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AEW Dark Elevation results: Hikaru Shida vs. Emi Sakura, Mance Warner debuts

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Taped in Columbus, Ohio, with Mark Henry, Tony Schiavone and Madison Rayne on commentary. Schiavone introduced Rayne as the “head women’s coach” of AEW.

Hikaru Shida defeated Emi Sakura

Sakura won a slugfest early and chopped Shida into the corner, but Shida took her down with a shoulder block. 

The fight went to the floor and Sakura whipped Shida between the ring apron and the ringside barricade. Sakura had a great spot in the corner where she chopped Shida to the rhythm of “We Will Rock You.” If Excalibur and Taz were on commentary they would have called it the “We Will Chop You.”

Shida came back with a suplex and a running knee in the corner, then a dropkick in the corner. A brainbuster from Shida got a near fall. After some misdirection around the ring ropes, Sakura caught Shida with a double underhook backbreaker. 

Shida caught Sakura with a high knee and a sliding forearm for a near fall. Sakura hit a double underhook powerbomb for a near fall.

Sakura went for a double underhook again. Shida escaped, hit a hurricanrana, came off the top with a spin kick, and finished off Sakura with a knee strike for the pinfall.

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Jade Cargill and Stokely Hathaway came out to introduce themselves to Madison Rayne. Rayne was not impressed. Rayne announced she would be an in-ring competitor and suggested she’d challenge Jade Cargill. 

Cargill will be busy tomorrow night during Rampage, but Leila Grey will be available. Grey v. Rayne was made for Rampage tomorrow night.

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Mance Warner defeated Serpentico (w/ Luther)

Luther attacked Warner when the fight went to the floor, hitting a pump kick and throwing Warner into the ring barricade. Back in the ring, Serpentico choked Warner against the ropes and delivered a suplex. 

Warner came back with a pair of clotheslines and a big boot that Serpentico sold with a 360 bump. Serpentico came back with a flatliner for a near fall. Serpentico went for a powerbomb, but Warner escaped. 

Warner hit a clothesline, a running knee and a DDT to get the pinfall.

Tony Nese & Josh Woods (w/ “Smart” Mark Sterling) defeated Damian Chambers & Dean Alexander

Woods tossed around Chambers and buried knees into his midsection. Nese got a near fall with a stomach buster on Chambers, but Alexander slid in to break up the pinfall. 

Woods ran in and hit Alexander with a pair of stiff knees that took him out of the match. Chambers went to the top and Nese caught him with a flying uppercut. 

Woods got the tag, charged in with a forearm on Chambers, then rolled Woods up into a German suplex on Chambers to get the pinfall. Pretty brutal squash.

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A Mance Warner pre-taped promo about his match with Jon Moxley ended the show.

Final thoughts —

They can run  Elevation (or Dark) five nights a week if they keep it to 30 minutes. It was also a nice touch to set up a match on Rampage. 

Hikaru Shida ‘healthy,’ addresses AEW Owen Hart Tournament absence

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On Friday’s AEW Rampage, Tony Schiavone revealed in an in-ring promo segment that Hikaru Shida was injured following her recent street fight with Serena Deeb. 

As a result, she was being replaced by Kris Statlander in her Owen Hart Foundation Tournament match against Red Velvet next Friday.

However, the former AEW Women’s Champion seemed surprised by the news, taking to Twitter Friday to attempt to explain what appears to be miscommunication between her and AEW and that she is actually not hurt.

Shida is in Japan currently and has been in the ring four times since the Deeb match.

After first quote tweeting “What?” to AEW’s tweet with the announcement, Shida pointed out the aforementioned matches and her appearance in a MAKAI music show that involves choreographed fighting, but that “I seem to have been injured.”

An hour later, she wished Statlander good luck and that she was going to enjoy her “sudden holidays in Japan:”

Hours later, Shida tweeted another statement, saying that after the street fight, “a doctor check was required to participate in the Owen Hart Cup. And I couldn’t re-enter the country in time,” adding that she feels healthy.

It’s unknown when Shida will return to the U.S. for AEW, but it will not be in the Owen Hart Tournament when she does.

Hikaru Shida injured, out of AEW Owen Hart Foundation tournament

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Note: This story features spoilers for AEW Rampage, which will air this Friday.

