{"id":113571,"date":"2022-05-18T21:37:15","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T01:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=113571"},"modified":"2022-05-18T21:39:17","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T01:39:17","slug":"maki-itoh-joker-aew-owen-hart-womens-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/05\/18\/maki-itoh-joker-aew-owen-hart-womens-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Maki Itoh Revealed as Joker Entrant in AEW Owen Hart Foundation Women&#8217;s Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On this week&#8217;s special <strong><em>Wild Card Wednesday<\/em><\/strong> edition of <strong><em>AEW Dynamite<\/em><\/strong>, <strong>Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.<\/strong> competed in her quarterfinal match in the <strong><em>Owen Hart Foundation Women&#8217;s Tournament<\/em><\/strong>. However, &#8220;The Doctor&#8221; entered this match unable to effectively prepare, as she was set to face the women&#8217;s tournament &#8220;Joker&#8221; entrant. Rumors circulated as to who would be slotted into this role. After much speculation, it was revealed that the Joker was none other than <strong>Maki Itoh<\/strong>, who stepped up to the former AEW Women&#8217;s World Champion in the <em>Owen Hart Foundation Women&#8217;s Tournament<\/em>. This match marks Itoh&#8217;s first <strong>All Elite Wrestling<\/strong> appearance since March 2021, previously competing on <em>Dynamite<\/em> in a six-woman tag team alongside Baker and <strong>Nyla Rose<\/strong> in a losing effort against<strong> Hikaru Shida<\/strong>, <strong>Ryo Mizunami<\/strong>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/03\/16\/thunder-rosa-aew-womens-championship\/\" target=\"_self\">current women&#8217;s titleholder <strong>Thunder Rosa<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Doctor is in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWDynamite?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWDynamite<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WildCardWednesday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WildCardWednesday<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6bCGAhFIeD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/6bCGAhFIeD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; AEW on TV (@AEWonTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEWonTV\/status\/1527100516311900160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Maki Itoh Enters Owen Hart Women&#8217;s Tournament<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>What to Know About Women&#8217;s Tournament Joker Entrant<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Known primarily for her work in <strong>Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling<\/strong>, Maki Itoh is one of the most recognizable figures in not only the company but Joshi Puroresu as a whole. She is the current International Princess Champion in her second reign, having defeated <strong>Hikari Noa<\/strong> at TJPW&#8217;s<strong><em> Tokyo Joshi Pro &#8217;22<\/em><\/strong> event. The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/08\/15\/maki-itoh-wins-tokyo-princess-cup\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong><em>2021 Tokyo Princess Cup <\/em><\/strong>winner<\/a> picked up mainstream popularity largely due to her charisma. She first appeared for AEW in last year&#8217;s <strong><em>Women&#8217;s World Championship Eliminator Tournament<\/em><\/strong>, where she fell to Ryo Mizunami in the first round. Despite this, Itoh made multiple AEW appearances since then, even being a surprise competitor in the <strong><em>Revolution 2021<\/em><\/strong> Buy-In this past March.<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world. As well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.\u00a0 You can catch AEW Dynamite Wednesday nights at 8 PM ET on TBS and AEW Dark: Elevation (Monday nights) and AEW: Dark (Tuesday nights) at 7 PM ET on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCFN4JkGP_bVhAdBsoV9xftA\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>. AEW Rampage airs on TNT at 10 PM EST every Friday night.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this week&#8217;s special Wild Card Wednesday edition of AEW Dynamite, Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. competed in her quarterfinal match in the Owen Hart Foundation Women&#8217;s Tournament. However, &#8220;The Doctor&#8221; entered this match unable to effectively prepare, as she was set to face the women&#8217;s tournament &#8220;Joker&#8221; entrant. 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