Hikaru Shida is AEW Women’s World Champion once again.
During a special Title Tuesday edition of AEW Dynamite, Hikaru Shida received her awaited rematch against Saraya following the title change at AEW All In over a month ago.
The first half of the bout saw them stay evenly matched as they traded lots of strikes. A masked Ruby Soho then tried spraying Shida at ringside, but Shida sprayed her instead. As Soho attempted to retreat, Toni Storm attacked her from behind with a shoe. Storm then chased Soho through the crowd, allowing Saraya to attack Shida from behind.
After the break, Shida comes back with a jumping knee strike and a missile dropkick. Shida also planted Saraya with a stalling German suplex on the apron. Back inside, Saraya managed to hit two Knight Caps, but Shida kept kicking out.
Shida pulled out a Falcon Arrow, and after trading rolling pinfall attempts, Shida finally secured the three. She is now the first-ever three-time AEW Women’s World Champion.
Earlier in the night, we saw the premiere of Toni Storm’s silent film during a picture-in-picture commercial break.
Looking forward, Skye Blue vs. Emi Sakura has been announced for Friday’s Rampage.
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