It will be student vs. teacher on tonight's episode of AEW Dynamite.
AEW has announced that Hikaru Shida will face her mentor Emi Sakura on Dynamite tonight. It's a title eliminator match where, if Sakura wins, she'll earn a future shot at Shida's AEW Women's World Championship.
Shida and Sakura have had two one-on-one matches against each other in AEW before this. Shida won both of those meetings.
At Dynamite Title Tuesday last week, Shida defeated Saraya to win the AEW Women's World Championship. It's Shida's third reign with the title.
Sakura lost a match against Skye Blue on Rampage last Friday.
Dynamite is taking place from the Fort Bend Epicenter in Rosenberg, Texas tonight. Here's everything that's been announced for the episode:
- Dynamite Dozen battle royal
- Jay White vs. Penta El Zero Miedo
- Kenny Omega vs. Kyle Fletcher
- AEW Women's World Championship eliminator match: Hikaru Shida vs. Emi Sakura
- Sting addresses the fans
- Adam Copeland's Rated-R rebuttal to Christian Cage
- "Timeless" Toni Storm debuts her newest blockbuster film
- Jim Ross conducts a sit-down interview with Nick Wayne and his mother
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