Athena Says Upcoming All Women’s Wrestling Show Has Been In Plans For Over A Year And A Half

Athena speaks about her upcoming show with Metroplex Wrestling.

Last month, Athena announced that she would be running an all women’s wrestling show on August 9th of this year, titled ‘Who Runs The World?’. The event will take place at the MPX Event Center in Bedford, TX. Several talent have already been confirmed for the show, including TNA Knockouts Champion Masha Slamovich, Abadon, Vert Vixen and more.

While speaking during the AEW All In Post Show Media Scrum, Athena was asked by Amy Nemmity of Wrestle Joy, about the upcoming show, noting that it has been in plans for a year and a half.

“Right before I started with AEW, I ended up purchasing a local indie promotion that was going out of business because the owner wanted to be with his kids and live a life with them other than running an indie promotion called Metroplex Wrestling. We run every Saturday so it’s a little difficult because my priority is AEW and Ring of Honor, so I’m double tasking 90% of my week. For over a year and a half now, we’ve been trying to plan an all-women’s wrestling show down to production, referees, announcers. It’s been a really big passion project of mine. When I started wrestling in Texas, there were only three girls in the state. I didn’t really have a lot of guidance. Their names with Jessica James and Claudia, who passed away a few years ago. They took me under their wing and we made towns. They helped me out so much and I look at such a young generation now and the gap of experience level from those of us that have traveled the world on the indies and those of us that are just getting started and there’s not a lot of crossover with that. I wanted to provide a platform where these women can learn how to work TV style, learn how to wrestle with some of the best in the world and learn from them as I’ve had that opportunity by traveling around the world, but make it in Texas and provide a platform to show who they are an tell their stories. Our first show is August 9th. It’s paying it forward and leaving the business better than when you got in.”

At AEW All In 2025, Athena would win the Women’s Casino Gauntlet match, earning a future AEW Women’s World Title match. You can read more about that here.