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00:00Danielson, and you can see the full revealing conversation between
00:04Rene Paquette and Brian Danielson coming soon to AEW's YouTube channel.
00:07I think that was really, uh, really cool of Jeff Jarrett to say those words and inspire
00:12in essence Danielson like that.
00:17Is that a simple one, Paul? You need one minute, John.
00:19Rene is approaching the ring from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
00:23Dr. Rick Baker, D-N-D!
00:28He's on the side. Welcome back, D-N-D.
00:32Ten months away from the ring.
00:36Rick Baker making her return to competition tonight, but
00:42she made her return to AEW just a few weeks back
00:45at Forbidden Door when Mercedes Manet was crowned
00:49the double champion, the TBS champion and the New Japan Strong Women's Champion.
00:54But Rick Baker stealing the spotlight from the CEO of Mercedes Manet that night.
01:01And she comes in tonight. It's a big deal for her after being 10 months
01:06without any wrestling against her top rival.
01:10How about this?
01:12From Kanagawa, Japan, Hikaru Shida!
01:19And Tony, we've mentioned it a couple of times tonight.
01:22The rivalry between Hikaru Shida and Dr. Rick Baker, D-N-D.
01:27I mean, it goes all the way back to the first few months
01:30of Dynamite, the battles that these two faced.
01:33Then thinking ahead to when Hikaru Shida won her AEW Women's World Championship
01:39when she was the champion in largely throughout the pandemic empty arena era.
01:44And then at Double or Nothing 2020-21, pardon me,
01:49Shida was the champion that night.
01:50It was the first night that we had fans full capacity back in Daly's Place in Jacksonville.
01:54But unfortunately for Hikaru Shida, it was the end of her reign
01:59as AEW Women's World Champion and the beginning of The Good Doctor.
02:02You saw before that the broken nose that Brit had suffered at the hands of Shida.
02:07She always remembered that.
02:08She talked to me about that, how she never forgot what Shida did to her,
02:12even though she had defeated Shida to become World Champion.
02:16So the bad blood, pardon the pun, is still there between these two.
02:21Yeah, definitely the rivalry is thick between these two ladies.
02:24And it's interesting for Brit to come in here, right?
02:27Right into the, you know, no warming up in a bullpen, man.
02:29She's going right at it against you guys laying out against her rival.
02:33And Tony, we heard from Hikaru Shida this past Saturday night at Collision.
02:39Shida said, Brit, yeah, you're a great, great AEW Women's World Champion.
02:44I'm Hikaru Shida.
02:45I'm a three-time former AEW Women's World Champion.
02:47Who are you to come in here and jump to the head of the line?
02:49Oh, look at this.
02:50Brit with the roll-up very nearly pulling it out there.
02:53But jump to the head of the line and challenge Mercedes Manet for the TBS Championship.
02:57And I can understand that from Shida.
02:59I really can.
02:59I believe that she's, she is very upset about it.
03:02But she's upset even more because it's Brit Baker.
03:06I'm sorry, Tony.
03:07Brit went for a side headlock takedown.
03:09Very powerful block by Shida.
03:11And Brit puts on the brakes.
03:13Goes in behind Shida.
03:15Roll-up there.
03:17And the kick-out.
03:18And Brit Baker now looking for the lockjaw.
03:19She's going for it.
03:20Yeah.
03:21Shida, she's felt this before.
03:22This is how her reign as AEW Women's World Champion ended.
03:24She's flattening out.
03:25That was smart by Shida.
03:26Hold on.
03:26And Brit counters.
03:27Crucifix.
03:28But instead, Shida tilts.
03:30And now she was trying, I'm sorry, she was trying to flatten out before that lockjaw was smart by Shida.
03:36Brit was looking for the headscissors there.
03:37But Shida able to roll free and evade Dr. Brit Baker, DMD.
03:45Yeah.
03:45Brit's second longest Women's World title reign in AEW history.
