Athena has been one of the most dominant champions across and that dominance continued on Friday night at Ring of Honors Supercard of Honor.
The Ring of Honor Womens World Championship was up for grabs in a Survival of the Fittest six-way match. Athena had to outlast Billie Starkz, Maya World, Trish Adora, Yuka Sakazaki and Zayda Steel. Chairs, ladders and other foreign objects would enter the match through the night.
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While Athena eliminated Steel early, putting down the rest of her opponents was not an easy task. Athena found herself in a precarious position. Competitors stacked chairs on top of each other and Adora made use of them. She chokeslammed Athena through them during the match.
Sakazaki even tried her best to keep Athena down.
Athena was laid out on a table. Instead of going to the top turnbuckle to hit a splash, Sakazaki springboarded herself off the top rope in the middle of the ring and hit the Magical Girl Splash onto Athena and through the table.
Still, Athena was undeterred.
Athena needed to go nearly 10-feet up onto a ladder. She flipped off it and hit World with the O-Face. She then pinned World, completing the final elimination.
Athena has now eclipsed 1,253 days as the Ring of Honor womens world champion.
She told Fightful earlier in the week that her goal was to surpass Bruno Sammartinos reign as champion. The legendary pro wrestler held the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship for 2,803 days at the height of his career.
“Hey man, when we get to Supercard of Honor this week and I beat the epic Roman Reigns last championship run, I just want you to know that Im gonna be so petty,” she said. “I want everyone to know that we are gonna have the pettiest celebration ever. Were gonna have kittens, green apple skittles, whiskey, tequila, you name it. ⦠But we are just gonna have a big smorgasbord of a party. Were gonna have a cookout. Its gonna be amazing.
“But like I said before, my goal is Bruno Sammartino. Seven years, baby, seven years. But you know what, when youre forever champion, whats years? Whats years? A lot of people think that might be getting ahead of myself. But at the end of the day, Ive been champion for overâwhat is it 1,250 days or something like that? I dont see this anytime soon.
“Hell, in this match think that theyve learned something by experiencing Athena, but Im  ever changing, ever evolving. Thats just the way Ive always been and theres not gonna be a harder worker than me. As Ive said before and Ill say it again, no man can touch my reign, no woman can live up to my legacy. I am the forever Ring of Honor Womens World Champion. Its about time yall get over it.”
Its clear that the “Forever Champion” is focused on being just that.
