{"id":326811,"date":"2026-04-30T10:57:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T05:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=326811"},"modified":"2026-04-30T10:57:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T05:27:30","slug":"aew-dynamite-4-29-2026-3-things-we-hated-and-three-things-we-loved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/30\/aew-dynamite-4-29-2026-3-things-we-hated-and-three-things-we-loved\/","title":{"rendered":"AEW Dynamite – 4\/29\/2026: 3 Things We Hated And three Things We Loved"},"content":{"rendered":"
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AEW has an issue booking its women’s division. The sky is blue, water is wet.<\/p>\n

I don’t desire to sound like a broken record that everybody seems to have been playing for the past seven years, but for pretty much as good as Divine Dominion vs. Kris Statlander and Hikaru Shida was in a vacuum, something must be said about what has happened to poor Kris Statlander.<\/p>\n

That is being written immediately after the April 29 episode of “AEW Dynamite,” meaning that I can technically say that it was only last month that Statlander was the AEW Women’s World Champion. She was defending her title in a two-out-of-three falls match on pay-per-view, she had beaten each Mercedes Mone and “Timeless” Toni Storm, and he or she looked to have finally managed to include her original alien gimmick into her current character, which made her much more interesting. Now she’s within the midcard, again, like seriously, what the hell happened?<\/p>\n

Do not get me fallacious, I understand that Megan Bayne and Lena Kross need challengers because right away they’ve precisely nobody to feud against. Giving them two former world champions who type of get along but not at all times is credible enough to make them look strong, however the whiplash on what has happened to Statlander particularly is just crazy. I’m not saying they shouldn’t have given the belt to Thekla because she’s doing an incredible job, but Statlander is a classic case in AEW’s women’s division of whenever you do not have a belt, you are just there. Have a look at Willow Nightingale, she is on TV every week again, because she has a title. If Thekla drops the world title to someone at Double or Nothing, she’d probably disappear as well, as would Divine Dominion.<\/p>\n

You may say the identical thing for Hikaru Shida as well. First woman to carry the AEW Women’s World Championship thrice, and he or she’s plodding around within the midcard wrestling like a babyface but acting like a heel, give her something to do. Give all these implausible women something to do this doesn’t involve titles, and with Storm and Mone still out, Statlander and Shida are perfect candidates to construct the division around, but as an alternative, they’re doing this.<\/p>\n

Statlander, particularly, is one of the vital naturally gifted athletes in AEW. She is someone who might be THE face of the ladies’s division, but the extent of disrespect in her booking (which incorporates a few of her title reign as well) is ridiculous. Hopefully something comes of this because if it doesn’t, I’d suggest Statlander search for a brand new administrative center. Do higher, Tony Khan, it’s getting exhausting now.<\/p>\n

Written by Sam Palmer.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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