After making her stunning return to AEW programming on the December 11 version of “AEW Dynamite: Winter is Coming,” Toni Storm took on Harley Cameron in her first match since All In 2024. Storm walked out with the victory after a showcase of classic Storm strikes and mannerisms, however not with out hypothesis over her reminiscence surfacing, each within the warmth of the fight and within the leftover social media smolder.
To be Storm’s first competitor in 4 months was a tall order for Cameron, however the former Outcasts member gave Storm a battle. Cameron got here out of the gates swinging, at one level pinning the previous three-time AEW Girls’s World Champion towards the ropes, while calling her an “fool” who didn’t “keep in mind who she [was].” Storm rebounded, and started to seek out a victory within the second half of the match. Issues lastly unravelled for Cameron when she discovered herself within the nook, throughout from Storm. Storm almost struck her signature “Timeless” taunt, earlier than she rapidly threw up rocker indicators as a substitute. Storm’s adopted up her signature hip assault with a sit-out powerbomb earlier than lastly touchdown a Storm Zero for the win.
Whereas Storm’s “Rampage” victory was clear, the character surrounding Storm’s return is something however. Out of the ring, AEW personnel had been allegedly “appalled” on the resolution to have Storm’s first match in 4 months be on an episode of “AEW Rampage,” a present with traditionally low scores and a quickly-approaching expiration date. Inside Storm’s growing storyline, followers have taken to social media to take a position on Storm’s sudden and dramatic gimmick change, with the main theories being memory-related. No matter her present frame of mind, Storm’s subsequent match is confirmed to be on the December 14 version of “AEW Collision: Winter is Coming,” in a battle towards Shazza McKenzie.
