Lineup change made to women’s AEW Blood & Guts match
Queen Aminata is officially out of next Wednesday’s AEW Blood & Guts match — the first one ever featuring the women of AEW.
Aminata was pulled off Wednesday’s Dynamite where she was set to challenge Megan Bayne in the first of a best-of three series to determine who will have the woman advantage in the bout. She was replaced by Mina Shirakawa who fell in defeat to Bayne.
Before the show began, AEW head Tony Khan said Aminata wasn’t medically cleared to compete after not being 100% in last week’s AEW Women’s Tag Team title quarterfinal match either. He cast doubt as to whether Aminata would even be able to compete in the double cage match.
A graphic shown at the top of the show made it official that Shirakawa was joining AEW Women’s World Champion Kris Statlander, Toni Storm, Jamie Hayter, Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron to take on Thekla, Skye Blue, Julia Hart, Marina Shafir, Bayne, and Mercedes Mone. Two bouts on Saturday’s Collision will determine the woman advantage.
It’s unclear if Aminata is still dealing with a knee injury she mentioned on her vlog in mid-October.
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