Jim Ross Praises Athena: “She Was One Of The Main Reasons That All In Texas Was Such A Success”

‘The Forever Champion’ receives high praise from JR.

In her home state of Texas, Athena competed at AEW All In in the city of Arlington and won the women’s Casino Gauntlet match. Present day on AEW programming, Athena is picking her spot to determine when is the right time to challenge ‘Timeless’ Toni Storm for the AEW Women’s World Title.

The reigning ROH Women’s World Champion was on the receiving end of praise from Jim Ross. He said on his Grilling J.R. podcast that Athena is one of the main reasons for the success of All In Texas.

“That just proves to you that sometimes you just don’t know until you do it, and Athena got over. She made sure she got herself over, she worked hard. So, happy for her. She’s busted her ass, no doubt about that and I got plenty of time for folks like that. She just never gave up her chase, and it’s impressive, quite frankly. Almost emotional that she did as well as she did and I am a big fan of her work. She works hard, does a hell of a job, and she was a big addition to — she was one of the main reasons that All In Texas was such a success. Players like her that had the opportunity to perform at a top level, and she did. It’s impressive as hell quite frankly so, but Athena, we might not be talking about Athena a lot, but she deserves any flowers as they say, that one could receive. She’s just doing a great job.”

As of this writing, Athena is inching closer to 1,000 days as ROH Women’s World Champion. She had her 30th title defense on the 7/26 AEW Collision against Alex Windsor.

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