Published: May 14, 2022 by Connel Rumsey | Last Updated: May 14, 2022 by Connel Rumsey
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Former AEW Women’s World Champion Hikaru Shida was pulled from the Women’s Owen Hart Foundation tournament on tonight’s episode of Rampage, with Kris Statlander taking her place against Red Velvet on next Friday’s (May 20) episode.
Shida was announced as suffering an injury during her Philadelphia Street Fight with Serena Deeb on April 27. However, Shida has been wrestling matches for various Japanese promotions this past week, including one match for over an hour and a half.
Shida took to Twitter following tonight’s show to react to the announcement of her injury, where she seemed to imply that she was not pulled due to injury.
She wrote:
Well…. I already had 4 matches after the street fight and just finished the greatest fighting musical show. But I seem to have been injured… Japanese wrestling is nothing for them. I’m so sorry. And sorry couldn’t be in the tournament too.
Shida seems to be implying that, given she has been wrestling in Japan all week, that she is not injured at all, and that AEW didn’t tell Shida she was being pulled due to a storyline injury.
The real reasons for Shida’s removal from the tournament remain unclear.
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