Hikaru Shida is out of the women’s Owen Hart Foundation tournament, and Kris Statlander will replace her.

While interviewing Jade Cargill, Kiera Hogan, and Red Velvet on the AEW Rampage that was taped after Dynamite, Tony Schiavone announced that Shida was injured. As a result, Kris Statlander will be replacing Shida against Red Velvet in a quarterfinal match that will take place on next week’s Rampage. It wasn’t mentioned what kind of injury Shida had suffered.

Shida had originally defeated Julia Hart to qualify for the tournament back on the April 6 edition of AEW Dynamite. Her last match to date was for Oz Academy in Japan back on May 8, when she teamed with Hiroyo Mastumoto and Rina Yamashita in a losing effort against Maya Yukihi, Mayumi Ozaki, and Saori Anou.

The Owen Hart Foundation women’s tournament started tonight on Dynamite, with Toni Storm defeating Jamie Hayter to advance to the semifinals. Storm will face the winner of a Britt Baker/mystery joker opponent that will take place on next week’s Dynamite. 

AEW’s Hikaru Shida announced for TJPW Yes! Wonderland 2022

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AEW’s Hikaru Shida will return to Japan to take part in a TJPW event next month.

TJPW announced Shida and Moka Miyamoto vs. Maki Itoh and Miyu Yamashita for their Yes! Wonderland 2022 event set for Tuesday, May 3 at Korakuen Hall. The show will stream on the Wrestle Universe streaming service. Tickets for the event are on sale now. A video of the announcement can be seen below.

Shida, 33, last wrestled for TJPW in March, defeating Hikari Noa at the Grand Princess ’22 show. She also appeared at an Ice Ribbon event in March the same weekend, teaming with Tsukasa Fujimoto in a victory over Hamuko Hoshi & Makoto.

Shida defeated Julia Hart in a qualifying match for AEW’s Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament on the April 6 Dynamite in Boston, and teamed with Anna Jay and Ruby Soho in a trios match against The Bunny, Emi Sakura, and Raychell Rose at Wednesday’s AEW Dark: Elevation taping in New Orleans.

Hikaru Shida qualifies for Owen Hart Foundation tournament on AEW Dynamite

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Hikaru Shida has qualified for the women’s Owen Hart Foundation tournament.

Shida defeated Julia Hart to qualify. Hart played heel, choking Shida with her varsity jacket. The Varisty Blonds at ringside tried to calm her down, but Hart sent them to the back. Shida eventually won with the falcon arrow.

After the match, Serena Deeb’s music played. Shida caught Deeb before she could attack Shida from behind with a steel chair. The two stared down one another, a signal that their feud is still ongoing.

The first qualifying matches for the women’s Owen Hart Foundation tournament began last week on Dynamite, when Toni Storm made her debut for the promotion by defeating The Bunny. On Rampage last Friday, Jamie Hayter defeated Skye Blue to advance. Storm and Hayter had a confrontation on tonight’s Dynamite, with Hayter refusing to shake Storm’s hand.

Both the men’s and women’s tournaments will begin in May, with the finals taking place at Double or Nothing on May 29 in Las Vegas.

Hikaru Shida vs. Julia Hart Owen Hart Cup qualifier set for AEW Dynamite

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Another qualifying match for the Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament has been announced for this week’s AEW Dynamite. 

Hikaru Shida will face Julia Hart in the qualifier, deciding the third entrant in the women’s bracket. 

Toni Storm became the first entrant in the Women’s Tournament on last week’s Dynamite in her AEW debut, defeating The Bunny. Jamie Hayter then defeated Skye Blue on last week’s Rampage to become the second person to qualify. 

Shida has wrestled just twice for AEW so far this year, losing to Serena Deeb on Dynamite in January, then defeating Madi Wrenkowski on Dark: Elevation last month.

Five matches are now official for the Wednesday, April 6 Dynamite. The show will air live from Agganis Arena in Boston. 

