WWE Legend Set To Miss Forbidden Door 2026
Amid speculations, it has now been confirmed that a WWE legend will miss Forbidden Door 2026.
Mick Foley made his AEW debut at Double Or Nothing, where he appeared on the Buy In show beside Renee Paquette and even shared the ring with the World Champion MJF.
The segment featured Foley predicting the result of the title match, then held by Darby Allin, with the stipulation that should MJF lose the match, he would have to shave his head bald.
Foley backed Allin to retain his championship, which led an irate MJF to come out and confront the WWE Hall of Famer. After a brief back-and-forth, MJF kicked Foley low.
The 61-year-old has yet to make his second appearance, which won’t be at Forbidden Door either.
According to Dave Meltzer in the Wrestling Observer Daily Update, Foley will miss the event due to a contractual obligation, instead attending a comedy show in Seabrook, New Hampshire.
Meltzer also claimed that the former WWE Champion tried to get the date changed for the comedy show, but was unable to do so. Meanwhile, Foley has cleared his future schedule and is expected to be available for Dynamite and other pay-per-views, if needed.
Mick Foley won’t be at Forbidden Door as he had a contractual date for a comedy show in Seabrook, NH, that he did attempt to get changed, but was unable to do so.
He has cleared his schedule so that he should be available for both Dynamite or PPVs when needed through September… pic.twitter.com/T5e0kDLyjc
— WrestlePurists (@WrestlePurists) June 22, 2026
Forbidden Door, which is being co-produced by AEW, NJPW, CMLL, and Stardom, is scheduled to take place on June 28 at the SAP Center in San Jose, California.
WWE’s Paul Heyman Discusses AEW’s Standing In Wrestling
WWE Hall of Famer Paul Heyman’s last TV appearance was on the June 1 episode of Raw, where he was accidentally spared by Bron Breakker during his match against Seth Rollins.
Heyman recently spoke to Chris Van Vliet on the Insight podcast, where he was asked whether wrestling was in a better condition due to AEW’s presence.
I certainly hope so. I mean, it shortchanged the compensation packages for a lot of talent, because there was a wolf across the river named Tony Khan that had a billion dollar checkbook that he could afford to pay a lot more money for talent than talent was making back in 2017, 2018, 2019. So it certainly changed the compensation for talent, and they’re on a viable network, they have a style that’s different than WWEs.
Heyman claimed that AEW stood as an alternative to Raw and SmackDown, while discussing ECW’s influence in the Jacksonville-based company’s product.
They present an alternative, if not a competitive brand. I look at AEW, and I realize the influence that ECW had on that project, on that product. For example, like Moxley is a total ECW Sandman, New Jack style performer.
But if you look at the AEW style, it’s Rob Van Dam versus Jerry Lynn from 1999. AEW is RVD, and if you were a fan of what RVD and Jerry Lynn were doing in 1999 a lot of what AEW presents today is derived and is influenced by what RVD and Jerry Lynn were doing back then.