Athena is all about creating art in the squared circle.
Recently, Athena defended her Ring Of Honor Women’s World Title on Ring Of Honor TV against Kiera Hogan in a Chicago Street Fight. Athena would win the match and remain champion.
Athena spoke on Busted Open Radio and remarked that she and Kiera Hogan created art in their matchup.
“Kiera Hogan, I had my first match in AEW with. My very first match, my very first week on the job, was with Kiera Hogan,”
“She was a minion of Jade in the Baddies Club, she broke free of that, and she was looking to make a name for herself. When I went to the ring that time with her versus Vert [Vertvixen], I wasn’t even looking at Kiera, I was looking at Vert. She just happened to win the match and was in the way. Then she said some words, and I didn’t appreciate it. That’s how it all started. I will say this, she has a lot of fire, and she is hungry. That’s something that I look for when I’m picking my opponents and am selectively looking at the matches. Who is next, who has that fire, who wants to succeed? Kiera Hogan had all those elements. I don’t want to say it, but she got the better of me a lot of that time, and I haven’t had anyone to step up and get in my face. I didn’t appreciate it, first and foremost, but she showed me she wasn’t going to lie down and take anything. I showed her that I was going to pummel her into oblivion.”
We had a street fight. It was fun, painful, vicious, and violent, and I’m so thankful that I got to share the ring with her and make that art and show the world that she’s still not on my level,” she continued. “It’s one of those moments where you can’t help but to be like, ‘look at what we created.’ The crowd was going crazy, but they said a lot of ‘no no’ words that could not air on TV. It sucks, but at the same time, it was awesome to share that in Chicago, an old stomping ground from SHIMMER, and show the world what we could so on that platform. The representation of two, not only two black women, but being Pride month, I know it meant so much to Kiera. In the locker room, when I’d walk by, she’d be like, ‘I got my flag, I got my hair,’ it made me swell with pride on the inside to just know she was going to get that platform to show who she was as a person.”
Athena
Athena is set to take on Billie Starkz in the opening round of the Owen Hart Foundation tournament tonight on Forbidden Door Zero Hour. We will have to wait and see if the champion can capture the victory and advance past Starkz.
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