Athena did not know what she wanted to do when she left WWE.
During her time in WWE, Athena, formerly known as Ember Moon, won the NXT championship along with NXT Tag titles. Unfortunately Athena could never capture the RAW or SmackDown women’s championships on the main roster and quickly found herself as an after thought following her main roster callup.
Athena recently spoke on AEW Unrestricted about her WWE exit.
“So when I left the other company, I didn’t know if I wanted to wrestle again. It was just like, ‘Oh, this was like my big dream,’”
“There had always been AEW, right? It was just always like, ‘Man, it looks like they’re having fun. That’s what I thought I was signing up for,’ and, just watching, and just dealing with what I was dealing with, and then seeing this, and I’m just staring and I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh, so much fun. It looks like so much fun.’
Athena on AEW Unrestricted
Obviously, Athena decided to stay in the wrestling business, debuting for AEW at Double Or Nothing back in May. She is expected to face Jade Cargill for the TBS Championship soon.
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