Julia Hart has been Jamie Hayter’s boogeyman since late 2024, and what started as foreboding warning pictures materialized right into a full-body return on the December 15 episode of “AEW Collision.” At “AEW Dynamite: Combat for the Fallen,” Hart made her official in-ring return towards Hayter, and got here out of her comeback match with an underhanded victory underneath her belt.
Hayter began the match sturdy with a number of clotheslines onto Hart, however Hart didn’t need to wrestle for lengthy as she despatched herself and Hayter to the surface of the ring, the place Hart tossed Hayter’s backbone into the metal steps. Hart survived by Hayter’s relentless offense till she might lock in a Hartless try, however Hayter’s sheer power allowed her to energy out of it to reply with a sliding lariat.
Hart bought artistic together with her victory when she retrieved an arrow to slowly brandish in the direction of Hayter. The referee shortly caught on and snatched the arrow out of Hart’s arms to get rid of it, and within the referee’s second of distraction, Hart sprayed mist into Hayter’s eyes earlier than scoring a pinfall victory. Medical employees had been seen attending to Hayter after the match’s conclusion, and Hayter’s situation stays unclear.
Wednesday’s contest marked Hart’s first match and victory since she misplaced her TBS Championship to Willow Nightingale at AEW Dynasty in April 2024. Together with her assertion win over Hayter, Hart is now set to beat any variety of opponents, together with Nightingale, the present TBS Champion Mercedes Moné, or one of many few different girls she has named as potential opponents.
