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Tee Jay
  • 5/18/2025
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00:00A.W. Dynamite Beach Break continues, live from the Now Arena just outside of Chicago,
00:11and we are about to be graced by the presence of the A.E.W. Women's World Champion.
00:17That's about to sit for football, it's an A.W. Women's World Championship,
00:20the eliminator four-way match.
00:23They accompanied by Luzberg from Stage 7 at Warner Brothers Studios.
00:28She is the A.E.W. Women's World Champion,
00:35Timeless Tony Storm.
00:40Timeless Tony Storm, not content to rest on her laurels once again,
00:45engaging in an eliminator match.
00:47This was a scene last Wednesday night where Tony Storm,
00:50she withstood the test by Penelope Ford, Anna Jay, and Thunder Rosa.
00:54I mean, she has, she's been red hot as of late, Ian,
01:00but also putting herself in serious jeopardy in these eliminator situations.
01:04If she's, she doesn't even need to be involved in the finish
01:07for the winner of an eliminator to earn a shot at Tony Storm's A.W. Women's World Championship.
01:13She's been seeking challengers from all over the globe.
01:16And that continues here tonight.
01:28It's from Tokyo, Japan.
01:31Assuming!
01:32A talented young athlete, just 22 years of age,
01:37but nearly 11 years of in-ring experience in this past Friday night,
01:41New Japan's Resurgence event,
01:43assuming defeating Mercedes-Benz Mané and Mina Shirakawa
01:48to take the title that the New Japan Strong Women's Championship
01:52away from Mercedes,
01:54something that did not sit well,
01:56understandably so,
01:58with the TBS champion, Ian.
01:59No, Mercedes-Benz Mané did not factor into the decision,
02:03left stunned.
02:04Azumi,
02:05part of Neo Genesis,
02:07your new,
02:08New Japan Strong
02:10women's openweight champion,
02:12a lineage that includes Willow Nightingale,
02:14Mercedes-Benz Mané.
02:17Why don't you want me?
02:20Also, from Tokyo, Japan,
02:30Mina Shirakawa!
02:35Well, Azumi,
02:36a member of the Stardom Promotion in Japan,
02:38Mina Shirakawa,
02:39formerly of the Stardom Promotion,
02:41now wrestling her first match
02:43as an official member of the AEW roster.
02:46She is somebody that AEW fans know very well,
02:49and somebody that pushed time with Tony Storm,
02:51very nearly 200 limit at Forbidden Door last year.
02:54Oh, she's super talented,
02:56you know, no doubt about it,
02:57but I was more looking at Tony Storm.
02:59She's got really old school dance moves.
03:02Does Tony Storm there towards Mina's music.
03:04Interesting.
03:05I observe dancing.
03:06That's what I do.
03:09They're not just an analyst of the sport of Kings,
03:12but...
03:12Yes, I understand Kings.
03:14You know, the St. Queens, of course.
03:15That free-flowing movement is so critical
03:17to her offense.
03:29Great running to the right from
03:30Chicago, Illinois!
03:35Sky Blue!
03:38An eagerly anticipated return to action here tonight
03:43by none more so than Sky Blue,
03:47Chicago, Illinois native,
03:49nearly 10 months away from the ring due to injury.
03:54Now returning to action here tonight,
03:56and one victory away from earning a shot
03:58at Timeless Winter Storm in the AEW Women's World Championship.
04:01A huge moment for Sky Blue in the city
04:05where she was deemed to be all elite.
04:08Absolutely Excalibur.
04:10And, Taz, I'm not sure our fans know the extent
04:13to which the injury may have set other athletes back.
04:16We're talking about a broken fibula
04:18where plates and screws were required to fix the fibula.
04:22Had to relearn how to walk.
04:24As we are mixing things up here,
04:27Timeless Tony Storm and Sky Blue
04:28take it to the outside.
04:29Izumi and Mina on the inside now.
04:32Yeah, picking up right where they left off
04:33at New Japan's Resurgence event Friday night.
04:36Now, Mina...
04:37Wow!
04:38...got rolled up by Izumi.
04:40Izumi, also, the Artist of Stardom champion,
04:43is now bridging out.
04:45So, two championships in possession of Izumi.
04:48I mean, this is just...
04:50Wow.
04:51Look at Mina Shirakawa putting on the brakes,
04:53but it just goes to show you, Taz.
04:55Oh, wait a second.
04:56Whoa!
04:56Roll up there by Izumi.
04:57Mina transitions out.
05:00And Izumi able to kick out.
