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Toni Storm vs. Miyu Yamashita title eliminator match official for AEW Dynamite

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A new title eliminator match is set for Wednesday.

Tony Khan announced that Toni Storm will face off against Miyu Yamashita this Wednesday in Norfolk, Virginia in a title eliminator match.

“After issuing an Eliminator Challenge at @TCM Fest on Sunday, AEW Women’s World Champion “Timeless” Toni Storm will fight @miyu_tjp TOMORROW!,” he wrote.

On Sunday, AEW posted a video of Storm at the TCM Film Festival and issued a challenge for anyone to face her.

Khan also noted in this tweet that Yamashita, a regular for Tokyo Joshi Pro, previously won a title eliminator match. She faced off against then-champion Thunder Rosa at Dynamite Fight for the Fallen 2022 in a losing effort.

Here is the updated lineup for Dynamite:

AEW Dynamite, Wednesday, April 30 lineup —

  • Owen Hart Foundation men’s tournament semifinals: Hangman Adam Page vs. Kyle Fletcher
  • All-Star 8-man tag: Kenny Omega, Speedball Mike Bailey, Mark Briscoe, and Kevin Knight vs. The Young Bucks, Kazuchika Okada, and Ricochet
  • AEW Women’s World title eliminator challenge: Toni Storm vs. Miyu Yamashita
  • The Hurt Syndicate will appear live
  • MJF will appear live

Toni Storm vs. Megan Bayne Women’s title match official for AEW Dynasty

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A match for the AEW Women’s title has been made official.

Promos from both Toni Storm and Megan Bayne on Collision Slam Dunk Sunday, confirmed that the two will meet on April 6 in Philadelphia.

In her promo, Bayne said that she was chosen by the heavens and called herself the All Elite Goddess, declaring AEW as her kingdom.

Storm responded by asking Bayne who died and made her God. She said at Dynasty she will cut the head of the Megasus.

After retaining the Women’s title against Mariah May at Revolution, Bayne immediately made clear she was next in line by attacking Storm during a promo. After Bayne defeated Kris Statlander on last week’s Dynamite, Storm came out and issued the challenge for Dynasty.

AEW Dynasty, Sunday, April 6 on pay-per-view —

  • AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm defends against Megan Bayne
  • AEW World Champion Jon Moxley defends against Swerve Strickland
  • AEW International Champion Kenny Omega defends against Ricochet and Mike Bailey in a three-way

Toni Storm vs. Skye Blue Women’s title match set for AEW Dynamite

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The next title challenger for AEW Women’s Champion Toni Storm is official.

Skye Blue picked up a win on Friday’s Rampage in a four-way that included Britt Baker, Nyla Rose and Mercedes Martinez to earn her title opportunity that will come this Wednesday on Dynamite.

Blue earned the victory by pinning Rose as Baker and Martinez fought on the outside of the ring. She will be looking for her first AEW title of any kind.

After regaining the title at last month’s Double or Nothing, Storm will be looking for the third defense of the gold.

In another new match announced Friday, TNT Champion Wardlow will defend against Jake Hager. This is Wardlow’s first match since defending the title against Christian Cage at last month’s Double or Nothing.

The new additions join the previously announced MJF vs. Adam Cole AEW World title eliminator match, the Blackpool Combat Club vs. The Elite trios match, and eight-man tag team match featuring the return of Sting.

Here’s the current card for Washington, DC:

  • AEW World title eliminator: MJF vs. Adam Cole
  • AEW Women’s Champion Toni Storm defends against Skye Blue
  • TNT Champion Wardlow defends against Jake Hager
  • The Elite (Hangman Page & The Young Bucks) vs. Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta)
  • Sting, Darby Allin, Orange Cassidy & Keith Lee vs. Mogul Embassy (Swerve Strickland, Brian Cage, Kaun & Toa Liona) 

AEW Women’s title eliminator tournament announced

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An AEW Women’s title eliminator tournament has been announced.

