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AEW Dynamite came to the Smart Financial Centre in Sugar Land, Texas on Tuesday, June 17, 2026, airing live on TBS and HBO Max. With AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door on the horizon, the night was packed with preview action and tournament drama.
The show opened backstage with AEW World Champion MJF and the Don Callis Family, as Max took the opportunity to run through his list of challengers — mocking Kevin Knight, Andrade El Ídolo, Swerve Strickland, Will Ospreay, Hangman Adam Page, and Kenny Omega in turn before getting serious about Mark Briscoe. Callis then revealed the members of Team MJF for the upcoming 6-on-6 Steel Cage Match at Forbidden Door: Kevin Knight, Kyle Fletcher, Jake Doyle, Kazuchika Okada, and Andrade El Ídolo. Andrade appeared hesitant about signing on, prompting MJF to hand things off to Callis to smooth things over.
Kenny Omega kicked off the in-ring action against Tony Nese of the Premier Athletes, a match that came together when the Premier Athletes demanded Tony Khan give them a spot before the show even started. Nese’s stablemates got involved early to give him an opening, but Omega quickly took over, rattling off two snap dragon suplexes and a V-Trigger — with one delivered to manager Mark Sterling for good measure — before finishing Nese with the One Winged Angel. After the bell, TMDK’s Zack Sabre Jr. led his group to the ring, only for the Young Bucks and Jack Perry to back Omega up. Omega grabbed the mic and addressed ZSJ directly, teasing their Forbidden Door collision and noting that both men have something to gain from the match.
Brodido — the reunited team of ROH World Champion Bandido and Brody King — returned to tag action together for the first time since Full Gear last year, taking on Death Riders duo Jon Moxley and Daniel Garcia. The match was full of hard-hitting exchanges, with Garcia and Bandido trading technical sequences and King and Moxley going blow for blow in the middle of the ring. Marina Shafir’s ringside interference caused King to hesitate on a dive, allowing Mox and Garcia to hit a spike piledriver on the floor. Despite the Death Riders’ efforts to cut off both members of Brodido, the reunited team ultimately came away with the victory.
Elsewhere on the night, PROTOKADA handled business in their segment, Tommaso Ciampa issued a statement aimed at Chris Jericho ahead of Forbidden Door, and Thekla delivered a warning to Starlight Kid. The Dogs — who had been causing chaos for weeks — finally got their comeuppance when they attempted to mess with an AEW production staffer and discovered it was actually AEW World Tag Team Champions Cope and Cage in disguise. Swerve Strickland and Will Ospreay came face to face, and Moxley later helped Ospreay work through the emotions surrounding their rivalry. Maya World also competed, with the show noting she is no Cinderella story.
In the Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament Semifinal, former TBS Champion Mercedes Moné defeated Hazuki in what was described as an epic match to advance to the Finals.
The main event brought all the Forbidden Door tension to a head, as AEW World Champion MJF and the Don Callis Family — Knight, Doyle, Okada, Fletcher, and Andrade — squared off against a team of Mark Briscoe, Orange Cassidy, Kyle O’Reilly, Roderick Strong, Darby Allin, and AEW International Champion Konosuke Takeshita in a 12-man tag match. Team MJF picked up the victory, heading into Forbidden Door with momentum on their side.
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