All Elite Wrestling announced on Twitter today that Kris Statlander will not be appearing on the January 1, 2020 episode of AEW Dynamite from Jacksonville, Florida due to a prior commitment.
Due to prior commitments, Kris Statlander will not be in Jacksonville to face Riho for the #AEW Women’s World Championship on Wed, Jan 1st.
Riho will still defend her championship in a 4 way match w/ Nyla Rose, Britt Baker & Hikaru Shida pic.twitter.com/3UVp5TfoZD
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) December 27, 2019
Statlander was due to face Riho for the AEW Women’s World Championship on the show. Riho will instead defend against Nyla Rose, Britt Baker, and Hikaru Shida in a Fatal 4-Way. The winner of that match will face Statlander with the title on the line on January 8.
AEW President Tony Khan stated on Twitter that the company did not want to force Statlander to choose between her title shot on January 1 and keeping a commitment she made before signing with them. Statlander will do both, getting her title shot on January 8 while keeping her date with Bar Wrestling on January 1.
We will have live coverage of AEW Dynamite on January 1, 2020 starting at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 Central.
Rather than force Kris to choose between her title shot or keeping her word on a commitment she made before signing here, we’re allowing her to do both. The champion Riho will defend vs. #2 Britt/#3 Shida/#4 Nyla in a 4 way title match. The winner defends vs. #1 Kris on January 8
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) December 27, 2019