Revealed tonight on AEW Dynamite, the tournament will feature sixteen women in a single elimination tournament. The winner of the tournament will become the number one contender for the championship, facing champion Hikaru Shida. No start date for the tournament was set, other than it was “coming soon”. 

The graphic for the tournament also featured the flags of both the United States and Japan, though the significance of that was not explained.

Shida has held the championship for 243 days, defeating Nyla Rose at Double or Nothing back on May 23 of last year. She has defended the title in the past against the likes of Penelope Ford, Nyla Rose, Anna Jay, and Big Swole. 

She most recently defended the title against Abadon on the first night of New Year’s Smash on January 6. She successfully defended the title despite Abadon biting Shida in the neck.

Abadon returns on AEW Dynamite, confronts Hikaru Shida

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Abadon made her return to AEW tonight on Dynamite, making clear she was next in line for the AEW Women’s title.

After Hikaru Shida had successfully defended the title against Anna Jay, Shida posed with the title on the ramp. However, Abadon’s music hit and she came out of the entranceway crawling towards Shida. Shida dropped to the floor and retreated. Abadon took the title and spit what apparently was blood all over the championship.

Abadon had not been on AEW television since October. She was injured in a match last month against Tay Conti that was taped for Dark. She took an elbow to the throat, and was unable to breathe. The injury was serious enough that the match was stopped immediately. Abadon was sent to the hospital for evaluation, and the match never aired.

Prior to her injury, Abadon had wrestled primarily on Dark. She last appeared on Dynamite beating Anna Jay on the June 11th edition of the program.

Four matches set for next week’s AEW Dynamite

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Four matches, including an AEW Women’s title match, were announced for next week’s Dynamite.

Hikaru Shida will defend the championship against Anna Jay of The Dark Order. It was revealed that Mr. Brodie Lee (off-screen) demanded a title match for next week. Jay, along with John Silver, cut a promo tonight saying she was no longer a rookie, that she was in the Dark Order, and that she would win the championship.

Chris Jericho will also be in action next week, teaming with Jake Hager to take on SCU (Frankie Kazarian and Christopher Daniels). Jericho appeared briefly on commentary Wednesday and promised The Inner Circle would be back in action next week following their trip to Las Vegas.

In other matches:

  • Death Triangle members PAC and Rey Fenix will face The Butcher and The Blade. This comes after Penta El Zero M made the save for Fenix who had ran out to help PAC fend off a three-on-one attack from Eddie Kingston, Butcher and Blade after PAC’s win over Blade Wednesday.
  • Will Hobbs will be in action against an opponent to be named. It will be a follow-up to his heel turn to close out Dynamite as he aligned himself with Team Taz.

Thunder Rosa appears on AEW Dynamite, challenges Hikaru Shida

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NWA Women’s Champion Thunder Rosa appeared on Dynamite tonight, challenging Hirkau Shida to a match at All Out next month.

Rosa appeared in a pre-taped interview with the NWA Women’s championship and was identified as champion. She called out Hikaru Shida, citing her call for challengers and challenged her to a match at All Out for the AEW Women’s championship. Rosa finished the promo by saying she would become the next AEW Women’s champion.

Hikaru Shida did not appear on the program tonight and no response was given.

Rosa won the NWA Women’s championship back on January 24 at NWA Hard Times. The promotion has not run any shows since February due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Rosa last defended the NWA Women’s title against Melina, winning the match by count out.

Shida hasn’t wrestled for most of this last month, last defeating Heather Monroe on the August 12 edition of AEW Dynamite. She last defended the AEW Women’s championship by defeating Penelope Ford on the July 1 edition of Dynamite.

Title changes hands on AEW Dynamite

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Nyla Rose has captured the AEW Women’s title.

She became champion during tonight’s episode of Dynamite. After a back and forth match, Riho was able to land several big moves on Rose, including two dragon suplexes and a northern lights suplex. However, Rose was able to hold on and eventually pinned Riho with a sitout powerbomb to win the championship for the first time.