03:49290 days.
03:50Seven title defenses.
03:52But 312 days since she was last in the ring.
03:54How about that?
03:56And that's why I was referencing getting right back in the game.
03:58Right.
03:59Right out of the box against someone like Shida.
04:01Someone who knows you so well.
04:03But you know her too.
04:06Shida sending Dr. Brit Baker into the barricade.
04:11And now Shida with Brit on that corner.
04:17Now right hands raining down by the Shining Samurai, Hikaru Shida.
04:29And you know, we heard from Mercedes Mane that she thinks it's cute
04:33that Dr. Brit Baker called out the CEO.
04:36But Mercedes Mane with no interest in defending the TBS championship against Brit Baker.
04:41She's anybody but Brit.
04:44And Hikaru Shida with a win tonight could make a pretty compelling case
04:48for herself to challenge the CEO.
04:52Hikaru Shida with the advantage on Dr. Brit Baker, DMD.
04:55And fans, this match continues in picture in picture.
05:01Yeah.
05:01Brit's in trouble right now.
05:02I mean, she could right now, she's just flat on her face.
05:05Look at that.
05:06Like a rag doll being dragged in.
05:08That knee strike while you're basically defenseless hanging off the apron.
05:12That's patented.
05:12That's classic Shida.
05:14She uses that awesome knee strike a lot.
05:17It's well done.
05:18And to your point, Shivani, really dinged up Brit Baker.
05:26Now Hikaru Shida driving the knee into the jaw of Dr. Brit Baker and Tez.
05:33I mean, it's almost becoming.
05:35You forgot it was here.
05:36You don't even talk to me anymore on the air.
05:38You know, where's your question?
05:40You believe this guy?
05:40K-Pat Jones over here.
05:49Do you have a question?
05:51The cover there by Shida.
05:52I was going to say it's become cliche amongst you and I almost at this point
05:56that we talk about when you come back from a long layoff from the ring,
05:59there's no substitute in the gym.
06:01There's no substitute for in-ring competition, in-ring training.
06:04No, you're right, man.
06:05And it's cliche, but it's not right because it's factual.
06:08Like really just getting in between the ropes and competing
06:11and wrestling is the best thing for your cardio.
06:14You know, no matter how much elliptical work you do or treadmill or road work,
06:18it doesn't matter.
06:18You got to be in the ring.
06:19So it's tough for Brit, Shivani.
06:21She has not, what we said, 10 months.
06:22She's been, you know, out of the ring.
06:24Right.
06:24That's tough.
06:25And she had multiple injuries.
06:27Yeah, she did.
06:28And not only that, she had what they call a TIA.
06:32And I talked to her about that.
06:33That's scary.
06:33You're worried about your life, not necessarily your career.
06:36And let me say, that was a great question you just asked Taz,
06:39and it was a better answer, Taz.
06:41Great job, both of you.
06:42Thank you.
06:43Thank you very much.
06:44Thank you.
06:45Tony, imagine if you came to work,
06:48you didn't bring your suit and tie or your pants,
06:51and then you put on the wrong headset.
06:52Somebody might think it was actually your first day on the job.
06:54Yeah, but you're Taz.
06:55You can get by with it.
06:57Cover here now by Sheeta, as Britt Baker able to kick out.
07:02Yeah, we still got blood and guts still to come tonight.
07:04Royal Rampage on Friday.
07:06It's crazy.
07:07We're going wild here.
07:09As Sheeta now into the corner.
07:11Britt avoids, drives Sheeta face first.
07:20As Britt Baker having to dig deep,
07:22as Hikaru Sheeta really testing Britt Baker here.
07:26Sheeta! Sheeta! Sheeta! Sheeta!
07:32Now Britt trying to mount some sort of a comeback,
07:35putting the boots right there to Sheeta.
07:38These people are very confused here in Nashville.
07:41They don't know who to cheer for.
07:42They're all over the map.
07:43All over the map, I'm telling you.
