This week’s AEW Dynamite aired on Tuesday due to MLB action on TBS. During the “Title Tuesday” episode, Toni Storm was tasked with defending her interim AEW Women’s Championship against former champion Hikaru Shida. The women’s bout aired early in the night, taking place in the second match. After lots of back and forth as … Read more
Riho becomes the seventh name qualified for the upcoming Owen Hart Foundation Tournament. She defeated Yuka Sakazaki in the last qualifying match on the May 6 episode of AEW Rampage. The victory has now put the brackets into focus as seven of the eight women have qualified. the eighth spot will be a ”Joker” meaning … Read more
The next Owen Hart Foundation Tournament qualifier match is set for this Friday on AEW Rampage. There have been six women qualified up to now and the seventh will be decided at the special time of 5:30 PM ET on May 6. Yuka Sakazaki will take on Riho as the two battle to enter the … Read more
The first-ever AEW Women’s World Champion Riho is said to be making her return to the ring shortly. Riho has been out with an injury since she challenged for the championship against then-champion Dr. Britt Baker at the first Battle of the Belts event in January. Reports indicated that she had broken her collarbone during … Read more
Former AEW Women’s World Champion Riho has confirmed that she has suffered a collarbone injury and has returned to Japan. On social media, Riho originally post a photo of her arm in a sling stating that she is taking a rest. She further confirmed the injury in a post she made today. Per Riho’s Twitter … Read more
AEW launch their inaugural TNT special Battle of the Belts tonight and as the name suggests features a night of matches with championships on the line. Britt Baker defends her AEW Women’s World Championship against the first-ever champion, Riho. Since winning the title at last year’s Double or Nothing PPV, Baker has proven herself to … Read more
Dr. Britt Baker will be defending her AEW Women’s World Title against Riho at the Battle of the Belts which will take place on Saturday, Jan. 8. It will take place on the TNT Network. Riho earned her shot at the championship after defeating Baker in a non-title match just a few weeks ago. If … Read more
Riho earned an AEW Women’s World Championship match after defeating the champion Dr. Britt Baker two weeks ago on Dynamite in a non-title match. The opportunity presented itself from Riho never being eliminated during the All Out Casino Battle Royale which Ruby Soho went on to win. Although Riho has become the number one contender, … Read more
On this week’s AEW Rampage, Riho went one-on-one with AEW Women’s World Champion Dr. Britt Baker in a non-title match. The match named, ‘Black Friday Deal Match’ was Riho finally getting her chance to earn a championship opportunity. At All Out in September, while taking part in the Casino Battle Royale Match, Riho was never … Read more
Thunder Rosa defeated Jamie Hayter on this week’s AEW Dynamite to advance in the TBS Women’s Title Tournament. Rosa headed into the match with a near perfect 29-1 record in her last 30 matches so the writing may have been on the wall for Hayter. However, with Rebel and the AEW Women’s World Champion Britt … Read more
Former and first AEW Women’s World Champion Riho has been confirmed as the 20th name for the Casino Battle Royale that takes place this Sunday at All Out. This was confirmed by Tony Khan in a media call that took place today. Riho rounds out all of the names that are likely to be announced. … Read more
Yuka Sakazaki makes her return to the AEW ring for the first time in five months. Last month Tokyo Joshi Pro announced the ‘Magical Girl’ was returning stateside to return to AEW. Her comeback match takes place on the first-ever edition of Dark: Elevation outside of Daily’s Place. The matches were filmed before Dynamite: Road … Read more
Tonight is a big night for AEW as the company has its third annual Double or Nothing event. There are two championship matches set for tonight. The first will be seen on the Buy In preshow as Serena Deeb defends her NWA World Women’s Championship against Riho. Deeb and Riho last clashed one-on-one in January … Read more
AEW has announced that fans will be getting a second women’s match at this Sunday’s AEW Double or Nothing event. It will be on the Buy In preshow and have the NWA World Women’s Championship on the line as the champion Serena Deeb defends against Riho. These two women last met in a match during … Read more
AEW launched their third show named AEW Dark: Elevation on YouTube tonight. It featured six women’s matches and Riho vs. Maki Itoh was the main event. The former AEW Women’s World Champion Riho picked up the win after Itoh missed a diving headbutt from the top. Riho took advantage with the Somato for the win. … Read more
AEW Dark: Elevation is set to make its debut and in its first main event will be the women of AEW. Elevation will be a third show for the company and will take place on Monday nights at 7 P.M. EST (U.S.). It will start this Monday, March 15. The advertised main event will be … Read more
AEW’s first pay-per-view of the year Revolution is nigh and it features two women’s matches to look forward too. The first is Thunder Rosa and Riho taking on Britt Baker and Reba/Rebel on the Buy-In. The second and most important match is AEW Women’s World Champion, Hikaru Shida facing the winner of the Eliminator Tournament, … Read more
The inaugural and former AEW Women’s World Champion is back on AEW Dynamite and she picked up a huge victory. Riho defeated the NWA World Women’s Champion Serena Deeb in a first-round match in the AEW Women’s World Title Eliminator Tournament. This tournament is to determine a number one contender for the women’s title against … Read more
AEW announced the first-round match for the inaugural Women’s World Championship Eliminator Tournament. In another first, the match will see NWA Women’s World Champion, take on former AEW Women’s World Champion, Riho. Last week reports stated that AEW was working on bringing Riho in for the tournament. This announcement confirms those reports and Riho took to Twitter … Read more
Former AEW Women’s World Champion, Riho could be back in AEW as soon as next month. In the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer reports that AEW is working on bringing back Riho in February. Recently AEW announced the first-ever Women’s World Championship Eliminator Tournament. The sixteen-woman tournament in which the winner becomes the number … Read more
Former AEW Women’s World Champion, Riho is reportedly no longer working with STARDOM. According to Dave Meltzer, the reason for the parting of ways is due to a clash of contracts. The report states that STARDOM is signing their talent to exclusive contracts, but Riho cannot do so because of commitments with AEW. Ever since her AEW … Read more
One year ago today Riho became the very first AEW Women’s World Champion. Today is the one-year anniversary of AEW Dynamite and on that show, Riho was crowned the inaugural women’s champion. AEW has been commemorating the events of last year while celebrating the flagship show’s first birthday. Riho would take on “The Native Beast” … Read more
AEW All Out is just around the corner and features an AEW Women’s World Championship match for the ages. NWA Women’s World Champion, Thunder Rosa challenges Hikaru Shida for the AEW Women’s World Championship. To get in the mood for what has the potential to be an incredible championship match, we have devised a list … Read more
Giulia is your new Wonder of STARDOM Champion. The leader of Donna Del Mondo defeated Tam Nakano in the tournament finals for the vacant title. The match took place at Cinderella Summer Tokyo at a sold-out Kurokuen Hall earlier today. A strong back and forth match saw both competitors push each other to their limits. … Read more
Mayu Iwatani is still your World of STARDOM Champion. She retained the title against Jungle Kyona on day 2 of STARDOM’s action-packed two-day event, Cinderella Summer in Nagoya, which took place July, 23 and 24. Cinderella Summer in Nagoya -Day Two Mayu Itwatani vs Jungle Kyona for the World of STARDOM Championship was the headline … Read more
STARDOM’s July 17 event from Korekuen offered up another action-packed and eventful show. Not only was the vacant Future of STARDOM Championship on the line in Three Way Match between Maika, Saya Iida and Saya Kamitani. But the first round of the tournament for the vacant Wonder of STARDOM Championship began too. Future of STARDOM … Read more