New TBS Champion Maya World Wants To Keep Teaming With Hyan

Maya World has a new title to call her own, and she made it clear she isn’t ready to give up her tag team on the side. World dethroned Hikaru Shida for the TBS Championship at AEW’s Redemption pay-per-view, and in the post-show media scrum she was asked whether she planned to keep working alongside Hyan going forward.

Her answer left little room for doubt. World said she definitely wants to stay teamed up with “my girl,” signaling that even with a singles title now around her waist, she has no interest in stepping away from the partnership that has become one of the more entertaining pairings on the AEW women’s roster.

Winning the TBS Championship is a notable jump for World, who takes the title from a former AEW Women’s World Champion in Shida. The TBS belt has built a reputation since its creation as a launching pad for wrestlers still climbing the card, giving them a reason to be built up on weekly television without immediately being thrust into the top-of-the-card picture around the AEW Women’s World Championship. A win over someone with Shida’s résumé is a strong early flag-plant for World as she settles into life as a champion.

What makes her comments notable is the balancing act it suggests going forward. Being a titleholder typically pulls a wrestler toward singles programs, since a champion needs credible challengers and television time built around defending the belt. World’s stated desire to keep teaming with Hyan raises the question of how AEW folds tag-team storylines in around her singles reign — whether Hyan factors into her title defenses as a compelling ally, whether the two continue chasing tag team opportunities of their own, or whether the pairing simply continues on weekly shows as a separate thread from the title picture.

It’s also a reminder of how deep AEW has let its women’s tag dynamics run even without a dedicated women’s tag title on the main roster. Partnerships like World and Hyan’s have given fans reasons to invest in secondary programs, and a fresh title change gives this particular duo a spotlight it may not have otherwise had. If AEW leans into the on-screen chemistry between the two, it could turn World’s TBS reign into more than just a solo showcase — potentially setting up mixed programs where Hyan gets pulled into the champion’s business, for better or worse.

For now, the takeaway is straightforward: Maya World is the new TBS Champion, and she’s not interested in ditching her running mate just because she’s carrying gold. How AEW writes Hyan into that picture — and how long World holds onto the title in the first place — will be worth watching as the promotion moves forward from Redemption.