07:45You could say they don't know if they're coming or going.
07:47Or going or coming.
07:49Sheeta, able to block the suplex attempt.
07:52And turn it around!
07:53Now Britt Baker in the corner.
08:01Welcome back to AEW Dynamite.
08:02We are live in Nashville, Tennessee.
08:05Former AEW Women's World Champions Hikaru Sheeta,
08:09Dr. Britt Baker, DMD.
08:10Longtime rivals battling it out here tonight.
08:14Live Dynamite blood and guts.
08:15No one has won more singles matches in the women's division
08:18than Hikaru Sheeta with 75.
08:20And right there, Sheeta, I think that was that dive
08:23we saw her use, right?
08:24On Saturday night.
08:26The one that injured Sky Blue,
08:28which her a speedy recovery.
08:29But Britt Baker able to avoid it
08:30and able to avoid the back elbow.
08:32But Sheeta not able to avoid the neck breaker.
08:36And Britt applying the elbow strikes in the corner.
08:40The reversal though by Sheeta!
08:42Sling blade by Baker!
08:43Tough landing back and ahead of Sheeta.
08:45Whiplash off the mat.
08:47And Britt knows she's got Sheeta hurt.
08:49And there we see the gloves.
08:52If you've joined us sometime in the last nine months or so,
08:56you may have not seen the lock jaw.
08:58Britt Baker, the practicing dentist,
09:01uses that glove, puts on her hand,
09:04and presses down, punishes, pinches the mandibular nerve
09:07in the mouth of her opponent to force the submission.
09:10Made a little mistake there
09:11by turning her back on Sheeta that time.
09:13And Sheeta gonna take advantage of it here.
09:16And Sheeta behind the back, German suplex!
09:18Maintains control of the waist, Taz.
09:20Yeah, good snapping, German.
09:21Now rolling into a juji katani here.
09:23Yeah, well done.
09:24Well, soundbreaker Britt Baker
09:26immediately identified the danger.
09:27But in rolling into it,
09:29she may have put herself in position
09:30for a triangle sleeper from Sheeta.
09:32Great escape.
09:33Britt did the right thing.
09:34She just kept moving.
09:34You gotta keep rolling when someone's got control.
09:37Oh, now watch out!
09:38Guillotine here!
09:39Front guillotine there!
09:40As Sheeta had it locked in tight,
09:43but instead comes in with a knee strike!
09:45Holy cow, that was a knee strike and a half right there.
09:48That'll knock some teeth out of your head,
09:50even if you're a dentist.
09:51Yeah, Britt's gonna have to go
09:52to one of the dentist's friends to get new teeth.
09:57Britt avoids contact as Sheeta rolls through!
09:59Britt connects with that kick!
10:02And now for that stop on the back of the head,
10:06the ripcord elbow strike.
10:07No, Sheeta counter and connects!
10:11Great job by Sheeta.
10:12Oh, look at Britt!
10:13Excellent!
10:14Britt, a thrust kick as Sheeta drops to her knees.
10:18And these two picking up right where they left off
10:20after their previous battles.
10:21Yeah, well, we laid it out, guys.
10:23You know, awesome rivalry between these two ladies here
10:26for sure over the years here in AEW.
10:30The car, Sheeta rolling out, reversing.
10:34Now the jackknife by Sheeta.
10:35Shoot!
10:36No, Britt reverses.
10:37Shoot!
10:38And now Sheeta, deep cover!
10:40Britt barely, barely, barely escapes!
10:43That was a high stack too, Shivani.
10:45Man, Britt, good job by her kicking out.
10:46Yeah, she barely got out of that.
10:49And she still has that glove on.
10:50Let's take note of that.
10:51So she still would like to slap the lockjaw on if she can.
10:56And Hikar, Sheeta now maybe thinking falcon arrow.
10:59Britt finds her feet, chops her down!
11:01Good job by her, yeah.
