It appears there will be no punishment regarding the match.
During a recent AEW Dark: Elevation show, Jody Threat and Athena went one on one, with Threat being cheered heavily, resulting in Athena working the match heel. Many have criticised Athena for how physical she was in the match.
Fightful Select have now provided another update on the match.
A match on AEW Dark from Toronto went awry, and caught the eye of many fans.The match between Athena and local standout Jody Threat got a lot of attention for reasons that weren’t evident at the start of the match. Threat got a great ovation, and Athena ended up working heel opposite Threat, but ended up getting too aggressive in the ring for AEW management.There was a spot where Jody Threat slipped on what her comeback was supposed to be, We’re told Jody Threat was a little lost and had asked Athena what was next in the match to get back on track, and then the match devolved into more physicality. Several were quick to note that while they’re confident Jody Threat has no problem handling that physicality, that it shouldn’t have happened anyway and the communication should have been clearer.Those close to Athena indicated that each woman were approached by management after the match, to make sure everything was okay. One source familiar with the situation believed that should have been an opportunity to lead by example as oppose to letting it devolve. Those close to Athena believed that this was the way the match was going to go because of her having to switch to the heel role due to Jody’s babyface reaction. We didn’t hear of any confrontation or anything of the sort between the two women after the match.It was reiterated to us that not everything that is being micro-analyzed on social media was a result of this situation.We’re told that Jody Threat herself didn’t complain about how the match went, and hasn’t spoke on the match, the situation or indicated anything out of the normal publicly. All we’ve heard from her side of things is that she’s not big on all the attention that emanates from situations such as these, and generally tries to keep her head down to avoid political aspects of wrestling. Fightful reached out to Jody Threat, as well as reps for Athena, but haven’t heard back directly.
Fightful Select
Time will tell how this situation will continue to develop but it appears that there will not be much more said about the matter in an official capacity from AEW.
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