Ahead of Forbidden Door, Ring of Honor hosted competitors from around the world for Global Wars in Cincinnati, OH. The main event saw Syuri challenge Athena for the ROH Women’s Championship, while the undercard featured appearances from Maika and Takumi Iroha.

Kento Miyahara is tied with Toshiaki Kawada with most ever successful AJPW Triple Crown Title defenses in one reign with ten. Miyahara tied Kawada for the most successful title defenses during his fourth reign at AJPW’s top champion.

On June 20th, Josh Barnett returns to a New Japan Pro Wrestling ring, teaming with NEVER Openweight Champion Aaron Wolf and Yuji Nagata to take on House of Torture’s Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru at Yuji Nagata’s Blue Justice XVIII. 

After a two year stint with Marigold, Utami Hayashishita left the promotion on May 23rd and three days later surprise the pro-wrestling world by returning to STARDOM.

All Japan Pro-Wrestling held its latest event of its ongoing SUPER POWER SERIES 2026 tour on June 18th at a sold out Korakuen Hall.

With Forbidden Door less than two weeks away, a major crossover title challenge between AEW and NJPW has been issued. PAC has called out the new IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion Shota Umino, daring to be his first challenger for the white belt.

The first semi-final of the women’s AEW Owen Hart Foundation Tournament took place on Dynamite, with Hazuki of STARDOM taking on Mercedes Mone. Hazuki ended up on the losing side, and was later attacked by the AEW Women’s World Champion, Thekla.

On July 18th, at Pro Wrestling NOAH’s SUMMER EPIC 2026 in Osaka, former GHC Heavyweight Champion Kaito Kiyomiya is set to clash with former IWGP Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito in a special singles match billed as the Uncontrollable vs. The Prince of Madness.

On June 16th, the finals to Pro Wrestling NOAH’s NEO GLOBAL TAG LEAGUE 2026 took place at Korakuen Hall. There were 1,009 fans in attendance to witness A Block winners Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows take on the winners of B Block, Manabu Soya and Yuki Iino, to crown the tournament champions.

Maki Itoh’s unit Itoh Respect Gundan has been riding a wave of momentum lately. The faction added a member recently as Rian aligned  herself with Itoh and Kikyo Furusawa as the Itoh Respect Gundan became a trio.