Ryo Mizunami defeated Nyla Rose on Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite to win the Women’s World title eliminator tournament.
With the win, Mizunami earned a title shot at Women’s Champion Hikaru Shida at this Sunday’s Revolution pay-per-view.
Following Mizunami’s win, Shida (sitting at ringside) presented Mizunami with a trophy to commemorate her tournament victory. The two then traded hard forearm shots before staring each other down.
Mizunami won the final by pinning the former Women’s Champion with a spear, German suplex, and a guillotine legdrop.
Mizunami’s tournament victory came after a submission win over Maki Itoh in the first round, a countout win over Aja Kong in round two and a pin of Yuka Sakazaki in round three.
Shida has held the title since last May’s Double or Nothing where she beat Rose in a no countout, no DQ match. This will be Shida’s first title defense since she defeated Abadon on the January 6th Dynamite.