Sunday’s AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2026 event at the SAP Center in San Jose, California featured Team Briscoe defeating Team MJF in a 12-Man Team Steel Cage match.
This match featured The Conglomeration (Mark Briscoe, Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong, & Kyle O’Reilly), Konosuke Takeshita, & Darby Allin for Team Briscoe and MJF & Don Callis Family (“The Jet” Kevin Knight, Kyle Fletcher, Jake Doyle, Kazuchika Okada, & Andrade El Idolo) for Team MJF.
As a result of Team Briscoe getting the victory, Briscoe earned a shot at the AEW World Championship as per match stipulation.
Team Briscoe comes out victorious!@SussexCoChicken has earned himself an #AEW World Title shot!
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) June 29, 2026
Watch #ForbiddenDoor LIVE on HBO Max PPV pic.twitter.com/Hes9bNX0jD
TEAM BRISCOE are victorious, and @SussexCoChicken has earned himself an AEW World Championship shot against the Champion @The_MJF!#ForbiddenDoor pic.twitter.com/z5BN6J1bXg
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) June 29, 2026
In a follow-up segment, Briscoe was seen backstage for an interview with Lexy Nair. Briscoe talked about his victory and issued a challenge to MJF for their title match to take place at this week’s AEW Dynamite show on July 1.
Mark Briscoe challenges MJF to an AEW Championship match for this week’s Dynamite! #ForbiddenDoor pic.twitter.com/50w5G0YBpv
— Fightful Wrestling (@Fightful) June 29, 2026
In another follow-up, it was announced that Briscoe’s challenge for his title match was made official for this week’s Dynamite show.
#AEWDynamite
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) June 29, 2026
8/7c, TBS & HBO Max
This Wednesday, 7/1!
AEW World Title@The_MJF vs @SussexCoChicken
As a result of the 6-on-6 Cage Match at #ForbiddenDoor, AEW World Champion MJF’s nightmare has come true, he has to defend his title vs Mark Briscoe!
MJF vs Briscoe, WEDNESDAY! pic.twitter.com/22qsVCT2O0
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