Darby Allin Lands in Thumbtacks During Wild 12-Man Cage Match at AEW Forbidden Door 2026

Darby Allin once again proved he has no regard for his own body, taking a vicious thumbtack spot during the massive 12-man steel cage match at the 2026 AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door pay-per-view.

The match, which served as the penultimate bout of the night, pitted Team Briscoe against Team MJF and the Don Callis Family inside a custom-built circular steel cage — a structure AEW designed specifically for the enormous multi-man contest. The unique circular design was clearly intended to contain the chaos of twelve competitors, and chaos is exactly what fans got.

Allin’s willingness to absorb punishment is nothing new — the man has made a career out of taking spots that most wrestlers would flatly refuse — but landing in thumbtacks inside a steel cage raises the stakes in a way that’s hard to overstate. It’s the kind of moment that tends to define a match and linger in highlight reels long after the show is over.

Forbidden Door has become one of AEW’s marquee annual events, bringing together talent from both the AEW and NJPW rosters for a card that typically delivers some of the year’s most ambitious in-ring work. A 12-man cage featuring a mix of homegrown AEW names and the Don Callis Family faction fits squarely in that tradition.

With a spot like that already on the books, Allin’s night at Forbidden Door 2026 will be a tough one to forget.