First AEW Women's Title Eliminator Tournament Match Set For Dynamite
AEW's blockbuster Women's World Championship Eliminator Tournament starts this Wednesday!
The first match in the upcoming AEW Women's World Championship Eliminator Tournament has been booked, as Leyla Hirsch wrestles former NWA Women's Champion Thunder Rosa on this week's episode of Dynamite.
The promotion announced the bout on Monday:-
No other contests have been confirmed for the competition yet, and there's no word on a timeframe either, though it was loosely announced on last week's Beach Break show that the Eliminator would play out during February. Hirsch vs. Rosa goes down on the United States side of the bracket, which also features Serena Deeb, Riho, Nyla Rose, Britt Baker, Tay Conti, and Anna Jay.
The other side of the tournament is comprised entirely of Joshi wrestlers. Emi Sakura, Aja Kong, Yuka Sakazaki, and Ryu Mizunami are returning to AEW after time away, while Veny, Mei Suruga, Rin Kadokura, and charisma machine Maki Itoh (destined to become thousands of peoples' new favourite wrestler through the tourney) will make their debuts.
Whoever wins the Eliminator gets a shot at AEW Women's Champion Hikaru Shida, who is currently in her native Japan producing bouts for the competition. There's no word on whether those matches will air on Dynamite or YouTube.