Queen Aminata is All Elite! Guinean star joins AEW

Guinean professional wrestler Queen Aminata got her ‘All Elite’ announcement this Friday.

After Aminata defeated Anna Jay on Rampage on Friday night, Tony Khan took to X to announce that she had officially joined AEW.

Queen Aminata is All Elite!

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Aminata made her AEW debut as far back as 2021 and has made scattered appearances in the promotion.

Her win over former JAS member Anna Jay was her first in AEW and earns her a spot in the re-introduced rankings system.

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Tony Khan welcomes African star

“Congratulations to Queen Aminata! She just won her first ever AEW TV match tonight, and now it’s official: Queen Aminata is ALL ELITE!” wrote Khan.

In 2021 and 2022, Aminata was a mainstay on AEW Dark. After doing a few independent gigs, she took a break away from the ring for the majority of 2023.

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It was first reported that Aminata had signed for AEW back in January shortly after she made her ROH TV debut with a win over Maya World.

Queen Aminata defeats Anna Jay

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On Friday night Aminata started her match with Anna Jay hot. Aminata took down Anna with a side headlock to get things going. 

Anna Jay walloped the Queen with a backstabber for a near fall soon after though and made it clear that royalty wouldn’t have the red carpet rolled out for them in AEW. 

They traded chops but Queen Aminata wiped out Anna with a crisp snap suplex to seize control.

 She followed that up with a running PK to Anna Jay which left her reeling.

Anna Jay dodged a hip attack that could have ended proceedings. 

However, Aminata avoided a kick and then annihilated Anna Jay with a boot slide for another two-count! 

She countered the Queen Slayer with a jaw breaker and Queen Aminata headbutted Anna Jay in the abdomen as she charged in. 

Queen Aminata scored the pin on Anna Jay to win in AEW for the first time.

You can watch AEW programmes on TNT Africa from 10:00 on weekends.