Athena (fka Ember Moon) confident 3-time WWE Women’s Champion will be back in Tony Khan’s promotion
Athena (fka Ember Moon) recently made a bold claim about a former WWE Women's World Champion. This was regarding the chances of them crossing paths in a major promotion. The name in question is Ronda Rousey.
The Baddest Woman on the Planet announced her retirement from wrestling in October 2023, following her time with WWE coming to an end. However, a few months later, she came out of retirement and teamed up with her real-life close friend Marina Shafir on the independent circuit. She also made a quick appearance on ROH. On both occasions, they shared the ring with Athena and Billie Starkz.
While talking to Stephanie Chase, Athena addressed the possibility of a match with Ronda Rousey. She mentioned that the last time they did it, they had fun.
“I would love to have a singles match with her, to be honest with you. It’s something we’ve talked about, we joke about. But at the same time, I think she just wanted to have fun, and she wanted to know that pro wrestling can be fun. Because at the same time, when you’re doing live TV, no matter what banner you’re under, it’s work. You’re a constant professional. When you go to the indies, it’s fun. Then, when Tony presented the match, she had fun doing TV.”
She continued by saying it could be possible, and with her continuing to be a big part of ROH, this could happen on the Tony Khan-led promotion.
“So, I definitely think we’ll see her back, maybe down the road, maybe a year from now, two years, or whatever. Whenever she wants it. If I get a random text message, ‘Hey, girl, let’s go,’ I mean, we’ll see what happens. I’ll never say never. I know she’ll never say never. So we’ll just see what happens.” [H/T EWrestlingNews]
Athena talks about how Ronda Rousey's ROH debut came to be
While on the same podcast, Athena addressed how the logistics regarding Ronda's matches with her came to be.
She revealed that they had contacted each other to discuss it and, after that, got Tony Khan involved in the process. They competed in two tag team matches against each other, one on ROH TV and the other on Wrestling Revolver.
"Honestly, she like called me out of the balloon, and I was like, 'Oh c*ap, this is an emergency,' and she goes, 'Hey, you want to wrestle?' and I was like, 'What do you mean?' and she goes, 'Yeah I really want to do a tag match between me and Marina [Shafir] and you and Billie [Starkz]. And I go, 'Okay...um...sure I guess like how are we gonna do this?' and she's like, 'Hey I wanna do this charity show,' and then we got Tony Khan involved, and like he just made it all happen." [From 14:13 to 14:48]
It remains to be seen whether another tag team match or potentially a one-on-one showdown between Athena and Ronda Rousey could happen in the future.