This past Wednesday night, Skye Blue did her best to dethrone Toni Storm as AEW Women’s World Champion, but as is always the case when it comes to The Outcasts, their numbers advantage and willingness to bend the rules proved the deciding factor in the match, and once again Toni Storm escaped with the championship in her possession.
The assault that would follow the match would bring NJPW STRONG Women’s Champion Willow Nightingale out to stem the beating, and has led us to this tag team affair going down on the premiere episode of AEW COLLISION. It feels rather appropriate that the NJPW STRONG Women’s Champ would be in action so close to FORBIDDEN DOOR 2023, but this tag team bout is more about The Outcasts’ relentless assault on the women of AEW than it is about either Nightingale’s title or that of Toni’s. That doesn’t mean the result can’t have championship implications, just that for this Saturday night it’s about settling some scores rather than about defending championships.