AEW: Women’s Tournament Special to Air, Two Matches Added to Dynamite

Feb 20, 2021

AEW Women’s Tournament

Tony Khan announced that the AEW Women’s World Championship Eliminator Tournament round 2 match between Thunder Rosa and Riho will air as part of an AEW special on Bleacher Report on Sunday, February 28. The air time wasn’t announced yet.

The #AEW Women’s World Championship Eliminator Tournament USA semifinal bout featuring former @AEW Women’s World Champion Riho vs. former @nwa Women’s World Champion Thunder Rosa streams on @BleacherReport on February 28th on a free Sunday Special, one week before Revolution ppv!

— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) February 20, 2021

With @BleacherReport’s 9.4M Twitter + 14.8M Instagram followers, it’s a huge opportunity to introduce @AEW & our great wrestlers to new fans by streaming such a high stakes bout between 2 of the best as part of a free Sunday Special. Thank you @BleacherReport for teaming with us

— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) February 20, 2021

According to Dave Meltzer, there will be two or three other matches also airing on the special, including the final match from the Japanese side of the bracket.

The tournament finals between the American and Japanese side will take place on the March 3 Dynamite, Meltzer said. The winner of the tournament will face Hikaru Shida for the title at the Revolution PPV on Sunday, March 7.

Four more tournament matches will air this Monday on YouTube at 7 PM ET:
– USA Round 1: Tay Conti vs. Nyla Rose
– USA Round 1: Britt Baker vs. Anna Jay
– Japan Round 2: Yuka Sakazaki vs. Emi Sakura
– Japan Round 2: Aja Kong vs. Ryo Mizunami