Athena retains Ring of Honor Women’s Title in Supercard of Honor match

Athena has been one of the most dominant champions in professional wrestling and that dominance continued Friday night at Ring of Honor’s Supercard of Honor.

The Ring of Honor Women’s World Championship was up for grabs in a six-way Survival of the Fittest match. Athena had to survive Billie Starkz, Maya World, Trish Adora, Yuka Sakazaki and Zayda Steel. Chairs, ladders and other foreign objects were coming into the game all night long.

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Even though Athena took out Steel early on, defeating the rest of her opponents was no easy task. Athena finds herself in a precarious situation. The contestants stacked chairs on top of each other and Adora used them. She strangled Athena through them during the match.

Sakazaki even tried his best to hold Athena back.

Athena was lying on a table. Instead of going to the top turnbuckle for a splash, Sakazaki jumped off the top rope in the middle of the ring and hit the Magical Girl Splash on Athena and through the table.

However, Athena was not discouraged.

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Athena had to climb almost 10 feet up a ladder. She turned it off and hit World with the O-Face. She then pinned World, completing the final elimination.

Athena has now eclipsed 1,253 days as Ring of Honor Women’s World Champion.

She told Fightful earlier in the week that her goal was to surpass Bruno Sammartino’s reign as champion. The legendary professional wrestler held the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship for 2,803 days, at the peak of his career.

“Hey man, when we get to Supercard of Honor this week and I beat Roman Reigns’ epic final championship run, I just want you to know I’m going to be so petty,” she said. “I want everyone to know that we’re going to have the smallest party ever. We’re going to have kittens, green apple skittles, whiskey, tequila, etc. … But we’re just going to have a big smorgasbord of parties. We’re going to have a meal. It’s going to be amazing.

“But like I said before, my goal is Bruno Sammartino. Seven years, baby, seven years. But you know what, when you’re ‘champion forever,’ what are years?

Athena enters the ring during the Stardom women’s professional wrestling event at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on January 13, 2025. (Etsuo Hara/Getty Images)

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“Damn, all these girls in this match think they learned something from experiencing Athena, but I’m always changing, I’m constantly evolving. That’s just how I’ve always been and there won’t be a harder worker than me. Like I’ve said before and I’ll say again, no man can touch my reign, no woman can live up to my legacy. I am the Ring of Honor Women’s World Champion forever. It’s time for you to get over it.”

It’s clear that the “Forever Champion” is focused on this.

Results of the Honorary Supercard

Bandido and Ryusuke Taguchi face off in a fight at New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s “Best of Super Jr.” at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on May 24, 2019. (Etsuo Hara/Getty Images)

• Sammy Guevara def. Action Andretti.
• Rush definitely. KJV.
• Mina Shirakawa and Queen Aminata def. Janai Kai and Lacey Lane.
• Dezmond Xaver and Myron Reed def. Ariya Daivari and Tony Nese.
• Nigel McGuiness def. Josh Woods.
• Red Velvet def. “Viva Van to retain Ring of Honor Women’s World Television Championship”.
• AR Fox def. Lio Rush will retain the Ring of Honor World Television Championship.
• Deonna Purrazzo def. Diamante will retain the Ring of Honor Pure Women’s Championship.
• Lee Moriarty def. Ace Austin will retain the Ring of Honor Pure Championship.
• Dalton Castle, Truth Magnum, Turbo Floyd def. Carlie Bravo, Shane Taylor and Shawn Dean will win the Ring of Honor Six Man Tag Team Championship.
• Mark Davis def. “Xelhua to retain AEW National Championship”.
• Bandido def. Blake Christian will retain the Ring of Honor World Heavyweight Championship.