All Elite Wrestling Presents: DYNAMITE 200

By Jeff Wolfe | August 2, 2023 | @prowrestlingw8r

With so many eyes looking towards Wembley and ALL IN: LONDON, All Elite Wrestling comes to the Yuengling Center in Tampa, FL this Wednesday night for the landmark 200th edition of DYNAMITE! The foundation built since the October 2, 2019 premiere has been so strong, and AEW will continue to build upon it for the next 200 episodes and beyond, especially with a line-up like this week’s! The ROH World Tag Team Championship will be at stake when the newly crowned Aussie Open of Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis will take on Lucha sensations Komander and AAA Mega Champion El Hijo Del Vikingo, plus the AEW Women’s World Championship will be at stake when Toni Storm meets Hikaru Shida in their first singles match! In addition, three of AEW’s prominent factions will be represented in an Anything Goes Three Way fight, FTW Champ Jack Perry will be face-to-face with Jerry Lynn, and Chris Jericho will team with Konsuke Takeshita to fight his own J.A.S. running buddies Daniel Garcia and Sammy Guevara!

AEW WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH…

Toni Storm(c) vs. Hikaru Shida

Hikaru Shida, over two years since being defeated by Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D at DOUBLE OR NOTHING 2021, still stands as the most dominant AEW Women’s World Champion to date. Not only did she successfully defend the championship more than any woman before or since, but she also stands as the longest reigning champion to date. That being said, since losing the championship, in the few opportunities she has had to become a 2-Time Champion, Shida has been unable to reclaim that glory. Toni Storm, on the other hand, was able to accomplish what no other champion before her was able to accomplish, and that was becoming a 2-Time Champion after defeating Jamie Hayter at DOUBLE OR NOTHING 2023 back in May. Not Riho, nor Nyla Rose, nor Baker, nor Shida were able to achieve that feat, while Thunder Rosa hasn’t had the opportunity, leaving Toni Storm the sole champion to make hit particular historical feat.

This Wednesday night on DYNAMITE 200, Shida aims to become the second woman to achieve 2-Time status by ending the run of this particular Outcast. Shida enters the fight having defeated “The Native Beast” Nyla Rose last week, making it her fifth victory in a row, and setting Hikaru up for this championship challenge!

This is a fight that is about a bit more than just the title though, as Shida is one of the women who’ve stepped up to face The Outcasts attack on those competitors who’ve helped establish AEW as the home for Women’s Wrestling. The fight against Ruby, Saraya, and the AEW Women’s World Champion even united Shida with Dr. Britt Baker, one of her oldest AEW foes, as regardless of their history, the two women at least have common ground in their defense of All Elite Wrestling.

So as much as this is about becoming a 2-Time Women’s World Champion, it’s also about reclaiming the