AEW’s Winter is Coming delivered some anticipated showdowns, together with between former greatest buddies turned bitter rivals Mariah Might and Mina Shirakawa. Their friendship was a serious a part of Might’s storyline with Toni Storm, who she in the end betrayed and ultimately dethroned as AEW World Ladies’s Champion at All In. Storm hasn’t been seen in AEW since that loss, however that every one modified when she made her shock return throughout tonight’s Dynamite. That stated, Timeless Toni Storm is not the person who returned, as the previous Champion revealed a totally completely different look when she lastly confirmed up.
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The unhealthy blood was obvious within the match between Might and Shirakawa, and Shirakawa would punish her former greatest pal by focusing on her leg and knee, slamming them repeatedly into the ring submit after which doing much more injury in opposition to the submit earlier than letting Might go.
The 2 stars would trade vicious strikes within the heart of the ring, although neither star might achieve a lot of a bonus at that time. Might was in a position to achieve again management with a stiff knee to the top, however Shirakawa survived it to stay one other day. Sadly Might delivered a headbutt that left Shirakawa surprised lengthy sufficient to hit a Storm Zero, permitting Might to get the win.
Might didn’t get to have fun for lengthy although, as the group misplaced it on the sight of Toni Storm, who made her grand return to AEW TV (by way of DraVen). What instantly stood out although was that this wasn’t the Timeless Toni Storm followers had seen lose her Championship at All In, or the one who had proven up in a number of matches in Stardom.
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As an alternative, this was the unique model of Storm that followers noticed first debut in AEW again in 2022. This was additionally a model of Storm that Mariah Might would copy throughout her unique alliance with Storm, as Might would seem in a number of of Storm’s earlier appears throughout their run collectively. Because the debut of the Timeless look, Storm had by no means returned to any of her earlier appears, however now that has evidently all modified, and followers have been fairly surprised.
That included Thunder Rosa, who had a WTF signal within the crowd. Might was fairly stunned too, and whereas the group was certainly shocked at Storm’s look, followers have been excited to see her again in AEW, particularly after she beforehand teased she is likely to be retiring from skilled wrestling.
Tony Khan would say that was not taking place afterwards, and after exhibiting up in Stardom a couple of instances, it was anticipated she would make her return to AEW, although nobody anticipated her to point out up in something however the Timeless Toni Storm persona she had made so well-known over the previous yr. Now we’ll have to attend and see what the longer term holds for her and Mariah Might and if that features the upcoming Worlds Finish pay-per-view.
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