The lineup: 

  • Owen Hart Foundation Men’s Tournament qualifier: Samoa Joe vs. Max Caster
  • Owen Hart Foundation Women’s tournament qualifier: Hikaru Shida vs. Julia Hart
  • Adam Cole vs. Christian Cage
  • Tables match: The Hardys vs. The Butcher & The Blade
  • ROH World Tag Team Championship & AAA Tag Team Championship: FTR (c) vs. The Young Bucks

Hikaru Shida returns to AEW on Rampage

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Hikaru Shida returned to AEW on tonight’s Rampage, attacking Serena Deeb. 

After Deeb defeated Leyla Grey in under a minute on Rampage, she continued to attack Grey. Shida ran in for the save, hitting Deeb with a kendo stick, hinting at a future match between Shida and Deeb.

Shida had been written out of AEW storylines in January. She and Deeb had been engaged in a program that saw Shida defeat Deeb in the TBS Championship tournament, but Deeb inflict a knee injury on Shida in the bout’s aftermath. Deeb then won a follow-up match after Shida was defeated in the TBS tournament. 

Shida had returned to Japan during her AEW hiatus to take part in the MAKAI Genesis stage, theater and dance production, where she played the role of Princess Tsuru.

Shida is currently set for two matches in Japan later this month, as she will face Hikari Noa at TJPW’s Grand Princess ’22 event at Sumo Hall in Ryogoku on March 19, then team with Tsukasa Fujimoto at Ice Ribbon’s March 20 show at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

AEW’s Hikaru Shida returning to Ice Ribbon for March event

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Hikaru Shida will take part in Ice Ribbon’s show at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on March 20. 

The announcement came during today’s Ice Ribbon event in the same venue. A video message from Shida played on the video wall during the event. Shida requested a tag team reunion with former partner Tsukasa Fujimoto at the March show. The duo previously held Ice Ribbon’s International Ribbon Tag Team Championship together on three separate occasions. 

The March return will mark Shida’s first match with Ice Ribbon since a December 2018 loss to Risa Sera. 

The day prior, Shida will wrestle at Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling’s Grand Princess ’22 event at Sumo Hall in Ryogoku. Shida is set to take on Hikari Noa at the show,

Shida went on hiatus from AEW last month and returned to Japan where she has also taken part in the MAKAI Genesis stage, theater and dance production, playing Princess Tsuru. 

A former AEW Women’s World Champion, Shida was written out of AEW storylines after a loss to Serena Deeb in January. Shida had defeated Deeb in the TBS Championship tournament first round, but Deeb then attacked Shida, leading to a storyline injury which hampered her in a quarterfinals loss to Nyla Rose. 

AEW’s Hikaru Shida vs. Hikari Noa set for TJPW Grand Princess ’22

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AEW’s Hikaru Shida has been announced for Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling’s Grand Princess ’22 event.

Shida is set to take on Hikari Noa at the show, the first for TJPW to be held at Sumo Hall in Ryogoku. The show will air live on the Wrestle Universe streaming service. 

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After a loss to Serena Deeb that wrote her out of AEW storylines in January, Shida has returned to Japan for an indefinite length of time to take part in the MAKAI Genesis stage, theater and dance production. Shida performs as Princess Tsuru in the MAKAI show.

Shida is a former AEW Women’s World Champion, holding the title for over a year. She defeated Nyla Rose for the Championship at Double or Nothing 2020, then dropped the title to Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. at Double or Nothing 2021. 

Shida also took part in the inaugural TBS Championship tournament in 2021. She defeated Deeb in the tournament’s first round, then lost to Rose in the quarterfinals.

Nyla Rose advances in TBS Championship tournament

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Nyla Rose has advanced in the TBS Women’s Championship tournament.

Rose submitted Hikaru Shida with a stretch muffler after interference from Serena Deeb, who attacked Shida’s leg. Shida continued to be competitive against Rose after the attack, but could not withstand the stretch muffler.

Deeb and Shida have been feuding ever since Deeb attacked Shida during a match with Shida’s 50th win trophy to prevent Shida from getting her 50th win that night. Shida then defeated Deeb in a rematch to advance past the first round of the TBS Championship tournament. Ever since, Deeb has appeared in the crowd for Shida’s matches.

