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Women’s Tag Team title match added to next AEW Dynamite

Posted on by Bryan Rose

The Women’s Tag Team titles will be on the line this Wednesday.

Divine Dominion (Megan Bayne & Lena Cross) will defend the titles against Kris Statlander and Hikaru Shida following a promo that took place during Saturday’s Collision. Harley Cameron was upset about comments Shida made, with Mina Shirakawa asking Shida to apologize. The former AEW Women’s Champion instead insulted Cameron to her face and said she and Statlander would win the titles from Divine Dominion.

Later in the show, Bayne and Cross seemed to accept Shida’s challenge, with the match later being confirmed for this coming Wednesday.

Shida returned to television in recent weeks focused on building a relationship with Statlander, all while acting heelish to anyone else she came into contact with. While Shida would say nice things in English, she would say more cruel things in Japanese, with both Cameron and Shirakawa picking up on Shida’s actions.

It was also announced Rush would be in action in Fairfax, Virginia. He was dominant on Saturday, defeating Adam Priest.

Current AEW Dynamite lineup | Next Wednesday | Fairfax, VA

  • AEW World Champion Darby Allin defends against Brody King
  • AEW Women’s Tag Team Champions Divine Dominion defend against Kris Statlander & Hikaru Shida 
  • TNT Champion Kevin Knight defends against MJF
  • Rush will be in action

Continental & Women’s Tag Team title defenses added to AEW Grand Slam Australia

Posted on by Josh Nason

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AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley will defend against former IWGP World Champion and former AEW International Champion Konosuke Takeshita at this month’s Grand Slam Australia — one of two new title matches announced Wednesday.

The Moxley vs. Takeshita match was announced during AEW Dynamite shortly after both men were on opposite ends of a trios match as part of the ongoing feud between the Death Riders and the Don Callis Family.

It will be Moxley’s first defense of the title he won at last December’s Worlds End in the Continental Classic.

This will be their fourth-ever singles meeting dating back to July 2022 when Moxley beat Takeshita in a then-interim World title eliminator match. The two rematched five months later on Rampage with Moxley again winning.

Moxley defeated Takeshita in an then-IWGP World title eliminator at 2024’s Forbidden Door with Takeshita finally defeating Moxley in last year’s Continental Classic in Blue league action.

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Another title match added for Sydney will see AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions Babes of Wrath defending against Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford.

The match came about during Wednesday’s Dynamite when Bayne and Ford picked up a rare title eliminator victory, defeating the champions to earn the title shot. It will the third defense for Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron

The two teams have been feuding in various forms since last fall.

Current AEW Grand Slam Australia card | February 14 | Sydney, Australia

  • Hangman Page vs. Andrade El Idolo World title eliminator
  • Toni Storm & Orange Cassidy vs. Wheeler Yuta & Marina Shafir in a hair vs. hair tornado tag match
  • AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley defends against Konosuke Takeshita
  • AEW Women’s Tag Team Champions Babes of Wrath (Willow Nightingale & Harley Cameron) defend against MegaBad (Penelope Ford & Megan Bayne)

Finals set in AEW Women’s World Tag Team title tournament

Posted on by Josh Nason

The first-ever AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions will be crowned on next Wednesday’s Winter is Coming edition of Dynamite and both finalists are now set.

On Wednesday’s Dynamite, The Timeless Love Bombs (Toni Storm & Mina Shirakawa) defeated The MegaProblems (Megan Bayne & Marina Shafir) in a holiday-themed death match that also served as a semifinal.

The end came when Storm hit Shafir with a gift-wrapped high heel shoe, followed by a small package for the victory. The match also saw the return of Storm’s butler, Luther, who had been absent for some time and delivered the shoe to Storm.

The match gives Storm and Shirakawa a measure of revenge after the end of last month’s Blood & Guts match that saw Shafir and Bayne double-team Shirakawa while Storm was held back, leading to her submitting for her team.

Storm and Shirakawa now move on to face The Babes of Wrath (Harley Cameron & Willow Nightingale) to determine the inaugural champions next Wednesday.

Storm and Shirakawa advanced to the semifinals by virtue over their quarterfinal victory over Alex Windsor and Riho.

Key developments unfold in AEW Women’s Tag Team title tournament

Posted on by Josh Nason

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The inaugural AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship tournament has its first finalists after Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite — the same show that saw an interesting stipulation made for a semifinal match.

The Babes of Wrath (Willow Nightingale & Harley Cameron) advanced by way of their semifinal victory over The Sisters of Sin (Julia Hart & Skye Blue). The end came when Nightingale hit a Doctor Bomb on Hart to pick up the win after she collided with Blue.

