Willow Nightingale qualifies for International Women’s Cup, Julia Hart returns on AEW Collision
AEW Collision: Winter is Coming kicked off with a bang on Saturday night.
The December 14 episode of Collision started off with a qualifying match for the upcoming International Women’s Cup Tournament at NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty 2025. Following a hard-hitting two-break bout between Willow Nightingale and Jamie Hayter, it was the former who picked up the win. With the victory, Nightingale has qualified as the AEW representative in the aforementioned women’s tourney, which features talents representing AEW, ROH, CMLL and STARDOM.
Other competitors confirmed for the tourney include CMLL representative Persephone and ROH representative Athena. The STARDOM representative will be determined by a two-night tournament scheduled for December 21 and December 22.
After the Nightingale-Hayter tourney qualifier bout wrapped up, the lights in the bout went out and the long-awaited return of Julia Hart took place. The House of Black member hit the ring and attacked Hayter. Hart had been interrupting Hayter’s backstage interviews segments for the past couple of weeks to promote her highly-anticipated AEW comeback.
NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty 2025 is scheduled for January 5 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, featuring the following advertised lineup:
NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty 2025 (Sunday, January 5, airing live on NJPW World)
- Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Ricochet (will be an IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match if Sabre retains against Shota Umino at Wrestle Kingdom)
- Shota Umino vs. Claudio Castagnoli (will be an IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match if Umino wins the title at Wrestle Kingdom)
- David Finlay vs. Brody King (will be an IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship match if Finlay retains against Yota Tsuji at Wrestle Kingdom)
- Yota Tsuji vs. Jack Perry (will be an IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship match if Tsuji wins the title at Wrestle Kingdom)
- Kenny Omega vs. Gabe Kidd
- Great-O-Khan & TBD vs. The Young Bucks for the vacant IWGP Tag Team titles
- International Women’s Cup four-way match (winner receives a title shot in the promotion of their choosing): Persephone vs. Athena vs. Willow Nightingale or Jamie Hayter vs. TBD (Stardom representative)
- Tomohiro Ishii challenges either Shingo Takagi or Konosuke Takeshita for the NEVER Openweight Championship (AEW International Championship will also be on the line if Takeshita still holds the title when he faces Takagi at Wrestle Kingdom)