{"id":85907,"date":"2021-03-04T05:10:36","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T10:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=85907"},"modified":"2021-03-04T05:10:36","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T10:10:36","slug":"ryo-mizunami-wins-aew-womens-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/03\/04\/ryo-mizunami-wins-aew-womens-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryo Mizunami Wins AEW Women&#8217;s Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>AEW Dynamite\u00a0<\/em>played host to the final of the AEW Women&#8217;s World Championship Eliminator Tournament as <strong>Ryo Mizunami<\/strong> and <strong>Nyla Rose<\/strong> went to battle for the chance to face champion\u00a0<strong>Hikaru Shida\u00a0<\/strong>at\u00a0<em>AEW Revolution\u00a0<\/em>on March 7th.<strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Ryo Mizunami\u00a0emerged as the tournament winner following a hard-fought battle and will now take on Shida in a highly anticipated match.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWWomensTournament?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWWomensTournament<\/a> I won \ud83c\udfc6<br \/>Thank you so much for your support \ud83d\ude0a\u2728<\/p>\n<p>I was at the mercy of Nayirah&#39;s non-standard power, but everyone&#39;s cheers and feelings of not giving up led me to the victory! \ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>The party isn&#39;t over yet \ud83d\udd25<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEW<\/a> <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:\/\/t.co\/sWHuPPlwII\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/sWHuPPlwII<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u6c34\u6ce2\u7dbe (Ryo Mizunami) (@mizunami0324) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mizunami0324\/status\/1367366946438733824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ryo Mizunami won the Japanese bracket to make it to the grand finale.\u00a0 In the first round, she defeated fan favourite <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/02\/10\/joshi-watch-maki-itoh\/\" target=\"_self\">Maki Itoh<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>in a hard-fought contest.\u00a0 She then defeated pro wrestling legend\u00a0<strong>Aja Kong\u00a0<\/strong>in the semi-final of the bracket, this was Mizunami&#8217;s first singles win over Kong in her 16-year career.\u00a0 In the finals of the Japanese bracket Mizunamie defeated former\u00a0<strong>Toyko Joshi Pro Wrestling\u00a0<\/strong>Princess Of Princess Champion\u00a0<strong>Yuka Sakazaki<\/strong>.\u00a0 Rose on the other hand came through the US bracket and handily defeated\u00a0<strong>Tay Conti\u00a0<\/strong>in the first round.\u00a0 In her two remaining matches, she defeated two of AEW&#8217;s best as she beat <strong>Britt Baker\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Thunder Rosa\u00a0<\/strong>to make her way to the finals of the tournament.\u00a0 The former world champion Rose was on the warpath throughout the tournament.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Thunder Rosa v Nyla Rose - Final United States Bracket | AEW Women&#039;s Eliminator Tournament\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4YMpWyKG6Dk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Following this gruelling tournament AEW&#8217;s women&#8217;s division now has a top contender as Mizunami<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>seems primed to give Shida the toughest contest of her reign to date.<\/p>\n<p>[pickup_prop id=&#8221;4765&#8243;]<\/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 TNT 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>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Looking to talk wrestling, pro football, or any number of sports? 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