Two Wednesdays ago, Britt Baker wasn’t medically cleared to wrestle on “Dynamite” in her scheduled Owen Hart Tournament match, which was postponed. AEW’s solution: send Baker’s planned opponent, Ruby Soho, out for a squash match against local talent, and have her cut a promo on Baker, presumably to fill the remainder of the time that had been blocked out for the match. As a solution to a last-minute problem, you could do a lot worse, even though we thought it was weird that they didn’t just give Soho a match with another woman on the roster.

Saturday, Willow Nightingale wasn’t medically cleared to wrestle on “Collision” in her scheduled Owen Hart Tournament match, which was postponed. AEW’s solution: send Julia Hart out for a squash match against local talent while Nightingale’s planned opponent, Athena, cut a promo on her backstage. As a solution to a last-minute problem … first of all, was it actually a last-minute problem? Willow’s injuries were credited to her recent match against STARDOM’s Giulia, which took place three days prior to “Collision.” This wasn’t a sudden illness like Baker; did AEW actually not know whether Nightingale could wrestle until the day of the show? And even if they did, is that any reason to take Athena — who has been enjoying the run of her career as Ring of Honor Women’s Champion, though you need to be one of HonorClub’s 12 subscribers to watch it — off the “Collision” card entirely? Don’t get us wrong, we love Julia Hart, but the match didn’t even do anything to advance the House of Black’s latest feud — could she at least have come out with Andrade’s mask? Her match was also too long and too competitive for our liking; maybe they were just trying to fill time, but we thought Hart should have had an easier time of it against someone named Bambi Hall (the match between Action Andretti and a returning Scorpio Sky had a similar problem, though Andretti is at least an official member of the roster and got a good rub from Sky offering a post-match handshake).

All in all, we’re still out here banging this drum until AEW does more with its women’s division. Losing Willow to injury isn’t an excuse. You have an entire roster full of immensely talented women, Tony Khan. Use them.