Athena reveals some talent believed she went too far against Jody Threat
On the October 17 episode of AEW Dark: Elevation, Athena took on Jody Threat in singles competition. Athena was victorious in the hard-hitting affair, but many fans online thought Athena was being too rough with Jody in how she was hitting her and tossing her around.
Speaking to Chris Jericho on Talk is Jericho, Athena reflected on the match and fans thinking she went took liberties.
They put me against Jody Threat, she’s a hometown hero, she’s done all these death matches. She loves that hard-hitting style and I’m very familiar with her work. We go, we have this match, and I remember they were like, ‘this might happen.’ ‘Ah, this won’t happen,’ and then it did. ‘Okay, cool, I’ll be the aggressor at this point.’ The crowd was so behind her, no matter what I did, they were booing. I remember getting to the back. I was fine, she was fine. It was a stiff match. We got to the back, and they thought I took liberties, which is weird because I never…well…not in this case. I’ve never done that, and it’s never been my intention. if I did, they wouldn’t get up. It was solid, nothing was unsafe, I wasn’t taking liberties. It was just, ‘we need to get back on the same page.’ It was weird because people were like, ‘Are you guys good?’ She’s like, ‘Yeah, I’m fine.’ I go to catering, and it’s crickets. They came, and talked to both of us separately. ‘Alright, I guess everything is fine.’ I remember someone going, ‘What’s next? That was awesome.’ Huh, what is next? Okay. The next day, we had two days in Toronto, ‘You know what, I should just throw girls out to the floor. That’s what I should do.’ ‘Maybe that should be your gimmick.’ It became this weird, ‘there’s something to this.’ I did a formal pitch and it was ‘Yeah, let’s do it.’ Just being the aggressor and working tough. ‘If you guys thought I was frustrated, let’s build on that and keep doing this,'”
Athena on Talk Is Jericho
Athena has continue to wrestle a hard hitting style as a heel, winning the Ring Of Honor Women’s World Title at Final Battle earlier this month.
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