Willow Nightingale retains AEW TBS title at Stardom event

Video of Nightingale’s entrance from Saturday’s event can be watched below.

Following the match, Nightingale spoke backstage and praised Nakano. She teased that things may not be over between them.

“Tam, I can see exactly why you have a very decorated past. I can see why people love you and absolutely adore you. And a piece of me did feel a little bit bad smashing you in your very cute face and dropping you on your very cute head,” Nightingale said.

“But this right here — this is the AEW TBS Championship, and I came here to show you what the AEW TBS Champion is all about. So you really brought a fight for me. Like, my goodness. I am sweating. I am pulsing. Oh my goodness. But I’m still a winner. So Tam, maybe this isn’t the end of the line for us. Who knows, really, in this crazy wrestling business. But today, Willow Nightingale was the better woman.”

Nightingale won the TBS Championship from Julia Hart at AEW Dynasty last month.

Next up for Nightingale is a title defense against Mercedes Mone at Double or Nothing in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 26. The match is Mone’s AEW in-ring debut and her first time wrestling since suffering an ankle injury during a match against Nightingale for NJPW in May 2023.

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