Athena has earned a future AEW Women’s title match.
She pinned Mina Shirakawa during the Women’s Casino Gauntlet match that took place during All In on Saturday in her home state of Texas. The finish had Shirakawa going for the figure four on Thunder Rosa when Athena came off the top rope with the o-face, striking Shirakawa and pinning her to win the match. As a result, Athena now holds a contract where she can challenge for the Women’s title match at any time.
In all, twelve women entered the match, including surprises such as the debuting Syuri and Alex Windsor. Athena, the current ROH Women’s Champion, came in at number 9.
Athena has continued her run as one of the longest-reigning champions within either AEW or ROH, holding the Women’s title for over 900 days. At Supercard of Honor on Friday, she successfully defended the title once more, this time against Thunder Rosa. When the ROH Women’s Champion came out at All In, she and Rosa brawled, continuing their rivalry from the previous night.
In the men’s Casino Gauntlet, MJF ended up pinning Roderick Strong to earn a future World title match. The finish of that match had Strong being laid out with the Jay driller by Mark Briscoe, only for MJF to swoop in, take out Briscoe, and then pin Strong himself.
