Aminata Says She Did Not Expect to Win the TBS Title

Queen Aminata, the AEW TBS Champion, says the title win was a surprise to her. In a vlog on her YouTube channel, she said she went into her match with Persephone on the Oct. 28 Dynamite expecting to earn a bigger build for a pay-per-view. Wrestling Inc published her comments on Monday, Nov. 9.

What she said

Wrestling Inc's transcription of the seven-minute video has Aminata saying: "To be honest, I wasn't expecting to win today. I was expecting to have this match, and maybe have another build for the PPV." She added that she could not have imagined "a better way to win this belt than main eventing 'Dynamite' against Persephone."

On the length of the wait, she said: "I am a champion in AEW after five years." Of the rest of her reign she said: "I'm going to be a great champion, a juicy champion." She thanked fans and AEW, and Tony Khan by his initials.

The vlog was her first in several months, per Wrestling Inc. Ringside News dates the upload to Nov. 4, which is also when it first reported her words. eWrestlingNews carries a slightly different transcription of the same opening lines. The wording above is Wrestling Inc's.

How she won the title

Aminata beat Persephone in the main event of AEW Fright Night Dynamite on Oct. 28. It was Persephone's fifth defense since she won the title from Maya World at All In in August, per Wrestling Inc. Britt Baker interfered during the match, and Aminata kicked out of a Baker belt shot, per Wrestling Inc. Ringside News also mentions repeated Baker interference. The two outlets describe the finishing move differently, so we do not name it.

Aminata had faced Persephone before. Wrestling Inc says she lost a four-way for the title at WrestleDream that also involved Hyan and Dani Luna. She was on the winning side of the Women's Blood and Guts match on Nov. 4. See our Blood and Guts results story.

What we do not know

No TBS Championship match is announced for Full Gear on Saturday, Nov. 14, or the Nov. 11 Dynamite in anything we read. AEW has not commented on Aminata's plans. See our Full Gear card story.

Sources

• Wrestling Inc (Eric Mutter), "AEW's Queen Aminata Shares Reaction To Winning TBS Championship", Nov. 9, 2026, 6:02 PM ET (the quotes, the vlog length). Quotes carry a h/t to Wrestling Inc for the transcription. https://www.wrestlinginc.com/2311671/aew-queen-aminata-shares-reaction-winning-tbs-championship/
• Wrestling Inc, "Queen Aminata Dethrones Persephone, Claims AEW TBS Title In Dynamite Main Event", Oct. 28, 2026 (match details, Persephone's reign, the WrestleDream four-way), read through a search listing. https://wrestlinginc.com/2300611/aew-dynamite-queen-animata-dethrones-persephone-tbs-title-main-event
• Ringside News, "Queen Aminata Admits She Didn't Expect to Win AEW TBS Title on Dynamite", Nov. 2026, vlog dated Nov. 4 (Baker's interference, the upload date), read through a search listing. https://ringsidenews.com/queen-aminata-admits-she-didnt-expect-win-aew-tbs-title-dynamite
• eWrestlingNews, "Queen Aminata Wasn't Expecting To Win The TBS Championship", Nov. 2026 (the second transcription), read through a search listing. https://ewrestlingnews.com/news/aew/queen-aminata-wasnt-expecting-to-win-the-tbs-championship
• Queen Aminata, YouTube vlog, Nov. 2026. We did not watch it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcEsQPg_ozM
• WrestlingNews.com, "AEW Blood and Guts Results: Callis Family and Wrathlander Win", Nov. 2026. https://wrestlingnews.com/story/aew-blood-and-guts-results-nov-4/
• WrestlingNews.com, "AEW Full Gear Card: 6 Matches Set for Nov. 14 in Phoenix", Nov. 6, 2026. https://wrestlingnews.com/story/aew-full-gear-card-six-matches-nov-14/
• WrestlingNews.com staff reporting: read Wrestling Inc's account of the vlog, compared it with excerpts from two other outlets, and checked our own Blood and Guts and Full Gear stories. We did not watch the video or contact AEW or Aminata.

How we credit sources: Editorial standards.