Hikaru Shida ‘healthy,’ addresses AEW Owen Hart Tournament absence

On Friday’s AEW Rampage, Tony Schiavone revealed in an in-ring promo segment that Hikaru Shida was injured following her recent street fight with Serena Deeb. 

As a result, she was being replaced by Kris Statlander in her Owen Hart Foundation Tournament match against Red Velvet next Friday.

However, the former AEW Women’s Champion seemed surprised by the news, taking to Twitter Friday to attempt to explain what appears to be miscommunication between her and AEW and that she is actually not hurt.

Shida is in Japan currently and has been in the ring four times since the Deeb match.

After first quote tweeting “What?” to AEW’s tweet with the announcement, Shida pointed out the aforementioned matches and her appearance in a MAKAI music show that involves choreographed fighting, but that “I seem to have been injured.”

An hour later, she wished Statlander good luck and that she was going to enjoy her “sudden holidays in Japan:”

Hours later, Shida tweeted another statement, saying that after the street fight, “a doctor check was required to participate in the Owen Hart Cup. And I couldn’t re-enter the country in time,” adding that she feels healthy.

It’s unknown when Shida will return to the U.S. for AEW, but it will not be in the Owen Hart Tournament when she does.