Top 5 Of August 2022
I’ve decided to do a minor format change for these monthly posts. Where before it was “Wrestler of the Month”, I’ve decided that I’m going to do my own Monthly Top 5 Rankings instead. It’s not really much of a change at all since previously, I was already doing “Runners-up”. Now I just have to rank them. So here we go…
#5: Hikaru Shida (NR)
| Venue | Record |
|---|---|
| AEW | 6-1-0 |
| Dynamite/Rampage/PPV | 1-0-0 |
| Dark/Elevation | 5-1-0 |
Summary
Hikaru Shida just barely edged out Britt Baker for the #5 spot for August. Baker (2-1-0) was more fixture than feature than she’d typically be, especially heading into All Out but I had Shida moving past her on day 31 of August due to her workload and just finishing strong. Shida had 6 matches (5-1-0) across Dynamite and Dark/Elevation. She scored the pinfall in the big tag match on the All Out Go-Home Dynamite and actually elevated Elevation with her feud against Emi Sakura over the Regina Di WAVE Championship.
| Matches | Outcome | Star Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Shida/Storm/Willow vs Nyla/Shafir/Emi | Win | 2.7 |
| Hikaru Shida vs Emi Sakura | Win | 2.0 |
| Shida/Ruby/Athena vs Deeb/Emi/Leva | Win | 2.5 |
| Shida/ThunderStorm vs Nyla/Shafir/Emi | Win | 1.0 |
| Shida & Skye Blue vs Emi Sakura & Maki Itoh | Loss | 2.8 |
| Hikaru Shida vs Emi Sakura | Win | 3.4 |
| Shida & Storm vs Baker & Hayter | Win | 3.0 |
