10 Best AEW Matches So Far
9. Riho Vs. Nyla Rose - AEW Dynamite (12th February)
Having already put on a stellar match for the AEW Women's Championship on the inaugural episode of Dynamite, Riho and Nyla Rose raised the bar yet again with this sensational show-stealer to crown a new champion.
Despite Riho's lithe, diminutive stature, she worked a classic underdog match of speed versus power opposite the juggernaut that is Nyla Rose. The near falls in this contest tricked fans into believing it was all over on numerous occasions; Rose hitting a death valley driver from the top rope wasn't enough, neither was Riho's northern lights suplex, and when Riho's top rope double foot stomps couldn't keep Rose down for three, the writing was on the wall.
One bone-shaking spear followed by a sit-out powerbomb from the challenger and Nyla Rose was crowned the new AEW Women's champion. Question marks were, quite rightly, raised over the women's division in AEW early on, but this epic served to put some of those doubts to rest.