Willow Nightingale Injured; Forced To Vacate TBS Championship, Pulled From Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament
Willow Nightingale is vacating the TBS Championship due to injury.
The announcement was made by Nightingale herself on the May 20 episode of AEW Dynamite. Nightingale revealed that she suffered a shoulder injury in her recent bout with Red Velvet.
Willow Nightingale also noted that she has to forego her spot in the Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament. She was set to face Alex Windsor in a first round matchup at the Double Or Nothing pay-per-view. Windsor will now face a wild card opponent at a later date.
In additional news, the tournament bout between Athena and Mina Shirakawa will now take place at Double Or Nothing.
Fighting champion through and through.
Unfortunately, @willowwrestles has suffered an injury and will be forced to withdraw from the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament and relinquish the TBS Title!
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— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) May 21, 2026
With the news, Nightingale’s reign with the TBS Championship comes to an end at the 141 day mark. Throughout the title run, ‘The Babe With The Power’ defended the belt against names like Julia Hart and Hikaru Shida.
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