After the match, Rose was shown walking to the back and accepting a hug from Tony Khan. She then exchanged words with Kenny Omega, who has been associated with Riho in storyline, before walking away.

Riho had been champion for 134 days, winning the title during the premiere episode of Dynamite on October 2. Coincidently, she defeated Nyla Rose to become the first AEW Women’s champion. Notable championship matches included Riho defeating Britt Baker on an episode of Dynamite as well as her mentor Emi Sakura at Full Gear.

Dynamite next week will take place at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.

AEW Women’s title match set for New Year’s Day Dynamite

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The next AEW Women’s championship match has been set for January 1.

Kris Statlander defeated Britt Baker tonight on Dynamite to become the official number one contender for the AEW Women’s championship. Statlander won the match after reversing a submission attempt by Baker, lifting her to her shoulders and planting Baker with a package tombstone piledriver.

After the match, Brandi Rhodes came out and asked Statlander if she would join the Nightmare Collective. Statlander rejected the offer. The rest of the Nightmare Collective came out, distracting Statlander long enough for Brandi strike her in the eye with the heel of Brandi’s shoe.

MJF will also be on Dynamite on January 1 to announce the stipulations of his upcoming match against Cody Rhodes.

The next episode of Dynamite will take place on January 1 at Daly’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida.

Participants set for first AEW Women’s title match

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Both participants have now been revealed for the match to crown AEW’s inaugural Women’s Champion.

Nyla Rose vs. Riho on the premiere of AEW on TNT will decide the promotion’s first Women’s Champion. The debut episode is taking place at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, October 2.

Rose advanced to the title match by winning the Casino Battle Royale on the All Out pre-show. Riho was set up as Rose’s opponent by defeating Hikaru Shida on the All Out main card.

Shalandra Royal, Leva Bates, Faby Apache, Priscilla Kelly, Penelope Ford, Shazza McKenzie, Sadie Gibbs, Big Swole (Aerial Monroe), Britt Baker, Tenille Dashwood, Ivelisse, Bea Priestley, Brandi Rhodes, Awesome Kong, Allie, Nicole Savoy, Teal Piper, ODB, Jazz, and Mercedes Martinez were the other entrants in the Casino Battle Royale.

The Casino Battle Royale was the first match Rose has won in AEW. Riho defeated Rose and Yuka Sakazaki in a three-way match at Fyter Fest.

Riho was also on the winning side of a six-woman tag match at All Out, with her teaming with Shida & Ryo Mizunami against Aja Kong, Emi Sakura & Sakazaki. On the Fight for the Fallen pre-show, Riho & Britt Baker lost to Shoko Nakajima & Priestley.

AEW to unveil Women’s title at All Out

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Though details on how and when the first champion will be crowned have yet to be announced, AEW has set the date for when their Women’s title belt will be unveiled.

On this week’s Road to Fyter Fest episode, Brandi Rhodes announced that the AEW Women’s World Championship will be unveiled at All Out on Saturday, August 31. The show is taking place at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.

The first AEW World Champion will be decided as Chris Jericho faces Hangman Page at All Out. Bret Hart made an appearance at Double or Nothing last month and unveiled that title.

AEW has also confirmed that they’ll be holding a tournament to determine their inaugural Tag Team Champions. Best Friends (Trent Barreta & Chuck Taylor) vs. SoCal Uncensored (Scorpio Sky & Frankie Kazarian) vs. Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) has been announced for Fyter Fest in Daytona Beach, Florida on June 29. The winning team will advance to All Out, where they’ll have a chance to earn a first-round bye in the Tag Team title tournament.

Tony Khan appeared on the latest edition of the Steve Austin Show and said the Tag Team title tournament will be “one of the main focuses” of AEW television when it starts this fall. Khan said AEW will eventually introduce Women’s Tag Team titles as well.

This week’s episode of the Road to Fyter Fest is available to watch below: