Last Friday night on RAMPAGE, when Skye Blue, Nyla Rose, Dr. Britt Baker, and Mercedes Martinez entered the ring to compete in a Four Way for this title opportunity, it’s highly unlikely Skye would’ve been the pick to pull out the victory. With two former AEW Women’s World Champions in the mix, as well as a former ROH Women’s World Champion, not to mention the personal motivations Britt has for wanting a shot at Toni Storm, on paper Skye was the least likely to pull out the victory.
And yet…
With a pin on “The Native Beast” to win that match, Skye Blue now has the biggest opportunity of her AEW career this Wednesday night on DYNAMITE, and in the very building where Riho became the first AEW Women’s World Champion. For the first time on television, after two opportunities during the most recent HOUSE RULES weekend, Skye will have a chance to dethrone Toni Storm as the reigning AEW Women’s World Champion, but there’s a lot of history running against her. As mentioned, during the Tupelo and Huntsville events Skye had two opportunities to top Toni, one in a singles bout and the other in a Four Way, but in both instances it was Skye who ended up pinned to the mat with Storm retaining her title.
Even before Toni became champion, neither of these women’s encounters went in favor of Wednesday night’s challenger. Their first singles bout went down on March 22nd of this year and saw Toni Storm pick up the victory, and their subsequent tag match on April 12th, with Ruby Soho and Riho as their respective partners, also ended with The Outcasts as the victors.
Suffice to say history is not in Skye’s favor, but the fans certainly are, Washington D.C. certainly will be, as will the majority of the women in AEW’s locker room who actually respect what has been built since Riho collided with Nyla Rose back on October 2, 2019 during the first episode of DYNAMITE. That night marked the beginning of a new era for All Elite Wrestling, and with the premiere of COLLISION only days away, so too does this Wednesday night. Can Skye Blue shock the world and lead the Women’s Division moving forward, or will it be Toni Storm and The Outcasts who continue to denigrate the division as we trek towards COLLISION and FORBIDDEN DOOR 2023?