ROH Women’s World Champion Athena will make her STARDOM debut at the promotion’s January 3rd event.
Athena announced the news herself in a video message at STARDOM’s December 24th event. She said that she would be teaming up with Thekla to face two opponents. The January 3rd show will be just two days before Athena competes at NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty. There, she will face Willow Nightingale, Momo Watanabe, and Persephone in the International Women’s Cup.
Athena has held the ROH Women’s World Championship for over two years. Her historic reign continued at ROH Final Battle, as she beat Billie Starkz in the main event to retain her title.
Athena On Her Two-Face Gear
Athena had some special gear at ROH Final Battle, as she paid tribute to Batman villain Two-Face. At the post-show media scrum, she commented on the gear.
“Two-Face. I’ve been told that I have a mean streak in me,” Athena said. “I don’t know, it’s really unbelievable. I am the sweetest thing in the world. But I’m a big, big Batman fan. Batman is my absolute favorite superhero.
“I love all the villains because, at any point in time, Batman could just not be good. But the villains really stand out to me. Like Harvey Dent with him fighting the good parts of himself with the bad. It’s so beautiful and chaotic that I felt like I had to do an ode.
“But I’m just a big fan of that particular Two-Face. So I’m glad that everyone understood. But it was a lot of, I’ve been told I have a mean streak and that I can lose my temper. Just maybe, a teeny weeny bit. I felt like just having the different sides of Athena, of having the good side meets the teeny weeny bit angry side, that was a nice conglomeration if you will. No gimmick infringement intended of me as a character.”
