Willow Nightingale to defend AEW TBS title at Wrestle Queendom

Willow Nightingale
Willow Nightingale

Pro Wrestling EVE has announced that another AEW champion will defend her title at Wrestle Queendom this weekend. 

EVE broke the news on social media this afternoon that Willow Nightingale would be defending the TBS Championship this Sunday against Nina Samuels. They were sure to thank AEW CEO Tony Khan and AEW “for making this happen.”

Nightingale won the TBS Championship from Mercedes Mone at New Year’s Smash on December 31, 2025. She has defended the title twice since then. The first defense was against Julia Hart on Collision in January. The second was in a four-way against Marina Shafir, Megan Bayne, and Mina Shirakawa on Dynamite in February. 

Samuels, age 37, made her pro debut in 2014 and spent four years in the WWE developmental program in NXT UK. She has never wrestled Nightingale before, but has had one match in AEW, teaming with Kid Lykos II in a loss to Kris Statlander & Stokely Hathaway in a mixed tag team match on Collision in August of 2024. 

Wrestle Queendom VIII airs live on YouTube from the Indigo at O2 in London, England, on Sunday, March 8. The card so far, which now includes five full-time AEW wrestlers and a handful of others who have made frequent appearances for the promotion:

  • Sudden Death 16 Match: DASH Chisako vs. Amale vs. Miyu Yamashita vs. Jamie Hayter vs. Alexxis Falcon vs. 11 wrestlers yet to be named
  • EVE Tag Team Title Match: LALLIE (Hollie Barlow & Lana Austin) (c) vs. Charli Evans & a mystery partner
  • AZM vs. Safire Reed
  • TBS Championship: Willow Nightingale vs. Nina Samuels
  • Amira (w/Cassius) vs. Harley Cameron
  • NJPW STRONG Women’s Championship: Syuri vs. Alex Windsor
  • EVE International Championship: Kris Statlander vs. Charlie
  • EVE Championship: Rhio vs. Session Moth Martina
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