AEW is once again bringing us their crossover PPV event, Forbidden Door, and this time CMLL and STARDOM have joined the fray. The card is fully loaded with top talent and top matches with major implications for the future. Let's get into it.

• Previously - ep. 285: Faction Warfare 8
• Today - ep. 286: Forbidden Door '26

Match Card

• Buy-In: Maika vs. Skye Blue in a TBS Championship Survival of the Fittest Qualifier
• Buy-In: Divine Dominion (Lena Kross and Megan Bayne) vs. Thunder Rosa and Olympia for the AEW Women's World Tag Team Championship
• Steel Cage Match: Mark Briscoe, Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong, Kyle O’Reilly, Konosuke Takeshita and Darby Allin vs. MJF, Kevin Knight, Kyle Fletcher, Jake Doyle, Kazuchika Okada and Andrade El Idolo
• Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Final: Mercedes Moné vs. Maya World
• Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Final: Will Ospreay vs. Swerve Strickland
• AEW Women’s World Championship Match: Thekla (c) vs. Starlight Kid
• AEW World Tag Team Championship Match
  Adam Copeland and Christian Cage (c) vs. David Finlay and Clark Connors
• AEW Continental Championship Match
  Jon Moxley (c) vs. Bandido
• IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship Match
  Shota Umino (c) vs. PAC
• Three-way Tag Team Match
  The Young Bucks vs. Mistico and Mascara Dorada vs. Shingo Tagaki and Titán
• Kenny Omega vs. Zack Sabre Jr

Back at it like a crack addict. What is wrestling without factions? They've become such an integral part that it'd be weird at this point to not have them. Today, I've got another three that are still making their mark on the industry today.

• Previously - ep. 284: WWE's Recent Failure to Take Chances
• Today - ep. 285: Faction Warefare 8
• Ep. List - The Next Men's ROH TV Title Contenders
• Spotlight - Hazuki

The WWE has their tried and true formulas of doing things. Sometimes that formula can get in the way of things stopping them from taking chances and you need to take chances to spark something. Today's show is about the WWE's recent failure to take chances.

• Previously - ep. 283: The Best Wrestling Tournaments Today
• Today - ep. 284: The WWE's Recent Failure to Take Chances
• Ep. List - The Worst WWE PLE's of the Past Five Years
• Spotlight - Kelani Jordan