AEW Women's World Championship Eliminator Tournament 2/28/2021

AEW Women's World Championship Eliminator Tournament 2/28/2021

Just doing selected matches only here.

Japan Women's World Championship Eliminator Finals - Yuka Sakazaki vs Ryo Mizunami

Ryo squeezes Yuka's hand on the handshake. Yuka flips out of a wristlock. Yuka does a backflip with the help of the ropes out of another wristlock. Yuka tries a dropkick but Ryo doesn't budge. Yuka dropkicks Ryo through the ropes.

Ryo slams her and hits a legdrop. Yuka rope breaks on a camel clutch but is machine gun chopped soon after. Yuka blocks a chop with a boot which I thought was cool, then she hits a running hurricanrana. Yuka hits a diving back elbow from the 2nd rope. Yuka then does a nice rolls through into a calf crusher then sliding lariats her on the ropes.

Yuka evades an attack on top with a cartwheel on the top rope but is then caught with a powerslam. Yuka gets a wheelbarrow suplex and tries to triangle Ryo, but gets powerbombed. Yuka comes back with a forearm combo then rolling snapmares her into a kick and hits a sliding lariat for 2. Yuka hits the magical girl splash off the top for 2 but Ryo evades her 2nd attempt at it. Ryo then uranage's her. Ryo then hits a couple of lariats but still can't finish her. Ryo hits a falcon arrow with a leg over top of Yuka and wins it.

I thought Yuka could have gotten less in to be more of an underdog here and I thought it went a little longer than it needed to with too many kickouts. It wasn't bad though.

American Women's World Championship Eliminator Semifinals - Riho vs Thunder Rosa

Nothing says American like two people who aren't actually from America. They have about 12 minutes for this. They go to the mat for a little early and Riho hits a face dropkick. Rosa hits 2 suplexes then puts Riho over the top rope on the last. Rosa then kicks her in the head.

Rosa puts her in a neckbreaker and then puts Riho's leg over her knee for extra pressure, then she just whips her over. Riho headscissors Rosa then does a 619 knee. Riho fires some forearms but is taken down with one shot easy. Riho northern lights suplexes Rosa for 2.

Riho then hits a headscissors off the 2nd rope and rolls through into a stomach double stomp. Riho crossbodies her off the top and Rosa clotheslines her through the ropes. Rosa drops a stiff dropkick on Riho at the bottom buckles but Riho is back soon after with a dragon suplex. They battle up top and Riho footstomps her in the tree of woe position. They start slapping each other in the chest then Riho runs the ropes into a lariat for 2. Riho tries to roll Rosa in a cradle but Rosa counters it and wins.

I wasn't a fan of this one. Just not too much selling at all and Riho kept interrupting Rosa when she was building momentum on offense.