Athena goes above and beyond to retain title at Ring of Honor's Supercard of Honor, eyes legendary reign

Athena has been 1 of nan astir ascendant champions crossed pro wrestling and that power continued connected Friday nighttime astatine Ring of Honor’s Supercard of Honor.

The Ring of Honor Women’s World Championship was up for grabs successful a Survival of nan Fittest six-way match. Athena had to outlast Billie Starkz, Maya World, Trish Adora, Yuka Sakazaki and Zayda Steel. Chairs, ladders and different overseas objects would participate nan lucifer done nan night.

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Athena enters nan ringing during nan women's pro-wrestling arena Stardom astatine Korakuen Hall successful Tokyo connected Jan. 13, 2025. (Etsuo Hara/Getty Images)

While Athena eliminated Steel early, putting down nan remainder of her opponents was not an easy task. Athena recovered herself successful a precarious position. Competitors stacked chairs connected apical of each different and Adora made usage of them. She chokeslammed Athena done them during nan match.

Sakazaki moreover tried her champion to support Athena down.

Athena was laid retired connected a table. Instead of going to nan apical turnbuckle to deed a splash, Sakazaki springboarded herself disconnected nan apical statement successful nan mediate of nan ringing and deed nan Magical Girl Splash onto Athena and done nan table.

Still, Athena was undeterred.

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Athena needed to spell astir 10-feet up onto a ladder. She flipped disconnected it and deed World pinch nan O-Face. She past pinned World, completing nan last elimination.

Athena has now eclipsed 1,253 days arsenic nan Ring of Honor women’s world champion.

She told Fightful earlier successful nan week that her extremity was to surpass Bruno Sammartino’s reign arsenic champion. The legendary pro wrestler held nan WWWF World Heavyweight Championship for 2,803 days astatine nan tallness of his career.

"Hey man, erstwhile we get to Supercard of Honor this week and I hit nan epic Roman Reigns’ past title run, I conscionable want you to cognize that I’m gonna beryllium truthful petty," she said. "I want everyone to cognize that we are gonna person nan pettiest ceremony ever. We’re gonna person kittens, greenish pome skittles, whiskey, tequila, you sanction it. … But we are conscionable gonna person a large smorgasbord of a party. We’re gonna person a cookout. It’s gonna beryllium amazing.

"But for illustration I said before, my extremity is Bruno Sammartino. Seven years, baby, 7 years. But you cognize what, erstwhile you’re ‘forever champion,’ what’s years? What’s years? A batch of group deliberation that mightiness beryllium getting up of myself. But astatine nan extremity of nan day, I’ve been champion for over—what is it 1,250 days aliases thing for illustration that? I don’t spot this anytime soon.

Athena enters nan ringing during nan women's pro-wrestling arena Stardom astatine Korakuen Hall successful Tokyo connected Jan. 13, 2025. (Etsuo Hara/Getty Images)

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"Hell, all these girls that are successful this lucifer deliberation that they’ve learned thing by experiencing Athena, but I’m  ever changing, ever evolving. That’s conscionable nan measurement I’ve ever been and there’s not gonna beryllium a harder worker than me. As I’ve said earlier and I’ll opportunity it again, nary man tin touch my reign, nary female tin unrecorded up to my legacy. I americium nan everlastingly Ring of Honor Women’s World Champion. It’s astir clip y’all get complete it."

It’s clear that nan "Forever Champion" is focused connected being conscionable that.

Supercard of Honor results

Bandido and Ryusuke Taguchi compete successful a bout during nan New Japan Pro-Wrestling 'Best of Super Jr.' astatine Korakuen Hall successful Tokyo connected May 24, 2019. (Etsuo Hara/Getty Images)

• Sammy Guevara def. Action Andretti.
• Rush def. LSG.
• Mina Shirakawa and Queen Aminata def. Janai Kai and Lacey Lane.
• Dezmond Xaver and Myron Reed def. Ariya Daivari and Tony Nese.
• Nigel McGuiness def. Josh Woods.
• Red Velvet def. Viva Van to clasp nan Ring of Honor Women’s World TV Championship.
• AR Fox def. Lio Rush to clasp nan Ring of Honor World TV Championship.
• Deonna Purrazzo def. Diamante to clasp nan Ring of Honor Women’s Pure Championship.
• Lee Moriarty def. Ace Austin to clasp nan Ring of Honor Pure Championship.
• Dalton Castle, Truth Magnum, Turbo Floyd def. Carlie Bravo, Shane Taylor and Shawn Dean to triumph nan Ring of Honor Six Man Tag Team Championship.
• Mark Davis def. Xelhua to clasp nan AEW National Championship.
• Bandido def. Blake Christian to clasp nan Ring of Honor World Heavyweight Championship.