Toni Storm vs. Billie Starkz booked for Shark Week AEW Dynamite
The build to an eventual Toni Storm vs. Athena match begins with Storm facing Athena’s “minion” on the July 23 Shark Week AEW Dynamite.
As announced during this week’s Dynamite, the AEW Women’s World Champion Storm will take on Billie Starkz in a non-title matchup on the July 23 episode. Starkz and Athena are longtime ROH allies.
The ROH Women’s World Champion, Athena won the Casino Gauntlet match at All In last Saturday to earn a future AEW title shot against Storm. Storm successfully defended her title against Mercedes Mone at All In. Mone was absent from this week’s Dynamite, indicating that an immediate rematch is not in the cards.
Storm and Starkz have squared off three times in singles matches in their career — once on AEW Dark, once on an AEW house show, and once on Chris Jericho’s cruise — with Storm winning each matchup.
As part of Warner Bros. Discovery’s annual Shark Week promotion, Shark Week is the presenting sponsor for the July 23 Dynamite in Chicago.
The lineup so far:
AEW Dynamite, Wednesday, July 23 —
- “Timeless” Toni Storm vs. Billie Starkz