With the win, Rose is the first to advance to the semifinals of the tournament. She will face the winner of the match between Kris Statlander and Ruby Soho. The matches to determine the other semifinal slot are Thunder Rosa vs. Jamie Hayter, which takes place on next week’s Dynamite, and Jade Cargill vs. Red Velvet, which takes place on Rampage this Friday.

HIkaru Shida advances in TBS title tournament on AEW Dynamite

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Hikaru Shida has advanced to the second round of the TBS Championship tournament. 

Shida defeated Serena Deeb in a first round matchup on AEW Dynamite. With the win, she advances to the second round and a matchup against Nyla Rose. 

Shida’s win was her 50th career AEW win. Deeb previously defeated Shida when she was going for that same 50th career victory. 

Following the first round match on Dynamite, Deeb continued to attack Shida, so Shida will have a storyline leg injury going into the second round match with Rose. 

The remaining first round matches in the TBS title tournament are The Bunny vs. Red Velvet, plus Anna Jay vs. Jamie Hayter. Jay vs. Hayter will take place on next week’s Dynamite. 

Ruby Soho has already advanced to the second round, where she will face Kris Statlander. 

Statlander, Rose, Jade Cargill and Thunder Rosa earned first round tournament byes by virtue of their position in the AEW rankings. 

Two matches announced for Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite

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New matches have been announced for AEW’s return to Wednesday nights.

Hikaru Shida vs. Serena Deeb in a opening round TBS Women’s Championship tournament match will take place this Wednesday at the Agganis Arena in Boston, Massachusetts. Preston Vance of the Dark Order will meet Jon Moxley in the World Title Eliminator tournament.

Shida and Deeb have been feuding in recent weeks after Deeb prevented Shida from obtaining her 50th singles win in AEW. After Deeb had defeated Shida, she attacked her, laying Shida out with the trophy that would have commemorated her 50th win. 

On tonight’s Rampage, Orange Cassidy defeated Powerhouse Hobbs in the World title eliminator tournament. The winner of the match between Moxley and Vance will move on to face Cassidy in the semifinals.

AEW Dynamite will return to Wednesday nights after moving to Saturday nights two weeks in a row due to NHL coverage on TNT. Dynamite on Saturday will have the start of the AEW Women’s title tournament with Ruby Soho facing Penelope Ford and two World title eliminator tournament matches: Dustin Rhodes vs. Bryan Danielson and Lance Archer vs. Eddie Kingston.

Three participants added to AEW All Out women’s Casino Battle Royale

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Three new participants have been added to the Women’s Casino Battle Royale that will take place at All Out.

AEW on social media confirmed this afternoon that Hikaru Shida and Emi Sakura have been added to the match. Later, Jade Cargill announced on AEW Dark: Elevation that she will be in the battle royal as well.

Nine participants have already been announced. They include Thunder Rosa, Tay Conti, Julia Hart, Big Swole, The Bunny, Red Velvet, Penelope Ford, Nyla Rose, and Diamante. 

Here is the current lineup for All Out pay-per-view, which takes place on September 5 in Hoffman Estates, Illinois:

  • AEW World Champion Kenny Omega vs. Christian Cage title match
  • AEW Women’s Champion Britt Baker vs. Kris Statlander title match
  • AEW Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks vs. Jurassic Express or Lucha Bros in a steel cage title match
  • AEW TNT Champion Miro vs. Eddie Kingston
  • CM Punk vs. Darby Allin
  • Chris Jericho vs. MJF with Jericho’s career on the line
  • Paul Wight vs. QT Marshall
  • PAC vs. Andrade El Idolo
  • Jon Moxley vs. Satoshi Kojima
  • Buy In pre-show: women’s Casino Battle Royale

