As we know, the episodes of AEW Rampage are pre-recorded by AEW after the episodes of AEW Dynamite and obviously, you can already find previews and spoilers of what will happen on Friday in the episode. This time, however, the spoiler tells us about a Hikaru Shida who unfortunately seems to have been injured during the Philly Street Fight against Serena Deeb and for this, she will no longer be able to continue in the women's tournament dedicated to the memory of Owen Hart.
In fact, on May 11, during the AEW Rampage tapings after Dynamite, Tony Schiavone conducted an interview with Jade Cargill and The Baddies during which he announced that Shida suffered an injury during his Philly Street Fight with Serena Deeb and not.
would be able to compete in the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament. The former AEW Women’s Champion should have faced Red Velvet in the quarter-finals, which as we know is part of the Baddies, hence perhaps the decision to announce him at that juncture.
No further details were provided on the injury situation, but it should be noted that at the moment Hikaru Shida is in Japan and has been fighting regularly for a few days now, so probably the excuse for the injury is a storyline to cover the not being in the US right now.
AEW dreams big
Cody Rhodes returned to WWE after almost six years at WrestleMania Night 1 to face Seth "Freakin" Rollins. As soon as Kingdom by Downstait was played at the AT&T stadium, the crowd went up on their feet.
For weeks, it was speculated that Rhodes would sign with WWE after his departure from AEW. With the appearance at WrestleMania, the rumors have been confirmed. In addition to the news of the injury, we were also told that it will be the alien Kris Statlander who will take his place in the tournament and therefore will go up against Red Velvet with whom he was fighting as a tag team until a few weeks ago.
The two have never faced each other in the ring, but joining forces have won four matches. Then Red Velvet, probably also due to Leyla Hirsch's injury, was moved alongside Kiera Hogan to join in support of Jade Cargill, as her triangle with Kris Statlander and the Russian wrestler was abruptly ended.
The American Nightmare is a former three-time TNT Champion. Throughout his tenure, Rhodes was involved in spectacular matches against Sammy Guevara and the late Brodie Lee.
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