Are we getting Athena vs. Mercedes Mone soon?
On Dynamite, Mercedes Mone defended her TBS title for the sixteenth time against Billie Starkz. It was a back-and-forth contest that saw Mone ultimately win because of the Money maker. Following the match, Mone cut a promo about her match with Starkz and while she gave the 20-year-old her kudos, Mone criticized the person that trained her.
Cue Athena.
For those who don’t know, Billie Starkz is one of Athena's minions. Based on the story, Billie was trained by the ROH Women’s World Champion. Of course plans can change anytime (remember when they were building towards Konosuke Takeshita and Okada?), but it sure seems as if the dream match between Athena and Mercedes Mone is coming real soon.
The Forever Goddess wasn’t going to remain quiet as Athena took to social media and fired shots back at the TBS Champion.
Will they have a match at Dynasty? Fightful Select has reported that AEW does indeed plan on doing Athena vs. Mercedes Mone, with the match likely taking place at Dynasty. Athena vs. Mercedes Mone has all the tools to be one of the best (if not the best) rivalries in AEW. Let’s hope that this rivalry is just the start of Athena finally making the transition from ROH to AEW.
Athena has been a great champion, but she’s stuck behind a paywall where barely anyone has seen some of the best work of her career. Athena has been the ROH Women’s World Champion for over 830 days. She has successfully defended her belt 28 times against names such as Mercedes Martinez, Willow Nightingale, Billie Starkz, Angelina Love, Allysin Kay, and Hikaru Shida.
The TBS Champion actually revealed in Mone Mag that one of her top five dream matches is against Athena (Transcript courtesy of Fightful.com)
My team wanted to know what my top 5 fantasy matches of all time would be. These could be wrestlers past and present. I wanted to throw in a bout with the likes of Eddie Guerrero but, we decided to stick with just females. Here goes my Moné Top Five Fantasy opponents.
Manami Toyota- when I watched her I was in awe! I could not believe a woman could wrestle like that or perform the way she performed. Not to mention that she could do so in matches that lasted 30 minutes or longer! She was way before her time and my number one fantasy match.
Kyoko Inoue- Because I grew up watching Toyota, my second dream match would have to be to one of her best opponents, Kyoko Inoue. She is a wrestler that I have always looked up to, and when I see her wrestle, I am always in awe as well.
Trish Stratus- She was just THE GIRL back in the day. And even now, she can just go. I watched her on TV as a fan in her prime and still wish I could lock up with her.
Mickie James- What can I say I LOVED her versus Trish Status’s storyline growing up! I was so inspired by it. I never saw a woman’s storyline like that. What made it even more incredible was that it lasted for an entire year which seemed unheard of for women. They even had an amazing WrestleMania match. I was only a teenager then, but they just truly inspired me, so Mickie makes the last for sure.
Athena- They say fantasies can't come true, only dreams can. On that note, a dream match would be against Athena- the Ring of Honor Women’s champion. I’ve only had two matches with her, but they have been multi-women matches. I think she’s an incredible talent. Like the others, I’ve never seen women do things that she’s done before. She also seems to love it just as much as I do. I think if I’m given the chance and opportunity, we would have one of the greatest matches ever.
Are you looking forward to a possible Athena vs. Mercedes Mone showdown?