05:01Well, Mina, she's quite the showwoman for sure,
05:04but you've got to be careful
05:04because Izumi will take her out.
05:07Sweep of the leg there by Mina Shirakawa.
05:09Now on the outside, Mina Shirakawa,
05:13the D&T on the floor.
05:17And, Taz, think about this.
05:17You have the Artist of Stardom champion,
05:20the New Japan Strong women's champion,
05:22the Rev Pro champion,
05:24the Ring of Honor women's champion.
05:25All those title holders were vying for a shot
05:29over the last few weeks
05:31for Timeless Tony Storm
05:31and the AEW Women's World champion.
05:33Just speaks volumes about what that title means.
05:36Absolutely.
05:37You know, when you're a champion of any sorts in this sport,
05:40you are a target for sure.
05:42Storm knows that.
05:42And look at Sky Blue looking great
05:44after this long layoff from injury.
05:46And she's cooking here.
05:48Sky Blue, the DDT,
05:49mirroring what Mina Shirakawa did on the outside.
05:52But Izumi back into the ring,
05:54putting on the brakes for Sky Blue.
05:56Sky, though, elbow strike and roundhouse kick missed.
05:59Izumi misses with her kick.
06:01And this is a great sign for Sky Blue,
06:03keeping up the pace with Izumi,
06:04who likes to turn up the speedometer.
06:06Oh, goodness.
06:07And listen, coming back
06:08and throwing yourself right in this
06:10every woman for himself eliminator here.
06:12Thrawway, it's tough for Sky Blue,
06:14but she's looking pretty good
06:15except for that part right there.
06:16But rather than that,
06:17she was flying around pretty good.
06:19If anyone other than Timeless Tony Storm...
06:21Oh, and it earns the victory in this match.
06:24They will get a shot
06:25at the AEW Women's World Championship.
06:27And a lot of history
06:28between Mina and Tony Storm
06:31involved in almost a lover's triangle,
06:34lover's quarrel.
06:36Now the crystal ball.
06:39Double-thusk press there.
06:40And now,
06:41right hands being delivered
06:43by Mina Shirakawa
06:44and Timeless Tony Storm.
06:45And now Storm and...
06:50Oh, Mira, they...
06:51Oh, uh-oh.
06:54And these two connected
06:56through mutual tag-team partners.
07:00And Timeless Tony Storm,
07:02she spent a portion of her career
07:05competing in stardom.
07:06She is very familiar
07:08with Mina Shirakawa
07:10and Izumi as well.
07:11But Shirakawa, though,
07:13pouring on the punishment
07:14with the elbow strikes.
07:15And it is Mina
07:16who has got Tony Storm
07:19in the ropes.
07:20Looking for the Irish whip.
07:21No.
07:21Reversed.
07:22Oh, Izumi!
07:23So quick.
07:24And that was how Izumi
07:26took advantage of the situation
07:28at Resurgence
07:29and captured
07:30that strong women's title.
07:32Reversal there by Mina.
07:33Booth to the midsection
07:34on Tony Storm.
07:36The Cazadora rolls through
07:38and now into...
07:40Step through Grapevine.
07:41That's the old-school way
07:42of applying the figure four.
07:44Oh!
07:44The DDT on Izumi
07:46and Mina Shirakawa,
07:47the figure four,
07:48the champion,
07:49in the center of the ring
07:50in trouble.
07:51Super tight right there.
07:52Smart by Storm
07:53to get to that bottom rope
07:54to break the hold.
07:57Now frenetic pace
07:59to this AEW Women's World Championship
08:01Eliminator match.
08:02Izumi and Mina Shirakawa
08:04really setting the tone in that exchange
08:06to kick things off.
08:07Absolutely.
08:08And just what happened on Friday alone
08:10is enough to motivate both women, Taz,
08:12because the championship
08:13was almost in the grasp of Mina Shirakawa.
08:16Yeah, very close.
08:17And that motivates you even more
08:18when that happens.
08:19If you don't capture it,
08:20you keep staying hungry for it.
08:22Oh!
08:23Mina taking a huge risk
08:25and taking out
08:25Timeless Tony Storm
08:26on the outside
08:28as Izumi...
08:29Oh!
08:30Izumi was lining up
08:32Mina Shirakawa
08:33and then the crossbody
08:35taking down Timeless Tony Storm
08:36as soon as she got back
08:37to her feet.
08:38Wow!
08:39Sky Blue, though,
08:40connects with the kick, Ian.
08:41Yeah, Sky Blue,
08:43the last one standing.
08:44Nearly 10 months away
08:46from the ring
08:46and Sky Blue...