11:04But can she get the right arm of Sheeta captured to open her up?
11:07Open her mouth up.
11:08Again, Sheeta smart, laying flat and scooting her hips towards the rope.
11:13You keep your body close to the canvas
11:16and just scoot your hips towards the bottom rope.
11:18That was very helpful.
11:19Sheeta now with that kendo stick.
11:23She doesn't want to use it, but she does.
11:25She's conflicted here.
11:26Look at this.
11:27She knows how much it would mean to get a win over Britt Baker,
11:29but doesn't want to do it.
11:30Now Britt, ripcord elbow.
11:33And Britt, Baker!
11:36A snapping neckbreaker!
11:38Can she get her?
11:39The cover by Britt, two!
11:41And Sheeta, barely kicking out this time.
11:44Good toughness by Sheeta.
11:45Now look at that quick transition by Britt.
11:48Push that right arm back.
11:49No, but Sheeta couldn't do it.
11:51Sheeta breaks free, catches the boot.
11:53And now question mark kick by Hikaru Sheeta!
11:58Sheeta now the Falcon Arrow!
12:03Is the pad clear for the Shining Samurai Hikaru Sheeta?
12:06Is it time to unsheathe the katana?
12:09No!
12:09Britt countered, rolls through!
12:12Flattens Sheeta out!
12:13Here it comes!
12:14Get it on!
12:16Sheeta!
12:17Her arms are captured!
12:18Oh, she's in trouble.
12:19Sheeta's in trouble.
12:20Oh, there it is!
12:21The Lockjaw!
12:22Hikaru Sheeta, no choice but to tap out!
12:26Here is your winner, Dr. Britt Baker!
12:30The End!
12:32What a tremendous comeback win, Taz.
12:34Yeah, no doubt.
12:35I was gonna say the same thing.
12:36What a battle by these two rivals.
12:38And what a way for Dr. Britt Baker to come back on the scene here
12:42after 10 months of out of action and injuries.
12:46Oh, hold on.
12:47She earned every bit of it.
12:48But right now, Mercedes Manet.
12:53Mercedes has said, anybody but Britt.
12:56But right now, the double champion,
12:58no problem upstaging the good doctor.
13:08Britt, that was very impressive.
13:10And what a strong victory over a former champion.
13:14Now, Britt, I know that you won a shot at this at All In.
13:21And what would be hotter than the CEO versus the DMD?
13:29So let's get to it.
13:31Because I know that you and everybody here
13:34is waiting to hear my answer.
13:36And that answer is...
13:37No.
13:43Mercedes Manet, the CEO, not leaving much time for suspense.
13:48Wait a second, wait a second.
13:49Oh, wait a minute, that's uh, that's uh, is that Camille?
13:53That is Camille.
13:54She's, we've seen Camille here at AEW before,
13:57not for a long time.
13:58But I heard rumors that she is a free agent.
14:02Maybe she signed up for this.
14:05She's one of the most dangerous women in all pro wrestling, no doubt.
14:09Yeah, extremely powerful athlete for sure.
14:12And look at this now, she's going Torture Rack it looks like.
14:15Just look at this with Britt Baker on her back.
14:18Torture Rack by Camille after that grueling match with Sheena.
14:23Camille gonna snap her in half.
14:25Oh my god.
14:28Look at the size of Camille.
14:30Look how big she is.
14:31Look at the size of Camille.
14:34Look how, she's gigantic.
14:36She's fast, she's powerful.
14:38And as you said, Tony, she is dangerous as Dr. Britt Baker found out firsthand.
14:45Wow, I mean, I did not expect this.
14:48What a shock, a great job, in my opinion, by Mercedes recruiting and pairing up here
14:55with this dangerous Camille.
14:57Mercedes Manet, the CEO, making some big business moves here tonight.
15:02Evidently bringing in some reinforcements and fans still to come tonight.
15:06Our main event, Team AEW, Team Elite, blood and guts.