Hikaru Shida Defeats Zayda Steel to Qualify for Survival of the Fittest Bout at Collision: Summer Blockbuster

Three-time AEW Women’s World Champion Hikaru Shida has booked her place in the promotion’s first-ever Survival of the Fittest match for the vacant TBS Championship.

On tonight’s episode of Collision: Summer Blockbuster, Hikaru Shida went one-on-one with Zayda Steel in a Survival of the Fittest qualifying bout.

The match ended in Shida’s favor when she planted Steel with a Running Knee and a Falcon Arrow before locking in the Calf Killer to secure a submission victory. She slapped and tried to choke out her opponent after the match before being pulled away.

As noted previously, six qualifying matches will take place across Dynamite and Collision in the coming weeks. The winners of these matches will compete for the AEW TBS Championship in the Survival of the Fittest Match on the July 1 episode of Dynamite in San Diego, California.

Clips from the match can be checked below [via AEW’s X]:

.@ShidaHikaru has had her eye on gold since her return and she's focused to make it to the TBS Title Survival of the Fittest Match!

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— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) June 14, 2026

HERE WE GO!

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— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) June 14, 2026

.@ShidaHikaru DRIVES her knee straight into the sternum of @ZaydaSteel!

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— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) June 14, 2026

With a submission victory, @ShidaHikaru has punched her ticket to the TBS Title Survival of the Fittest Match on July 1st!

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— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) June 14, 2026