Former three-time AEW Women’s World Champion Hikaru Shida, appears to be making her way back to the states. She hasn’t appeared for AEW i nearly a year. Her last match was in November of 2024 in a loss against Kris Statlander. She has been in Japan since and has had multiple matches in Japan. The reasoning was reported as visa issues to get back to the United States.

Shida posted a photo of herself an airport stating that she was leaving Japan and heading back to the states.

AEW has not advertised her return at the time of this writing.