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Ryo Mizunami on her way back to AEW

Ryo Mizunami

Ryo Mizunami took to Twitter to announce her return stateside and to the AEW ring. Mizunami wrote in her post: “I’m going to the United States to wrestle AEW again I’m looking forward to seeing everyone in America” Mizunami last wrestled in AEW earlier this year as part of the Women’s World Championship Eliminator Tournament. … Read more

Ryo Mizunami among several Japanese wrestlers who have tested positive for COVID-19

Several wrestlers from the Japanese wrestling scene have tested positive for COVID-19. Ryo Mizunami, who has been seen in AEW and won the AEW Women’s Title Eliminator Tournament earlier this year, is one on this list. According to PWInsider, she tested positive on July 26 and currently is hospitalized. She has developed pneumonia. Japanese wrestling … Read more

Abadon picks up a win against Ryo Mizunami on Elevation; List of matches for AEW Dark

Abadon picks up a big victory on Monday night’s AEW Dark: Elevation against Ryo Mizunami. Other than Mizunami’s loss against AEW Women’s World Champion Hikaru Shida back in March, she has been very successful at picking up consistent wins. These wins come regardless if she is in singles competition or recently teamed with Leyla Hirsch. … Read more

Additional matches added to tonight’s Dark Elevation plus Rising Star segment for Leyla Hirsch

Tonight’s AEW Dark: Elevation has just received some additional women’s matches to the card. As already reported, a big tag team match between Red Velvet/Big Swole vs. Nyla Rose/Madi Wrenkowski was announced. In addition, Kris Statlander will be in action against Tesha Price. Statlander will also be in action on this week’s Dynamite on Wednesday … Read more

Britt Baker in action on AEW Dark: Elevation

Britt Baker AEW

The face of the AEW women’s division Britt Baker returns to the ring for the first time since her groundbreaking performance on March 17th. Baker and Thunder Rosa set the wrestling on fire with their ‘Unsanctioned Lights Out Match’, which headlined the St Patrick’s Day themed AEW Dynamite. Baker returns to action to face Alex Gracia in the … Read more

Red Velvet to be featured on Dark: Elevation as “Rising Star”

The second episode of AEW Dark: Elevation takes place this Monday on March 22 and Red Velvet will be showcased. She is being listed to be featured as a Rising Star profile. There aren’t any other details for what this may entail at this time. Red Velvet has been a mainstay for AEW since she … Read more

Maki Itoh makes her successful U.S. AEW debut; Hikaru Shida retains at Revolution

Maki Itoh made her debut for AEW in the United States over the weekend at Revolution. Originally not part of the card, Itoh joined Britt Baker as they faced Thunder Rosa & Riho on the Buy In. Itoh replaced Rebel. AEW fans first saw a glimpse of Itoh during the recent Women’s World Title Eliminator … Read more

AEW Revolution Discussion Post: 03.07.21

Hikaru Shida

Update: Rebel has been removed from the tag team Buy In match. Britt Baker’s partner ended up becoming Maki Itoh. AEW’s first pay-per-view of the year, Revolution, kicks off in just a few hours. The card features the winner of the AEW Women’s World Championship Eliminator Tournament, Ryo Mizunami, challenging the champion Hikaru Shida for the … Read more

AEW Revolution; Preview and Predictions

Hikaru Shida

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

Jade Cargill picks up a victory in her AEW debut; Ryo Mizunami wins tournament and title shot

Main Photo Credit: AEW Ever since Jade Cargill walked into AEW and unleashed a verbal assault on Cody Rhodes in November she has captivated AEW fans. Since then everyone has been waiting to see what Cargill is all about and how she would hold up in the ring. Putting her money where her mouth is, … Read more

Nyla Rose will battle Ryo Mizunami on Dynamite to determine who faces Hikaru Shida at Revolution

There is officially one match left in the AEW Women’s World Championship Eliminator Tournament. Over the weekend Ryo Mizunami won the final match of the Japan brackets by defeating Yuka Sakazaki. Tonight, Nyla Rose became Mizunami’s opponent after she took out Thunder Rosa in the U.S. Finals. This match will take place this Wednesday, March … Read more

Thunder Rosa advances while Ryo Mizunami wins the Japan Finals in AEW tournament

We are now down to three women who are vying for a shot to face Hikaru Shida for the AEW Women’s World Title at Revolution on March 7. After the matches that aired tonight on Bleacher Report in the AEW Women’s World Eliminator Tournament,  Ryo Mizunami won the Japan Finals by defeating Yuka Sakazaki. She … Read more

Updated brackets for the AEW Women’s World Title Eliminator Tournament

AEW showcased four women’s matches for the AEW Women’s World Title Eliminator Tournament tonight on YouTube. The matches that were included were the two semi-finals matches for the Japan side of the brackets and the last two first-round matches for the U.S. side. Below are the results of the advancements: Nyla Rose defeated Tay Conti … Read more

Four women advance in Japan’s first-round of AEW’s Women’s World Title Eliminator Tournament

