AEW crowned their first-ever Women’s Champion on Wednesday night during AEW Dynamite on TNT.

 

Nyla Rose took on Riho in the match, which occurred midway through the second hour of the broadcast. From the get-go, the fans put over the high stakes of the match, which was no surprise as the D.C. AEW faithful were tremendous all night long.

 

The announce crew put over the fact that Rose grew up in the D.C. area early in the match, while also pointing out Riho’s story of starting wrestling at the age of 9 (she’s currently 22). They also mentioned that Riho pinned Rose in a triple threat match at AEW Fyter Fest this past summer (Yuka Sakazaki was also part of that bout).

 

The latter part of the match saw advantage and momentum shift back and forth as the crowd went wild. Rose hit a Death Valley Driver for a near fall, then went up top. Riho climbed to the top with her and hit several right hands and followed that up with a Northern Lights Suplex from the top for a near fall.

 

Riho followed that with a couple of running knees and covered for the pinfall to become the first AEW Women’s Champion.

 

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