Hikaru Shida ‘really happy’ AEW women’s main events have become more common
Hikaru Shida is “really happy” that women’s main events have become more common in AEW.
This past Saturday, Shida headlined AEW Collision by defeating Queen Aminata, Serena Deeb, and Thunder Rosa in a four-way number one contender’s match. The victory confirmed that Shida will challenge Mercedes Mone for the TBS Championship at All Out this Saturday (September 7).
Shida said during a gaming stream last night that main eventing an AEW television show was once her dream. She’s happy to see that women’s main events have become normalized. Shida has now headlined Dynamite, Rampage, and Collision multiple times each.
“I won the four-way match, and it announced the title match on AEW All Out next week,” Shida said. “I also feel so happy that the women’s match got the main event [of Collision]. Actually, a few years ago my dream was doing the main event on a TV show, but these days it’s getting [to be] normal, right? I’m really happy about that.”
Main eventing a pay-per-view for the first time is a milestone that’s still left for the AEW women’s division to accomplish. In ROH, Athena has headlined PPVs against Willow Nightingale and Billie Starkz.
Shida is a three-time AEW Women’s World Champion. She’s looking to win her first TBS title against Mone.
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