Former Title Contender Returning To AEW Soon

Former title challenger buys a one-way ticket back to AEW...

by Andy H Murray
Riho Emi Sakura
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Emi Sakura is coming back to All Elite Wrestling.

The former AEW Women's World Title contender tweeted the following on Sunday, calling out the company's women's division after revealing she had bought a one-way ticket to the United States:-

I decided to go to America with a one-way ticket. Please look forward to what happens to #ChocoPro from now on. We are, ChocoPro & we like a challenge. Now #AEW Women Division, you better be ready, Emi Sakura’s looking at the top & @RealBrittBaker looks very interesting.

The Gatoh Move promoter and joshi veteran has nine matches on her AEW resume already, having debuted alongside Yuka Sakazaki and opposite Riho, Hikaru Shida, and Ryo Mizunami at Double Or Nothing 2019. Sakura's most famous run came later that year, as she emerged as a contender for Riho's AEW Women's World Title, falling to her student at Full Gear.

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Sakura last competed for AEW as part of the Women's World Championship Eliminator Tournament in February, competing exclusively in her native Japan. A first-round win over VENY brought Emi to a semi-final against Sakazaki, which she lost.

AEW is yet to formally announce Sakura's comeback and it's currently unclear when, exactly, she will be back on television. In returning, she will be following in Sakazaki's footsteps - the Tokyo Joshi Pro standout came back to AEW following her own lengthy absence earlier this month.

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Andy has been with WhatCulture for six years and is currently WhatCulture's Senior Wrestling Reporter. A writer, presenter, and editor with 10+ years of experience in online media, he has been a sponge for all wrestling knowledge since playing an old Royal Rumble 1992 VHS to ruin in his childhood. Having previously worked for Bleacher Report, Andy specialises in short and long-form writing, video presenting, voiceover acting, and editing, all characterised by expert wrestling knowledge and commentary. Andy is as much a fan of 1985 Jim Crockett Promotions as he is present-day AEW and WWE - just don't make him choose between the two.