Shota Umino Agrees To Defend IWGP Global Heavyweight Title Against PAC At AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2026

Shota accepted the challenge from PAC.

A video message was pushed out by All Elite Wrestling from Death Riders member PAC. He called out IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion Shota Umino for a title match at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door on June 28th.

At the 6/20 Blue Justice XVIII event, after Umino’s match, the video from PAC played, and he would go on to accept PAC’s challenge.

海野「IWGP GLOBALだ。どこの国だろうが、どこの団体だろうが、新日本プロレスのIWGPが欲しいんであれば、俺は挑戦を受ける。PAC、4年前、当時の（AEW）アトランティック王座、現インターナショナル王座、レボプロで闘ったお前との試合、俺は忘れてねえからな」

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— 新日本プロレスリング株式会社 (@njpw1972) June 20, 2026

With that match being made official, below is the updated card for Forbidden Door 2026:

• AEW Continental Championship: Jon Moxley (c) vs. Bandido
• AEW Women’s World Championship: Thekla (c) vs. Starlight Kid
• IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship: Shota Umino (c) vs. PAC
• Women’s Owen Hart Cup Final: Mercedes Moné vs. TBD
• AEW World Tag Team Championship: Adam Copeland & Christian Cage (c) vs. The Dogs (Clark Connors & David Finlay)
• Kenny Omega vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
• Men’s Owen Hart Cup Final: Will Ospreay vs. Swerve Strickland (w/ Prince Nana)
• Steel Cage Match: Mark Briscoe, Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong, Kyle O’Reilly, Konosuke Takeshita & Darby Allin vs. MJF, Kevin Knight, Kyle Fletcher, Jake Doyle, Kazuchika Okada & Andrade El Idolo (If Team Briscoe wins, Mark Briscoe gets a shot at MJF’s AEW World Title)