{"id":89394,"date":"2021-04-13T10:54:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T14:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=89394"},"modified":"2021-04-13T10:54:45","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T14:54:45","slug":"queen-aminata-sew-dark-debuts-4-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/04\/13\/queen-aminata-sew-dark-debuts-4-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Aminata Headlines AEW Dark Debuts (4\/13\/21)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With WrestleMania week taking place in Florida, there is a whole host of independent talent in town that AEW is putting to use.\u00a0 AEW Dark: Elevation was already the home to a number of debuts and the April 13 edition of AEW Dark promises more of the same with even more independent stars set to make their debuts.\u00a0 <strong>Generation Championship Wrestling<\/strong> Women&#8217;s Champion\u00a0<strong>Queen Aminata<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Ken Broadway\u00a0<\/strong>stand out as two of the more exciting debutants but let&#8217;s run down the full list of AEW Dark debutants for tonight!<\/p>\n<h2>Queen Aminata<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"444\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80117\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/12\/Queen-Aminata-GCW-Womens-Champion.jpg\" alt=\"Queen Aminata\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/12\/Queen-Aminata-GCW-Womens-Champion.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/12\/Queen-Aminata-GCW-Womens-Champion-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ever since her tour of Japan with\u00a0<strong>Marvelous\u00a0<\/strong>Queen Aminata has been slowly putting together a buzzworthy resume for any hardcore fans paying attention to her work.\u00a0 She and\u00a0<strong>Trish Adora\u00a0<\/strong>had a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/08\/28\/gcw-trish-adora-vs-queen-aminata\/\" target=\"_self\">high-profile battle<\/a> for the Pan Afrika World Diaspora Wrestling Championship in 2020 and returned to <strong>SHIMMER Wrestling <\/strong>for the first time since 2018.\u00a0 Aminata capped off her year by winning the Diamond Cup in Generation Championship Wrestling and becoming the champion of their diamond division.\u00a0 Earlier this year she made her\u00a0<strong>Mission Pro Wrestling\u00a0<\/strong>debut and now makes her way to AEW Dark with a huge opportunity on the table.<\/p>\n<h2>Amber Nova<\/h2>\n<p>Ever since her debut in 2016 Amber Nova has had opportunities to wrestle for major promotions as she has already debuted for\u00a0<strong>IMPACT Wrestling<\/strong> and WWE.\u00a0 While those seemingly never led anywhere Nova now gets her shot in AEW when she teams with Queen Aminata on AEW Dark.<\/p>\n<h2>Spencer Slade<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spencer Slade vs Cole Karter- IWC Submission Match\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y2oSBJjVTPo?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>Much like AEW Dark: Elevation debutants<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/04\/12\/cole-karter-andrew-palace-aew-debuts\/\" target=\"_self\"> Cole Karter and Andrew Palac<\/a>e, Spencer Slade is a standout of<strong> International Wrestling Council<\/strong> (IWC).\u00a0 Slade has also wrestled for\u00a0<strong>Imagine Wrestling\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Ohio Valley Wrestling\u00a0<\/strong>(OVW).\u00a0 As may be evidenced by his headgear Spade is a wrestler&#8217;s wrestler that excels on the mat.<\/p>\n<h2>Kit Sackett<\/h2>\n<p>Previously based out of Georgia and competing for promotions like\u00a0<strong>1 Fall Wrestling<\/strong>,\u00a0Kit Sackett is another Nightmare Factory trainee that is getting a shot on AEW Dark.\u00a0 He teams with fellow Nightmare Factory standout<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/04\/06\/nightmare-factorys-hayden-backlund-aew-debut\/\" target=\"_self\"> Hayden Backlund<\/a> in his AEW debut.<\/p>\n<h2>Shawna Reed<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shawna Reed Vs Harley Fairfax OVW\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J6c9BeaYwBM?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>The &#8220;pretty little psycho&#8221; Shawna Reed is debuting against\u00a0<strong>Britt Baker<\/strong>.\u00a0 Reed debuted in 2016 and since then has wrestled in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Nevada primarily.\u00a0 She has made the occasional trip to the UK where she wrestled for\u00a0<strong>British Empire Wrestling<\/strong>, even reaching the final of their International Grand Prix in 2019.\u00a0 Towards the tail end of 2020, she debuted for OVW before popping up on the recent Rhodes Wrestling Academy showcase.<\/p>\n<h2>Prince Kai<\/h2>\n<p>Prince Kai will make his debut alongside\u00a0<strong>Will Allday\u00a0<\/strong>in tag team action.\u00a0 Kai is another face familiar to fans of the scene in Georgia as he primarily competes there for\u00a0<strong>Heritage Championship Wrestling<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>WrestleMerica<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Stone Rockwell<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"401\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16606\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-02-at-8.04.02-PM-e1522714108112.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Stone Rockwell may be a familiar face to fans thanks to his run in\u00a0<strong>IMPACT Wrestling\u00a0<\/strong>in 2018 where he was an action-adventure hero of sorts.\u00a0 Rockwell is a veteran of both the Canadian and U.S. indie scenes who has won numerous championships throughout his career.\u00a0 He had a<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/05\/02\/canadian-indie-wrestler-stone-rockwell-at-wwe-tryout\/\" target=\"_self\"> WWE tryout<\/a> in mid-2019 and seemed to simmer out after that but he now re-emerges on AEW Dark with another shot at the big time.<\/p>\n<h2>Jake Manning<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FREE MATCH: Man Scout Jake Manning vs. Darin Corbin\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JoYU_1QNdyA?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>Jake Manning is another veteran who is getting a shot at the big time on AEW Dark.\u00a0 Manning debuts against\u00a0<strong>Colt Cabana<\/strong>, a man he has been wrestling since the early naughts for\u00a0<strong>SCW Pro Wrestling<\/strong>.\u00a0 Manning has 17 years of experience under his belt and has wrestled primarily for places like\u00a0<strong>Northeast Wrestling\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Premiere Wrestling Xperience<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Ken Broadway<\/h2>\n<p>Ken Broadway is a House Of Glory trainee who has recently been picking up steam on the U.S. indie scene.\u00a0 The former House Of Glory Crown Jewel Champion has been primarily competing for\u00a0<strong>Game Changer Wrestling<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Violence X Suffering<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Paradigm Pro Wrestling\u00a0<\/strong>and comes into this one off the back of a win at GCW&#8217;s Acid Up 3 when he fended off 5 other competitors to win a scramble match.<\/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: 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>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Looking to talk wrestling, pro football, or any number of sports? 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