Hikaru Shida is your new AEW Women’s Champion.
Shida defeated Toni Storm on tonight’s 200th episode of Dynamite from Tampa. Storm nearly had the match won after spraying the challenger with spray paint and hitting Storm Zero, but Shida managed to kick out, then trapped Storm in a cradle pin to win the gold. This marks her second run as AEW Women’s Champion. Her first happened at the height of COVID, where she defeated Nyla Rose at Double or Nothing 2020 before dropping it to Britt Baker at Double or Nothing 2021.
Highlights from the matchup can be found below.
Hikaru Shida with a burst of energy on the comeback!
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— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) August 3, 2023
Ruby Soho with the distraction on the outside!
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— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) August 3, 2023
SO CLOSE!
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— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) August 3, 2023
Shida lays out The Outcasts on the outside!
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— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) August 3, 2023
#ANDNEW #AEW Women’s World Champion for the second time @shidahikaru! pic.twitter.com/pcze6TipVG
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) August 3, 2023
Full results to tonight’s AEW Dynamite can be found here.
