Spoiler: Absent AEW Star Returns During Collision Tapings for April 2, 2026

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Hikaru Shida returned to AEW during the April 2, 2026 Collision tapings in Winnipeg, answering Willow Nightingale's open challenge for the TBS Championship. This marks Shida's first AEW appearance since losing to Kris Statlander on the November 20, 2024 episode of Dynamite, after which she remained active in Japan throughout 2025 but had not wrestled a match in 2026.