Tonight on YouTube was the first-round for the Japanese side of the AEW Women’s World Title Eliminator Tournament brackets. This tournament has been separated into a United States side and a Japan side to determine a number one contender for the AEW Women’s World Championship. The four matches that aired included the following: Yuka Sakazaki … Read more

Double or Nothing results, Awesome Kong is All Elite

Double or Nothing

AEW had their first event this weekend live from Las Vegas. The Double or Nothing pay-per-view has been a highly anticipated debut event for the newly formed organization. There were two women’s matches on the card that involved several female talents. The first match had quite a surprise to many. That surprise was Awesome Kong. … Read more

SHIMMER Volumes 84 & 85 Results

[media-credit name=”SHIMMER” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] SHIMMER has concluded tapings for their upcoming 84 and 85 DVD volumes. Results below, courtesy of @pwponderings via Twitter. Volume 84 * Nixon Newell defeated Veda Scott in a rematch from Volume 81. * Yumi Ohka and Melanie Cruise defeated Solo Darling and Scarlett Bordeaux after Cruise tombstones Bordeaux. * Arisa … Read more

SHIMMER Volumes 81, 82, & 83 results

[media-credit name=”SHIMMER” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Taping is underway for Shimmer 81 – 85 this weekend in Chicago, Illinois. Here are results for the 81 – 83 events courtesy of 411Mania and PWInsider. SHIMMER Volume 81: * Veda Scott defeated Nixon Newell * Shayna Baszler defeated Rhia O’Reilly * Kellie Skater defeated LuFisto, Shazza McKenzie and Vanessa … Read more

Matches announced for SHIMMER 81 event

[media-credit name=”SHIMMER” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] SHIMMER kicks off their three day weekend event in Chicago tomorrow, June 24th, with SHIMMER 81. In addition to the match-up between Jessicka Havok and a debuting Viper, three championships will be on the line. https://twitter.com/SHIMMERwomen/status/745811125309104129 SHIMMER Champion Madison Eagles will defend her title against Courtney Rush. Tonight has us in … Read more

Joshi Wrestling Weekly (March 22nd, 2016): Maki Narumiya Retirement Set

[media-credit name=”Photo: Battle-news.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”640″][/media-credit] Welcome back to a new edition of Joshi Wrestling Weekly! Today we are going to discuss the latest events in Japan, including a big Stardom show, a new ICExInfinity Championship, and Maki Narumiya‘s upcoming retirement!   Joshi Wrestling News   Photo: battle-news.com After having her last match in Ice Ribbon, Maki Narumiya announced plans for … Read more

Joshi Roundup for October 21st, 2015: Weekly Look at Women’s Wrestling in Japan

[media-credit name=”Photo: battle-news.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Welcome back to another edition of the Joshi Roundup! We are back with results and news from Japan, as well as a closer look at legend Dump Matsumoto!   Joshi News Photo: battle-news.com Ice Ribbon continues to battle injuries, as not only has Aoi Kizuki not recovered from her knee … Read more

Photos: Ayumi Kurihara Retires

Several months after announcing her impending retirement, Ayumi Kurihara has finally hung up her wrestling boots. Ayumi made the tough decision to retire after incurring several nagging injuries, the worst of which was one to her clavicle. On her way out, she made one last appearance for SHIMMER Women Athletes in April, wrestling Mercedes Martinez … Read more

News in Brief: Rebecca Knox Returns to Wrestling, Update on the Sarita-CMLL Relationship, Talent Announced for SHIMMER & More

Diva Dirt is back with another fix of news, notes and tidbits in the world of women’s wrestling. Check it out below: 25-year old Irish wrestler Rebecca Knox returned to wrestling yesterday. For Fight Factory Pro Wrestling, she teamed up with Katey Harvey and B. Cool to take on Lucy Lasso, Danger Dawn and Captain … Read more

News in Brief: Names Added to SHINE + SHIMMER, Full Card for BLOW Announced, New Champions in Ice Ribbon & More

Diva Dirt is back with another fix of news, notes and tidbits in the world of women’s wrestling. Check it out below: New names are set to debut for SHINE Wrestling at their fourth event on October 19 at The Orpheum: SHIMMER stars Davina Rose, Kellie Skater, Shazza McKenzie and Rhia O’Reilly, as well as … Read more

News in Brief: New Names Added to SHIMMER, International Talent to Debut for PWWA, Veda Scott to Japan & More

Diva Dirt is back with another fix of news, notes and tidbits in the world of women’s wrestling. Check it out below: RingStars announced this morning that Veda Scott will make her Japanese debut on October 7th at Joshi4Hope IV against Yuhi. Veda Scott, an interviewer for Ring of Honor and a regular in SHIMMER … Read more

Ryo Mizunami to Debut for SHIMMER & NCW Femmes Fatales, Talent & Matches Announced

Fans attending the SHIMMER Women Athletes and NCW Femmes Fatales’ tapings in late October/early November are in for a treat – joshi star Ryo Mizunami has just been announced as a debutante for both promotions. SHIMMER says of Mizunami: [notice]”Ryo Mizunami comes to us from the Pro-Wrestling WAVE promotion in Japan, through the assistance of … Read more