08:47Whoa!
08:48Not holding anything
08:50back here tonight.
08:52Sky Blue,
08:53the last woman standing
08:54and fans,
08:55the action
08:55on time on
08:56Breach Break.
08:57Breach Break continues.
08:58Don't go anywhere.
09:01If there was any doubt,
09:02any question
09:03about how that fibula
09:06is feeling,
09:06I think it's all been erased.
09:09Yeah, Taz,
09:10it would be...
09:10it would not be surprising
09:12if Sky Blue
09:13showed some hesitation,
09:14some trepidation
09:15to take those risks
09:16based on how she injured
09:18her leg last summer,
09:19but she is not
09:21holding anything
09:21back here tonight.
09:22No, and you can't.
09:23You know that.
09:24You can't.
09:24You've got to go full throttle
09:26no matter if you're off
09:2610 months or 10 days
09:28or 10 years.
09:29You've got to go full throttle,
09:30especially in a four-way match
09:32with three women,
09:34you know,
09:34if you're Sky Blue
09:35with three women
09:36that are world-class athletes.
09:38Not saying Sky's not,
09:39but you get my drift.
09:40She's the one who had the layoff.
09:42Yeah, this is all
09:42for an opportunity
09:43to earn a shot
09:44at Timeless Tony Storm.
09:47The most sought-after
09:50title in all of
09:52women's professional wrestling.
09:53You're absolutely right, Excalibur.
09:55when the Owen Hart Foundation
09:58tournament was announced.
10:00You hit the nail on the head.
10:02We had entrance from Ring of Honor,
10:03from Stardom,
10:04from New Japan Strong,
10:05from AEW,
10:07because...
10:07Title holders.
10:08Title holders,
10:08because the AEW women's title
10:10had taken in large part
10:13because of the schedule,
10:15because of the defenses,
10:16because of the legacy
10:17Tony Storm has built
10:19sits at the top of the mountain.
10:20Oh, no, no, no.
10:21Oh!
10:22Oh!
10:23Mina Shirakawa
10:24returning fire,
10:26delivering a chop
10:26to the champion.
10:29And now,
10:30Luther scurrying out of the way.
10:34Back inside the ring,
10:35Sky Blue and Izumi
10:36resuming their conflict,
10:38and they need to be careful,
10:39Timeless Tony Storm
10:40and Mina Shirakawa,
10:41because the match could end
10:43in between...
10:45or because of
10:46Izumi or Sky Blue,
10:47and they...
10:47Mina and Tony may not
10:48play factor in it.
10:49Certainly, that's a risk
10:50that I would not take,
10:52knowing that all four women
10:54can be in the ring
10:54at the same time.
10:55I'd want to be...
10:56Oh!
10:56I'd want to be in there
10:57to break up any pin attempt
10:58or submission attempt.
11:00We saw how quickly
11:00Mina got that figure
11:01forearm earlier.
11:04And now Sky Blue.
11:06Nice.
11:07That handstand
11:08into that forearm
11:08shot by Sky Blue.
11:11I would argue
11:12Sky Blue looking
11:13better and more athletic
11:15than she did
11:16even before the injury.
11:17There's some new confidence
11:18here.
11:19Well, you reinvent yourself
11:21when you have time off.
11:22You're rehabbing injuries.
11:24You could train differently.
11:25You could eat differently.
11:26You...
11:27You...
11:27Just...
11:28Things couldn't come back
11:29to you in a different way
11:30when you return.
11:31Oh!
11:32Suplex is being delivered
11:33all around the ring
11:35by all four competitors.
11:37And again,
11:38it keeps coming back
11:38to Sky Blue,
11:39the last on her feet.
11:40And there goes Izumi.
11:41Thanks...
11:42Izumi goes flying
11:43thanks to Sky Blue.
11:43Oh, now Tony's
11:44all over Sky Blue.
11:46Wow!
11:48Snap.
11:49Suplex.
11:49Now Mina...
11:49Mina's in...
11:51Not content to stand by.
11:53Mina Shirakawa
11:54delivers a suplex
11:55of her own.
11:56Taz, how come you never
11:57did that with your suplexes?
11:58I like my hips
11:59sworn that's good.
11:59I guess that's Mina.
12:00She's got these
12:01crazy-ass hips.
12:03Crazy hip, girl.
12:06I guess.
12:06I don't know.
12:07All four women down.
12:09Taz, that's as good
12:10of an answer
12:10as I could have expected.
12:11It's tough to, you know,
12:12I'm just trying
12:13to be humble.
