{"id":140133,"date":"2022-05-25T19:28:42","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T00:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=140133"},"modified":"2022-05-25T19:28:42","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T00:28:42","slug":"britt-baker-has-high-praise-for-toni-storm-ahead-of-owen-hart-tournament-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/05\/25\/britt-baker-has-high-praise-for-toni-storm-ahead-of-owen-hart-tournament-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Britt Baker has high praise for Toni Storm ahead of Owen Hart tournament match"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1866723396\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Britt Baker spoke very highly of new AEW acquisition, Toni Storm, ahead of their showdown in the Owen Hart Foundation tournament on this week&#8217;s episode of AEW <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/05\/25\/5-25-aew-dynamite-results-kellers-report-on-final-double-or-nothing-hype-spears-vs-wardlow-in-cage-with-mjf-as-ref-joe-vs-oreilly-more\/\">Dynamite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Forbes, Baker discussed Storm&#8217;s star power and how lucky AEW was to sign her when they did.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Toni Storm is a star,&#8221; Baker said of her Dynamite opponent. &#8220;We really got lucky that she fell into our hands. She is arguably one of the best female wrestlers in the world. She looks like a rock star. She is a rock star.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Britt Baker is a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/05\/25\/5-25-aew-dynamite-tv-results-sages-alt-perspective-report-on-wardlow-vs-shawn-spears-in-a-cage-cm-punk-adam-page-face-to-face-two-owen-hart-semi-final-matches-ftr-defend-the-roh-tag-t\/\">AEW<\/a> Women&#8217;s World Champion. She won the championship at last year&#8217;s Double or Nothing PPV event and held it until St. Patrick&#8217;s Day Slam in March of 2022. Baker lost the title to Thunder Rosa in a Cage Match.<\/p>\n<p>In the women&#8217;s Owen Hart Tournament, Baker defeated Maki Itoh in the quarterfinals. Itoh was the joker entrant. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEW\/status\/1529568488582434818\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toni Storm<\/a> defeated Baker confidant, Jaime Hayter, in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n<p>Storm made her debut as a surprise entrant into the Owen Hart Foundation tournament. She debuted in March of 2022. Storm is a former Mae Young Classic winner in WWE. Storm left a house show event for WWE late last year and then was released from the company soon after.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/05\/25\/wardlow-says-his-character-is-a-mixture-of-james-bond-ric-flair-and-john-wick\/\">Wardlow says his character is a mixture of James Bond, Ric Flair, and John Wick<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-163812550\"><div id=\"pwtor-1171348747\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Britt Baker spoke very highly of new AEW acquisition, Toni Storm, ahead of their showdown in the Owen Hart Foundation tournament on this week&#8217;s episode of AEW Dynamite. 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