Four AEW Women’s title eliminator tournament matches set for Monday
As expected, the AEW Women’s title eliminator tournament will roll on this Monday on YouTube and will include two matches from the U.S. side of the bracket.
Nyla Rose (with Vickie Guerrero) will face Tay Conti while Britt Baker will take on Anna Jay in the U.S. bracket. The winners will then face off in a semifinal match.
On the Japan side, Aja Kong will square off with Ryo Mizunami while Yuka Sakazaki vs. Emi Sakura will go to battle, all from the Ice Ribbon Dojo in Saitama. The winners will advance to the Japan bracket finals.
This past Monday, Kong defeated Rin Kadokura, Mizunami defeated Maki Itoh, Sakazaki defeated Mei Seruga and Sakura defeated Veny in the opening round.
In her return to the company Wednesday, former AEW Women’s Champion Riho advanced to the semifinals with a win over NWA Women’s Champion Serena Deeb and will face Thunder Rosa at a date to be determined.
The winner of the tournament will face current Women’s Champion Hikaru Shida at Revolution on Sunday, March 7th.
Since 2011, Josh has been a contributing editor to Wrestling Observer/F4WOnline.com and also hosts the Punch-Out podcast. He has also written for Fight Magazine, Bloody Elbow, Bleacher Report, and other websites. He's a 2000 graduate of the University of Maine, worked in pro sports, and once was an indie ring announcer.