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Ryo Mizunami wins AEW Women’s World title eliminator tournament

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Ryo Mizunami defeated Nyla Rose on Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite to win the Women’s World title eliminator tournament.

With the win, Mizunami earned a title shot at Women’s Champion Hikaru Shida at this Sunday’s Revolution pay-per-view.

Following Mizunami’s win, Shida (sitting at ringside) presented Mizunami with a trophy to commemorate her tournament victory. The two then traded hard forearm shots before staring each other down.

Mizunami won the final by pinning the former Women’s Champion with a spear, German suplex, and a guillotine legdrop. 

Mizunami’s tournament victory came after a submission win over Maki Itoh in the first round, a countout win over Aja Kong in round two and a pin of Yuka Sakazaki in round three.

Shida has held the title since last May’s Double or Nothing where she beat Rose in a no countout, no DQ match. This will be Shida’s first title defense since she defeated Abadon on the January 6th Dynamite. 

AEW Women’s title eliminator tournament down to final three

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The final three competitors have been decided in the AEW Women’s World title eliminator tournament following Sunday’s special on Bleacher Report. 

Ryo Mizunami defeated Yuka Sakazaki to win the Japan side of the bracket while in the second U.S. semifinal, Thunder Rosa defeated Riho to advance to Monday’s final against Nyla Rose. That match will air on AEW’s Youtube channel at 7 PM Eastern.

The winner of Rose vs. Rosa will go on to face Mizunami on Wednesday’s live AEW Dynamite in the tournament final. The winner of that match will go on to challenge AEW Women’s Champion Hikaru Shida for the title at Sunday’s Revolution pay-per-view.

Mizunami punched her ticket to the tournament final by submitting Maki Itoh and defeating Aja Kong by countout in the first two rounds before pinning Sakazaki on Sunday. Rosa claimed her spot in the U.S. final with pinfall wins over Leyla Hirsch and Riho.

AEW Women’s title eliminator match to air on Bleacher Report

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The Thunder Rosa vs. Riho quarterfinal in the AEW Women’s World title eliminator tournament will air for free on Bleacher Report on Sunday, February 28. 

AEW’s Tony Khan made the announcement on his Twitter account this evening. 

“The #AEW Women’s World Championship Eliminator Tournament USA semifinal bout featuring former AEW Women’s World Champion Riho vs. former NWA Women’s World Champion Thunder Rosa streams on Bleacher Report on February 28th on a free Sunday Special, one week before Revolution PPV!”

This will be the second AEW event to air on Bleacher Report this year, the first being the AEW Awards on January 27. That show aired exclusively on the Bleacher Report app. Khan did not make clear in his announcement whether the match would air on Bleacher Report’s website, or if it would also be exclusive to the app. 

In the tournament, Tay Conti vs. Nyla Rose, plus Britt Baker vs. Anna Jay are the remaining first round matches and will air on the February 24 Dynamite. 

Yuka Sakazaki, Emi Sakura, Ryo Mizunami and Aja Kong are the final four on the Japanese side of the bracket. Sakazaki vs. Sakura and Mizunami vs. Kong will air on AEW’s YouTube channel on Monday, February 22. 

Khan trumpeted the reach of Bleacher Report in subsequenttweets.

“This will be free worldwide for all fans on Bleacher Report, not BR Live for this show, back on BR Live domestic/FITE a week later for Revolution. It’s huge to get exposure on Bleacher Report available to millions of fans worldwide + a reminder Revolution is Sunday 3/7, not on Saturday.”

“With Bleacher Report’s 9.4M  Twitter + 14.8M Instagram followers, it’s a huge opportunity to introduce AEW & our great wrestlers to new fans by streaming such a high stakes bout between 2 of the best as part of a free Sunday Special. Thank you Bleacher Report for teaming with us.”