NJPW Forbbidden Door 2026, which takes place on June 28 at the SAP Center in San Jose, California.

In a response to a tweet from NJPW’s official account, HENARE stated that him and Great-O-Khan are ready for anyone who wants to step up against them for the show.

“O-Khan and I are ready for anyone who wants to step up.

👑”

O-Khan and I are ready for anyone who wants to step up.

👑 https://t.co/MriLmOb6Fm

— HENARE (@HenareNZ) June 21, 2026

In a follow-up tweet, HENARE responded to the lack of challengers so far for his and Great-O-Khan’s open challenge offer.

“No team responded to HENARE’s call to battle. Where has the mana gone?”

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)
• IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship – PAC vs. Shota Umino (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. 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))
• Three-way tag team match – El Sky Team (Mistico & Mascara Dorada) vs. The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) vs. Unbound Co. (Shingo Takagi & Titan)
• Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Kenny Omega
• Buy-In Preshow: AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship – Thunder Rosa & Olympia vs. Divine Dominion (Lena Kross & Megan Bayne) (c)