Reason For Hikaru Shida Absence From AEW

Reason For Hikaru Shida Absence From AEW – AEW Women’s World Champion Hikaru Shida hasn’t appeared on AEW programming since January 6th when she successfully retained her title against Abadon at New Year’s Smash.

Shida revealed that she is currently in Japan producing matches for the upcoming Women’s World Championship Eliminator Tournament.

“Sorry I didn’t show up on #AEWDynamite for a while but….. I’m working a lot for this!!!!! And [it has] reminded me of my producing shows [upside smiley face emoji]. Stay tuned for AEW ladies!!”

On this week’s Beach Break, the promotion announced the participants for the tournament, which featured both U.S. and Japanese brackets.

The Japenese brackets will feature wrestlers Tokyo Joshi Pro, ChokoPro, Marvelous and SEAdLINNNG. Proresu Today reported that the Japanese matches will take place with no fans present. The winner travelling stateside to face the winner of the U.S. bracket.

Shida has experience in producing shows in Japan, and she has produced MAKAI projects as well as a YouTube series “NEO IZANAGI”. Shida confirmed she is in Japan in a tweet this morning.

Sorry I didn't show up on #AEWDynamite for a while but….. I’m working a lot for this!!!!!
And it’ve reminded me of my producing shows🙃
Stay tuned for AEW ladies!!

AEW初の女子シングルトーナメントのために色々と動いてます！！
自主興行を思い出す🤪
お楽しみに！！！ pic.twitter.com/meB4YHkSTN

— HIKARU SHIDA 志田 光 (@shidahikaru) January 28, 2021

魔界のショートムービーが公開になりましたが、そうなんです！しばらく前から日本に戻っております！！
もちろんAEWトーナメントのためです！

I’m in Japan now!!!! Of course it’s for AEW women’s tournament! pic.twitter.com/cHwKg5DRHO

— HIKARU SHIDA 志田 光 (@shidahikaru) February 4, 2021

Reason For Hikaru Shida Absence From AEW