Hikaru Shida advances in women’s AEW Owen Hart Foundation tournament

Hikaru Shida has advanced in the women’s Owen Hart Foundation tournament.

Shida defeated Deonna Purrazzo to advance, pinning her following a katana kick. After the match, Purrazzo jumped Shida and continued the assault until Thunder Rosa ran in for the save. 

With her win, Shida now moves on to the semifinals, where she will take on the winner between Mariah May and Saraya that will be held at Sunday’s Forbidden Door Zero Hour pre-show. The other side of the bracket has Willow Nightingale taking on Kris Statlander in a semifinal match on next week’s Beach Break episode of Dynamite. Before their match, Nightingale will team with Tam Nakano to take on Momo Watanabe and Statlander, also on the Forbidden Door Zero Hour.

The winner of the Owen Hart Foundation tournament will receive a Women’s title match that will take place at All In on August 25 at Wembley Stadium.

Purrazzo and Rosa have spent the last several months feuding with one another. The two had a match on the June 15 edition of Collision, with Purrazzo picking up the win.