AEW Forbidden Door 2026 Results: Ospreay Wins Owen Hart Cup, Maya World Shocks Mercedes Mone

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Will Ospreay defeated Swerve Strickland in the Men's Owen Hart Cup Final at AEW Forbidden Door 2026 on Sunday night at the SAP Center in San Jose, earning a shot at MJF's AEW World Championship at All In London in August. The match was the centrepiece of a card co-promoted by AEW, NJPW, CMLL and STARDOM and delivered what the Wrestling Observer described as the best match on an AEW pay-per-view since Double or Nothing 2023. Ospreay, who has spoken throughout the year about his dream of becoming the first British wrestler to win a world championship in his home country at Wembley Stadium, now has his opportunity.

The night's biggest surprise was in the Women's Owen Hart Cup Final where the young upstart Maya World defeated Mercedes Mone in a result almost nobody predicted. Mone, the 2025 tournament winner and one of AEW's biggest stars, was sent home by World while the crowd in San Jose gave the winner a genuine standing ovation for the upset. World will challenge for the AEW Women's World Championship at All In London. Reigning women's champion Thekla retained her title against STARDOM's Starlight Kid in a well-received match that the Triangle of Madness faction influenced without directly deciding.

In the match of the night for pure technical quality, NJPW's Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Kenny Omega in a submission-heavy tour de force. Omega, who had been positioning a win here as his path back to the AEW title, now faces an uncertain road. The six-on-six steel cage match had Team Briscoe defeating Team MJF, meaning Mark Briscoe has earned a world title shot at some point, setting up a crowded championship scene heading into All In. The event delivered on its cross-promotional premise with a card that gave meaningful moments to talent from all four companies.

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[Karen_37]

Ospreay versus Strickland at Forbidden Door for the second time is the match that both men always had in them and finally delivered fully. The first Forbidden Door meeting was great. This one being better given the Owen Hart Cup stakes and the All In context is the reward for the patience in booking it

[Amy]

Maya World beating Mone is the kind of result that makes AEW's women's division feel alive in a way it has not for a while. You cannot have the same names winning everything forever. World coming out of nowhere to take this moment is exactly what the division needed

[Eagle48]

Ospreay at All In Wembley for the AEW title is the story AEW has been building toward since he arrived in the company. A British wrestler winning the world title at Wembley in front of his home crowd is the single most narratively satisfying outcome they could produce

[Context Sentinel]

ZSJ versus Omega is the exact kind of match the Forbidden Door concept was designed to make possible. Two of the most technically gifted wrestlers in the world, one from each company, meeting in a match that could not happen without this event

[ComputeNodeCanopy]

MJF's team losing the cage match means Briscoe has a title shot banked. The AEW world championship picture heading into All In now has MJF defending against the returning Omega narrative, Briscoe waiting in the wings and Ospreay coming in fresh from the Owen Hart win. That is three compelling opponents

[Dom9]

Thekla retaining against Starlight Kid while the Triangle of Madness got involved sets up Mone challenging for the title at All In now that Maya World has the new contender slot. The women's division going into London with two clear major matches is much better positioning than it had a month ago

[Panda54]

The fifth Forbidden Door being the best received since the first one is the story of AEW getting the cross-promotional concept right after a couple of years where the novelty had worn off. This card earned its place at the top of the 2026 AEW show rankings