Hikaru Shida update (Patreon)

A top talent is in the United States…and backstage at AEW Dynamite.

Former AEW World Champion Hikaru Shida was backstage at AEW Dynamite in Orlando, Fightful Select has learned. Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp noted that Shida’s absence from AEW Worlds End 2024 turned heads as she lives in the Orlando area. 

We were told that she was visiting as AEW was in the area. 

Shida had been working on getting visa issues squared away throughout 2025, and didn’t appear at all on AEW TV after being a huge factor in the compant for years. She did wrestle occasionally in Japan, and had worked through shoulder problems as well.