Posted on 4/03/126 by Colin Vassallo
Hikaru Shida returned to AEW last night on Collision,
answering Willow Nightingale’s TBS title open challenge.
The Japanese star had been absent from AEW television for
498 days, with her last match for the company coming on
November 20, 2024.
Shida came up short in snatching away the title from
Nightingale though, with Nightingale defeating her to retain
in just over nine minutes.
While away from AEW, Shida did wrestle a dozen of matches,
all of which were in Japan. The reason why she hasn’t been
seen much on AEW TV over the last several months is because
of a visa issue and the length it took to get her U.S.
working visa renewed. Shida returned to the United States in
October of last year but it took six months for her first
appearance on AEW TV.