Maya World is still AEW TBS Champion with a victory over CMLL Women's World Champion Persephone, with a little help from Kris Statlander, who ran off Hikaru Shida, on Wednesday's edition of "AEW Dynamite." World won her first title defense after winning the title from Shida at AEW Redemption on Sunday. World got Persephone to the outside, but Persephone got the champion on her shoulders and sent her face-first onto the ring apron. Persephone hit a German suplex and bridged into the pin, but World kicked out. She looked to have the match won, but Shida threw a kendo stick into the ring, distracting Edwards.