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  • It was announced last night on Raw that Kyle O’Reilly vs. Pete Dunne vs. Johnny Gargano will open tonight’s NXT. The winner of the match will face NXT Champion Karrion Kross at TakeOver: In Your House on June 13.
  • An angle aired on WWE’s social media this afternoon between Hit Row and Drake Maverick & Killian Dain.
  • Kavita Devi has denied being released from WWE. She told the Hindustan Times regarding those reports: “I’ve read some of those reports, and they aren’t accurate. I have been back at home in India since January. My husband contracted Covid earlier this year and I needed to be here with my family, I chose not to go back to America. Everyone at WWE has been incredibly supportive, I am filled with gratitude for everything they have done for me. I have also had an ACL injury for over a year and have been unable to perform in the ring but WWE still supported me through all of that. They understand that India is where I need to be. We are working together on a new arrangement that allows me to be home, but still part of the WWE Universe.”
  • Sports Illustrated has an interview with Pete Dunne, who talks about tonight’s number one contender match.
  • Asuka on Twitter mentioned that she did motion capture work for the latest release of Virtua Fighter 5.
  • Booker T, Diamond Dallas Page, and Jerry Lawler will be a part of the Kansas City Comicon on August 20-22.
  • Brie and Nikki Bella spoke to Today about motherhood.
  • Full matches added to WWE’s YouTube page include Team Angle vs. Eddie Guerrero and Tajiri from Judgement Day 2003, John Cena and Randy Orton vs. Edge and Sheamus from the June 14, 2010 edition of Raw, and Braun Strowman & Finn Balor vs. Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler from the May 14, 2018 edition of Raw.

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  • AEW sent out a press release today announcing that Mark Henry had signed a multi-year deal with AEW. He was announced as the new analyst for AEW Rampage, which debuts in August.
  • The NWA announced that they will be allowing fans in for this weekend’s As Our Shadows Fall event as well as the TV tapings in Atlanta, Georgia. More information can be found here.
  • Discovery announced in a press release that their proposed name for their merger with WarnerMedia is Warner Bros. Discovery.
  • PWInsider reported that TJP has undergone surgery to repair a fracture of his nose. It took place after Impact’s recent TV tapings and is not expected to miss time. 
  • Hikaru Shida responded on Twitter regarding the situation over the weekend where AEW Spanish announcer Willie Urbina was fired after mocking her accent: “I didn’t wanna talk about this before my big day, so let me tell you now. I don’t give a s*** what other people say about my race because I love it and I proud of it, and because I know which is fool. I don’t even feel anger. So don’t need to worry about me Smiling face with smiling eyes Thank you.”
  • Miho Abe, Taichi’s manager who has been absent during much of the pandemic, returned to NJPW during this morning’s Road to Dominion event, accompanying Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr. who ended up defeating Guerillas of Destiny to win the IWGP Tag Team titles.
  • In an interview with WrestlingInc, Anthony Ogogo mentioned that, without mentioning them by name, that he didn’t watch WWE as much after Raw moved to 3 hours: “When I was going to make a bridge from boxing to wrestling I was watching all the wrestling everywhere. Because I wanted to become a wrestler so I had to watch it to know what to become. And when they got the three hours, I didn’t watch it as fervently because it’s too long. Two hours is the perfect time for a wrestling TV show. It’s exciting, it’s action packed and the third one hour show will be even more exciting. Even more action packed with all the same talent and half the time to fit it in. So it’s good, it’s going to be really good.”
  • Cody Rhodes has released a new t-shirt in honor of Pride Month. All proceeds in June will go to the National Center For Transgender Equality.
  • The latest episode of Sammy Guevara’s vlog.

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AEW Spanish language announcer fired after mocking Asian accent

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This story was updated at 12:45 PM Eastern.

AEW Spanish language announcer Willie Urbina has been fired following his mocking of Hikaru Shida’s accent during Friday’s live Dynamite, caught on a live mic.

Dave Meltzer reported the release on Twitter. No other details are available at this time.

The audio could be heard during a commercial break on FITE.tv’s broadcast for international viewers prior to the segment celebrating the AEW Women’s champion’s one-year reign as titleholder. 

Urbina, Alex Abrahantes, Thunder Rosa and Dasha Kuret’s mics were left on during the break when Abrahantes instructed Urbina to “Do Shida” as in translate her promo. Urbina then twice did a stereotypical imitation of an Asian accent following by Rosa and Kuret jokingly telling Urbina (a former Spanish language announcer for TNA) to stop.

The clip gained steam overnight thanks to a tweeted clip of the audio directed at both AEW and Tony Khan.

As of now, neither AEW, the announce team or Shida has commented publicly about the incident. AEW’s Double or Nothing Fan Fest begins at noontime Eastern Saturday, so there is a possibility of some kind of comment during the day.