AEW Crown First Women's Champion On Debut Edition Of Dynamite
Riho and Nyla Rose steal the show, and the joshi star claims the gold.
Riho became the first ever AEW Women's Champion after an exhilarating encounter that comfortably stole the first ever episode of the company's new TNT vehicle.
An unlikely outcome considering the promotion's focus on Rose thus far (she has appeared on every pay-per-view and is heavily featured in the show's branding and promotional material), Riho's sold, sold and sold for the awesome monster Rose to build to her climactic and evocative victory. Winning with the double stop, she barely suppressed Rose for the three and took a further kicking afterwards, suggesting that the two may go again in the near future.
Going head-to-head with NXT's own Women's Title clash (in an act of serendipity or covert design), the contest was made all the more historic for both brands representing the league so proudly during important second hour slots. Fans will likely argue which match bettered the other, but both were roundly favoured as match-of-the-night efforts, highlighting again how hard so many wrestlers have worked to elevate it over the last decade.
A post-match scene saw Champion Riho and Michael Nakazawa (acting as her interviewer and interpreter) decked by Rose before Kenny Omega himself made the save.