Tony Khan Addresses Work Visa Issues Altering Plans for Forbidden Door, Streaming Indie Events on MyAEW During All In Weekend

During today’s AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door media conference call, AEW CEO Tony Khan discussed work visa and logistical issues causing changes to the event. He explained AEW National Champion Mark Davis and Gabe Kidd are among the wrestlers dealing with work visa renewal issues at the moment, and he expects them back in AEW soon.

Additionally, Khan was asked about potentially streaming other indie events on the MyAEW platform during AEW’s upcoming All In Weekend in London later this year. Below are some highlights (via Fightful):

Tony Khan on Work Visa Issues Altering Plans for Forbidden Door

“There are a number of wrestlers that were factored in, coming from countries all over the world, that I’m looking forward to their return, that are not here and available right now. It speaks to the great depth of the AEW roster that we’ve been putting on tremendous TV every Wednesday and Saturday doing four hours of what I believe is very strong television and that we have such an exciting pay-per-view card without a lot of the great stars available. There are a number of stars in Mexico right now, some great wrestlers that I would love to have here, not have their visa in recent weeks. That would include Beast Mortos, Komander, Hechicero and going through visa renewal with a number of the wrestlers down there as well, that I have not mentioned yet, and we also have had challenges with a number of other international wrestlers.

“I was hoping to have Gabe Kidd here and Gabe Kidd also was another wrestler going through the renewal process. One that I expect that very soon… On the Global Wars show tonight, representing AEW, and defending the title all over the world is the National Champion Mark Davis and Mark Davis will be back very soon but he’s been away… I would expect Mark back possibly sooner than some of the other people I named. But hopefully, all those people will get everything worked out soon. In the case of Beast Mortos, it’s been innovative. I realized that if Beast Mortos could not come here, a great thing would be for Sammy Guevara to go to CMLL and defend the Tag Team Championship with The Beast Mortos…

“There’s also been wrestlers from STARDOM that have not been able to come in at some of the scheduled dates I would have preferred but honestly, STARDOM has been the best partner in terms of having the visas organized and getting people in or set to have Starlight Kid this weekend and seems like they have not run into a lot of issues there, and then also, a number of injuries… Also a number of injuries across a number of women and men that I would have liked to participate in the event have changed a lot of things so between the aforementioned visa issues and injuries, it’s been changes but, thankfully, it’s a really strong card and I feel really good about it.”

On Indie Promoters Inquiring About Streaming Their All-In Weekend Shows on MyAEW

“Absolutely, yes. I do think there’s a lot of interest in having a number of these promotions come and promote around an AEW (show) and to your point, I do expect some things like that, even potentially around All In. I think there’s gonna be a lot of great events around All In. I know there will be a lot of events in England and I know promoters have reached out about putting their events on MyAEW to grow their viewership and collaborate in anticipation of what’s going to be, I think, the biggest night in wrestling this year and certainly is going to be a huge event and the most-attended wrestling show in England…”

As noted, MyAEW recently made streaming deals with Limitless Wrestling and C4 Wrestling. Meanwhile, Tony Khan presents AEW x NJPW Forbidden 2026 on Sunday, June 28. The event is being held at the SAP Center in San Jose, California, and it will be broadcast live on pay-per-view.