The November 5 episode of “AEW Dynamite” is just moments away, and AEW President Tony Khan has taken to X (formerly often known as Twitter) to announce a serious change to each tonight’s card, and the ladies’s Blood and Guts match that will likely be happening next week.
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) November 5, 2025
Khan confirmed that following Jamie Hayter and Queen Aminata’s loss to The Sisters of Sin on the October 29 episode of “Dynamite,” Aminata was not at 100%. Nevertheless, she still desired to compete, and was scheduled to face Megan Bayne tonight in a bout that might help determine who could have the advantage within the Blood and Guts match. That match isn’t any longer happening and Aminata has been pulled from the Blood and Guts match entirely as she has not been medically cleared to compete, with the AEW doctors believing Aminata participating in Blood and Guts is just too much of a risk.
In her place, Khan announced that Mina Shirakawa will likely be taking Aminata’s place in each the match against Bayne and within the Blood and Guts match next week. On top of this, Shirakawa’s tag team partner, former AEW Women’s World Champion “Timeless” Toni Storm, will likely be on commentary for the match between Shirakawa and Bayne in what will likely be her first appearance in AEW since her loss to Kris Statlander at AEW WrestleDream on October 18.
It has not been confirmed as to what variety of injury Aminata has picked up or how long she will likely be out of motion for. With that said, she did mention in considered one of her recent vlogs that she had suffered a minor knee injury in September, which kept her out of the ring for just below a month, and in a vlog that was made after the October 29 episode of “Dynamite,” Aminata noted that she had a stiff neck following the loss to Skye Blue and Julia Hart.