Willow Nightingale looked to proceed constructing momentum on the April 8, 2026 episode of “AEW Dynamite” by defending her AEW TBS Championship against Queen Aminata. The challenger was never going to make it easy for the “Babe With The Power” as she was returning to motion after missing five months of motion with a neck injury. Nevertheless, she was no match for the champion who made one other successful defense of her crown.
Aminata suffered an early scare after being thrown into the guardrail on the surface where she was seen clutching her neck, which was injured at the top of 2025 by The Sisters of Sin. Nevertheless, she regained her composure and took control by keeping the champion grounded before giving Nightingale some Chocolate Kisses because the match went to the business break. Throughout the break, not only did the challenger maintain her control by securing some submissions, but Hikaru Shida, who had recently returned to AEW by answering Nightingale’s TBS Championship open challenge on “AEW Collision,” watched on from the gang.
Coming out of the break, Nightingale was capable of take back control and targeted the neck of Aminata, landing a Death Valley Driver within the ring and a Cannonball on the surface. Nightingale missed a Moonsault when the motion returned to the ring, and the 2 women engaged in a striking exchange, with Aminata even countering Nightingale’s Pounce with an enormous elbow strike. The champion and challenger got some near falls, but Nightingale finally landed an enormous Pounce which nearly sent Aminata out of the ring, and quickly followed up with the Babe With The Powerbomb for the victory. Each women shook hands after the bell, and Nightingale went to the barricade to stare down Shida who was still in the gang at the top of the bout.