ROH champion Athena says she's ready to become a full-time AEW star

[Seb93]

Ring of Honor Women's World Champion Athena told the Dallas Morning News she's ready to make a full push toward becoming a full-time member of the AEW roster, with the AEW Women's World Championship and TBS Championship both firmly in her sights. Athena's ROH title reign has now reached 1,362 days and counting, making her the longest reigning champion of the modern era, but she said it's finally time for me to make that forever for AEW as well

Athena's comments come days after AEW All In 2026 at Wembley Stadium on August 30th, where her former tag partner and rival Mercedes Moné captured the AEW Women's World Championship by defeating Willow Nightingale. Speaking separately to WFAA, Athena praised Moné's win while hinting she won't wait long to pursue the title herself, saying she'll give Moné a couple of months before deciding to come after it, adding that mutual respect is there since Moné didn't come after her own ROH title first

Athena, a former WWE talent who signed with AEW in 2022 before becoming a fixture in Ring of Honor specifically, said she wants to be AEW Women's Champion, TBS Champion and an AEW tag champion to show the world that everything she's given holding a whole promotion on her back was worth it. She's set to appear on this weekend's AEW Collision and Dynamite tapings in Allen, Texas, defending her ROH title against Isla Dawn in a proving ground match. Curious what people think about Athena's specific case, does 1,362 days carrying ROH's top title earn her a genuine fast track to AEW's main roster spotlight

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[Erin91]

1,362 days as champion with relatively limited AEW flagship screen time is a genuinely strange disconnect worth sitting with, that's an enormous accomplishment that hasn't translated into the main roster spotlight it probably deserves