AEW announced that they have signed freelance Japanese wrestler Hikaru Shida, who has wrestled for various promotions.
Welcome to the Team@shidahikaru is #AllElite #AEW pic.twitter.com/xdHgG33i5s
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEWrestling) April 9, 2019
Hikaru wrestled in a few intergender matches with Kenny Omega in Japan in the past and the two also previously were “romantically linked.”
Check out an Asuka & Kenny Omega vs. Hikaru Shida & Masato Tanaka match below.

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