Since successful the Ring of Honor Ladies’s Championship at Last Battle 2022, all Athena has finished is about data. Together with Willow Nightingale, she turned the primary girl to ever headline an ROH PPV at Dying Earlier than Dishonor 2023, the primary girl, alongside Billie Starkz, to headline ROH’s premiere occasion, Last Battle, in 2023, all whereas securing the longest title reign and most profitable title defenses within the historical past of the ROH Ladies’s Championship. All these accomplishments arguably pale compared to the one she achieved on Sunday, nonetheless, when Athena turned the longest reigning champion within the historical past of Ring of Honor.
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Congratulations to ATHENA: the longest reigning ROH Champion EVER at 646 days! pic.twitter.com/2fK7kCkdA7
— ROH – Ring of Honor Wrestling (@ringofhonor) September 15, 2024
After taking a couple of days to soak all of it in, Athena posted a prolonged assertion on X Tuesday night acknowledging the milestone. The “Perpetually Champ” admitted that she had been attempting to place her emotions into phrases for days, however had been unable to, and was nonetheless struggling to take action now. In some way, Athena persevered, and managed to thank her “minions” that had her again, the “trolls” who motivated her, and maybe most significantly, all of the “hussy’s” she had overwhelmed alongside the way in which to show that she was “THE BEST IN THE WORLD!!!!”
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I’ve tried to jot down this a billion instances and determine the correct phrases to say and that i nonetheless dont assume i do know what to say…
Nevertheless it boils all the way down to this I’m grateful for my minions which have supported me. I’m grateful for all of the trolls that give me the… pic.twitter.com/rPsAC8QSoG— Athena is ROH and All Elite! (@AthenaPalmer_FG) September 18, 2024
Athena’s 646+ day reign breaks the ROH report beforehand held by Samoa Joe, who’s ROH World Championship reign within the early 2000s lasted 645 days. There does stay one final milestone for Athena to catch, nonetheless, as she nonetheless does not maintain the report for many profitable title defenses in ROH historical past. At 22 profitable title defenses, Athena nonetheless trails the World Title reigns of Joe, Bryan Danielson, and Nigel McGuinness, who had 29, 38, and 38 profitable title defenses respectively, and Jay Deadly’s ROH TV Title reign, the place he efficiently defended the belt 36 instances.
