Overview
- Willow Nightingale announced on the May 20 episode of AEW Dynamite that a shoulder injury suffered in a recent Collision match prevents her from competing and she relinquished the TBS Championship.
- AEW confirmed the vacancy on May 21 and said Nightingale will also withdraw from the Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament.
- Alex Windsor’s planned first-round match will now feature a to-be-named wild card opponent and the Athena versus Mina Shirakawa first-round bout has been moved to the Double or Nothing pay-per-view.
- Nightingale’s second TBS title reign began when she defeated Mercedes Moné last December and ended at 141 days with this vacancy.
- AEW has not released a recovery timeline or named a replacement champion, so upcoming booking choices at Double or Nothing and the tournament bracket should be expected to change as the promotion names a wild card and decides how to fill the title spot.