A three-time AEW Women’s World Champion whose first reign stretched a record 372 days, Shida built her reputation in AEW on stiff offense rooted in her real-life kendo background, having reached third-dan in the discipline. She also held the TBS Championship, losing it to Mercedes Mone at AEW All Out before her final 2024 AEW appearance, a loss to Kris Statlander on Dynamite in November.
After working through much of 2025 navigating visa issues, she was absent from AEW programming throughout the year before making her return. Now fully back, her best recent win came against Mina Shirakawa on the April 22, 2026 Dynamite, and she has since qualified for AEW’s first-ever Survival of the Fittest match — a multi-woman bout with the vacant TBS Championship on the line — by defeating Zayda Steel on the June 13 Collision: Summer Blockbuster.
Starlight Kid will challenge Thekla for the AEW Women's World Championship at Forbidden Door. The post AEW Collision 6/13/26 Results:…
The first two names are officially locked in for AEW’s Survival of the Fittest match. Hikaru Shida and Persephone both…
Hikaru Shida and Persephone qualify for Survival of the Fittest. There were two Survival of the Fittest qualifying matches that…
The first two Survival of the Fittest competitors are now set. Hikaru Shida and Persephone advanced to the Survival of…
Three-time AEW Women’s World Champion Hikaru Shida has booked her place in the promotion’s first-ever Survival of the Fittest match…
Starlight Kid vs. Thekla for AEW Women’s World Title Announced for AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2026 Saturday’s Collision Summer…
AEW announced five new matches for the card of this week’s AEW Collision Summer Blockbuster 2026 show on June 13th.…
