All Elite Wrestling has announced that Kris Statlander will not be part of next Wednesday’s episode of Dynamite due to prior commitments that AEW is allowing her to fulfill.
Statlander was slated to challenge AEW women’s champion Riho next Wednesday on the New Year’s Day show from Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida. The match was set up after Statlander defeated Britt Baker in a #1 contender’s match on December 18th.
However, Statlander has prior commitments to Beyond Wrestling on December 31st on their ‘Heavy Lies the Crown’ event from Worcester, Massachusetts and Bar Wrestling on January 1st in Los Angeles.
In her place, AEW will hold a four-way match for the women’s title with Riho defending against Britt Baker, Hikaru Shida, and Nyla Rose. Statlander will challenge the winner on the January 8th edition of Dynamite.
Tony Khan, Beyond Wrestling, and Bar Wrestling commented on the story:
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
Losing @callmekrisstat would’ve been a big blow to us not only financially with travel and replacement costs but also quality of talent loss. Thank you to Kris for keeping your bookings next week with @beyondwrestling and with us and to @AEWrestling for caring about independents. https://t.co/gEJLLL7ZjJ
— Bar Wrestling (@BarWrestling) December 27, 2019
Thank you to @AEWrestling for allowing @callmekrisstat to fulfill her booking at #HeavyLiesTheCrown against @SilverNumber1 on New Year’s Eve in Worcester, MA and at @BarWrestling the following day. https://t.co/WSS0kyXLT4
— Beyond Wrestling (@beyondwrestling) December 27, 2019