12:15And what a bout
12:16we have at Beach Break.
12:18Luther getting
12:19the crowd going here.
12:21This Women's World
12:22Championship
12:22Eliminator match.
12:25A back-and-forth battle.
12:32Welcome back
12:33to AEW Dynamite
12:34Beach Break
12:35from the NOW Arena
12:36just outside of Chicago,
12:37Illinois.
12:37The four-way match.
12:38The AEW Women's
12:39World Championship
12:40Eliminator.
12:41Timeless Tony Storm.
12:42That woman
12:43that's under your screen.
12:43Mina Shirakawa.
12:45Azumi representing
12:46the stardom promotion
12:47in Japan.
12:47And Sky Blue
12:48returning to action
12:49after ten months
12:51away from the ring
12:51due to injury.
12:53And it was chaos
12:54during our picture-in-picture
12:56suplexes abound.
12:58Oh!
12:58And no woman
12:59got a decisive advantage
13:01during that point, Taz.
13:02And we're seeing it
13:02as all four women
13:03back to their feet.
13:04Yes, exactly.
13:05Again, like I stated earlier,
13:05all four ladies
13:07are fighting for themselves.
13:09And this is not
13:09a tag-team match.
13:10Trios, quad match,
13:11nothing.
13:12Oh, look at that shot!
13:13Azumi Aida.
13:14Hard forearm by Mina.
13:16Oh-hoo!
13:17And it's Mina
13:18and Sky Blue now!
13:20And Sky Blue,
13:21Chicago's own
13:22battling it out
13:23with Mina Shirakawa,
13:24center of the ring.
13:25And as reported
13:25by the Chicago Sun-Times,
13:27yesterday,
13:27the Byline Bank
13:28Argon Ballroom
13:29will host
13:30an exclusive
13:31multi-week residency
13:32of AEW Dynamite
13:33and Collision.
13:34You can get
13:34all the details
13:35on AEWTIX.com!
13:38Release German suplexes!
13:40Well, that's awesome
13:40about the residency
13:41because Chicago's
13:42always been
13:43an amazing wrestling town
13:45for decades,
13:46so I think that's great.
13:47I'm looking forward to it.
13:48Now, timeless Toni Storm,
13:50dealer's choice,
13:52lining up the hip attack
13:53for Sky Blue,
13:55one for Mina.
13:57The largest muscle
13:58in the human body.
14:00Oh!
14:00Another hip attack
14:02for Mina Shirakawa,
14:05now Azumi
14:06avoids,
14:08answers with the knee,
14:08Azumi.
14:10We mentioned this past
14:11Friday night,
14:13pinning Mina Shirakawa
14:14to win the
14:15New Japan Strong
14:16Women's Openweight Championship,
14:18a title held
14:18by Mercedes Manet.
14:19It was a three-way match
14:21and the champion
14:23was not pinned.
14:24That is the same
14:25type of situation
14:26that could occur here.
14:27Iana Azumi
14:27could escape
14:28with a shot
14:29at Titles Toni Storm's
14:30Women's World Championship
14:31by pinning
14:32either Sky Blue
14:33or Mina Shirakawa.
14:34And that would be
14:34absolutely incredible.
14:35What a week that would be.
14:36What a seven days,
14:37what a five-day period.
14:39But it's Mina right now
14:40with the advantage
14:41Chaz on Sky Blue.
14:42Yeah, for sure.
14:43Oh, you got to keep going, Mina.
14:44Don't stop.
14:45Sky's in trouble.
14:47Oh!
14:48Oh, my God.
14:49What a shot.
14:49A little dropkick
14:51from the champion
14:52and now
14:53back suplex
14:54by timeless Toni Storm.
14:56And
14:57sky high
14:58for Toni Storm
14:59on Sky Blue
15:00electing not to pin, though.
15:02As Mina
15:03sends the champion
15:04out to the apron
15:05roundhouse kick.
15:06Toni Storm
15:06goes down in a heap.
15:08Champ to the outside
15:10is Shirakawa
15:10and Sky Blue
15:11now,
15:11the last two in the ring.
15:12Sky, she was dazed
15:15by that Sky High
15:16but Mina
15:16answers that hook kick,
15:18that back heel kick.
15:20Now Mina.
15:21Wow!
15:22Went on the afterburners
15:23but she walked
15:24right into that
15:25thrust kick
15:26from Sky Blue.
15:26Sky looking for
15:27Code Blue.
15:29No, just a roll-up
15:30instead.
15:30One.
15:31No, Azumi
15:32look at that diving
15:33double foot stomp.