Nightingale and Cameron advanced to the semifinals after defeating Athena and Mercedes Mone in the quarterfinals. Hart and Blue advanced by beating Jamie Hayter and Queen Aminata.

Nightingale and Cameron will await the winners of Toni Storm & Mina Shirakawa vs. Marina Shafir & Megan Bayne that will now be a “hardcore holiday death match.” Because Storm and Shirakawa picked up a victory in a four-way at Full Gear, they got to choose a stipulation and revealed it Wednesday.

The match will take place next Wednesday with the date/location of the finals yet to be announced.

Two title defenses, tournament reveal set for AEW Dynamite

Posted on by Josh Nason

The WrestleDream fallout episode of AEW Dynamite has its first two matches announced in addition to a reveal for the impending inaugural AEW Women’s Tag Team title tournament.

The bracket for the aforementioned tag title tournament will be revealed. No other details were given as to how many teams will be involved or when it will start.

By virtue of their victory in a tornado trios bout at WrestleDream, The Hurt Syndicate will get their earned title shot against reigning champions The Opps — days after Samoa Joe, Katsuyori Shibata and Powerhouse Hobbs turned against Hangman Page at the PPV.

While Kazuchika Okada and Katsuyori Shibata were unsuccessful at defeating Brodido for the AEW World Tag Team titles at WrestleDream, Okada will attempt to get a measure of revenge when he defends the Unified title against Bandido. Bandido pinned Okada with the 21 Plex Saturday.

Current AEW Dynamite lineup | Wednesday, October 22 | San Antonio, Texas

  • AEW World Trios Champions The Opps (Samoa Joe, Katsuyori Shibata & Powerhouse Hobbs) defend against The Hurt Syndicate (Shelton Benjamin, Bobby Lashley & MVP)
  • AEW Women’s Tag Team title championship tournament reveal
  • AEW Unified Champion Kazuchika Okada defends against Bandido

AEW announces new championship, reveals design

Posted on by Josh Nason

The long-rumored AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship will soon be a reality as AEW head Tony Khan revealed on Wednesday’s Dynamite that the inaugural champions will be crowned “soon” in 2025.

Khan did not reveal any details or a timeframe, merely saying that it’s been a great year, he feels AEW is where the best wrestle, and he was so proud of how the women’s division has been this year.

He then kicked it to Renee Paquette who revealed the title belt design (seen below) which follows what the men’s tag belts look like.

The announcement came before the first title defense for new AEW Women’s World Champion Kris Statlander who faced Mina Shirakawa, friends with former champion Toni Storm.

Khan has been asked about Women’s Tag Team titles frequently during media calls with Khan recently intimating that injuries to the division were holding up plans.

The new addition will make the eighth title in AEW, joining the men’s & women’s World titles, the men’s Tag Team titles, the Trios titles, the Unified title (comprised of the International and Continental titles), and the TBS and TNT titles.

AEW joins WWE and TNA who both have their own versions of women’s tag team titles.

Tay Melo responds to rumors of AEW introducing Women’s Tag Team titles

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Tay Melo is hoping to see AEW introduce Women’s Tag Team titles at some point in the near future.

Having Women’s Tag Team titles in AEW has been a goal of Tony Khan’s for a while. Last week, BodySlam.net reported that AEW had the title belts made about a year ago — but they’ve been on the shelf waiting to be introduced.

Khan said in May that he believes there are “a number of great tandems” in the AEW women’s division. Another team has since been added to that list with Melo making her return last month and reuniting with Anna Jay. Melo had been away from the AEW ring since she and Sammy Guevara welcomed their daughter Luna into the world in 2023.

While speaking with Denise Salcedo at AnimeVerse Fest this past weekend, Melo spoke about how happy she is to be back in AEW. She’s been paying attention to the Women’s Tag Team title rumors and would love to go after the belts with Jay if they are introduced.

“I’m definitely happy to be back with Anna. Looking forward for what’s going to happen in AEW with me. I don’t know much, but I’m so happy,” Melo said. “I have been reading about the titles, the tag titles, so maybe it’s in the future — who knows? TayJay is here and we’re waiting for it. We have been working together since day one. So it’s a dream for us. If it happens, we’re here and we’re coming for it.”

Melo said that, right now, her goal is to keep proving herself and prove that she can wrestle at a top level.

“I feel like right now, I want to get in the ring. I want to get reps. I want to put myself out there. I want to prove to myself and to people that I can still do it — that I can wrestle in this top level,” Melo said.

“Because that’s what AEW is right now. You know, everybody’s wrestling like in a crazy level. It’s so high, the bar is so high. I just want to keep proving myself right now. I want to [have] great matches. I want to do street fights. I want to wrestle everybody. We have Thekla now too. I didn’t wrestle Toni Storm yet. So, like, there’s so much to do. So much — and I want it all. I just want it all.”