Aalhya doesn’t give many interviews, and the one she gave this week wasn’t exactly warm. Asked about the vacant DRC Women’s Title and who she considered her toughest competition heading into the promotion’s first night, she named exactly one name — and it wasn’t a compliment.

“Katzushita smiles at everyone. That is not a strategy, that is a personality. I trained where smiling gets you nothing.” She didn’t elaborate further, and didn’t need to.

Ishikori Katzushita, reached separately, only laughed and said she was looking forward to it. Whether that reaction was confidence or just Katzushita being Katzushita depends entirely on who you ask backstage.