15:34Very dangerous maneuver.
15:35Sky Blue
15:36with eyes in the back
15:37of her head
15:37looking for the
15:38Code Blue here.
15:39No, Azumi
15:41avoids
15:42and delivers
15:42the roundhouse, Ian.
15:43And it is Azumi
15:44right back
15:46to the middle
15:46of the ring.
15:47Oh!
15:48Plant takes Sky Blue.
15:49Azumi
15:50has a chance
15:51to take it here.
15:52No!
15:53Toni Storm
15:54just in the nick of time.
15:55Great save there
15:56for herself.
15:5812-0
15:58as a champion
15:59in these
16:00eliminator bouts
16:01including last week's
16:03victory.
16:04That's timeless.
16:05Toni Storm.
16:06Oh!
16:07Storm!
16:08Zero!
16:09The near leg hook.
16:10Two!
16:11And now Mina
16:12there to break it up!
16:15And it's Mina
16:16and Toni Storm.
16:18And...
16:19Oh!
16:19Storm Zero
16:20avoided by Shirakawa.
16:22Oh!
16:22Rolling elbow strike!
16:24Toni Storm
16:25ducks the back fist.
16:26Now the big package!
16:28It's locked in!
16:28Wait a minute!
16:29One!
16:30Two!
16:31Three!
16:31Oh!
16:33Look at that!
16:35Here's the way
16:36Mina!
16:37Shirakawa!
16:41Timeless Toni Storm.
16:42Ian, as you mentioned,
16:43she was 12-0
16:45over the course
16:46of her career
16:47in eliminator matches
16:48until tonight.
16:49Until Mina Shirakawa!
16:51And...
16:51And...
16:51Toni Storm
16:52is shocked as anyone
16:53but...
16:54Mina Shirakawa
16:56not only won
16:57this match tag
16:58but she pitted
16:59the champion
16:59to do it!
17:00What a great reversal!
17:01Counted a small package
17:02with a small package!
17:04It's unbelievable!
17:05And now Mina Shirakawa
17:06has earned herself
17:08a shot
17:09at the AEW
17:11Women's World Championship
17:12and...
17:12Oh!
17:12Look at that!
17:13Wow!
17:14Double or nothing!
17:16It is getting spicy!
17:18Mina Shirakawa
17:19doesn't have to wait long
17:20get her shot as a champion!
17:21A rematch
17:22at Forbidden Door!
17:23Timeless Toni Storm
17:24being in Shirakawa
17:25AEW
17:26Women's World Title
17:27one week from Sunday!
17:28Like a rubble match!
17:29Let's be honest!
17:30Oh!
17:30You're right, Taz!
17:31It's gonna be
17:32a knock-down, drag-out
17:33I'm telling you!
17:34It has...
17:35On some level
17:36Timeless Toni Storm
17:36she had to know
17:37that this was a possibility
17:38she said
17:39she was not content
17:40to wait
17:40for Mercedes-Bene
17:42and Jamie Hayter
17:42to decide things
17:43in the Owen Hart finals
17:44at Double or Nothing
17:46but...
17:46Great effort from Mizumi
17:47who has had a great...
17:48Wait a second!
17:50Wow!
17:51Mercedes-Bene
17:52just came
17:54steaming in
17:55and struck Dazumi
17:56who's being helped
17:57to the back
17:57Retribution
17:58and a cheap shot
18:00look at that
18:00and locked in!
18:02A statement maker
18:03locked in here
18:05on the ramp
18:06and...
18:07You see Mercedes
18:08just saying
18:08you stole my tie
18:10Jamie Hayter!
18:12Jamie Hayter
18:13coming from behind
18:13getting revenge
18:15for what Mercedes
18:15did to her
18:16last Wednesday night
18:18and these women
18:19they will do
18:21battle in the finals
18:22of the 2025
18:23Owen Hart Foundation
18:25women's tournament
18:26out Double or Nothing
18:27with the winner
18:28getting a shot
18:29at the AEW
18:29Women's World Champion
18:30at All-In Texas
18:32and Hayter
18:32is lining up
18:33for Hayter
18:34and...
18:34Oh!
18:37Security
18:38breaking things up
18:40and we're getting
18:40a preview test
18:41of One Week
18:42from Sunday
18:42Absolutely
18:43Jamie
18:44She wants a piece
18:45of Mercedes
18:46Mercedes
18:47got out of Dodge
18:48Wow!
18:55Unbelievable
18:55Mercedes
18:56Monet trying to
18:57get back to her feet
18:58here
18:59But...
18:59It's happening