Mercedes Mone: Athena is ‘one of the greatest women’s wrestlers of all time’

Mercedes Mone believes ROH Women’s World Champion Athena has already established herself as an all-time great.

For the first time ever in a one-on-one match, Mone and Athena will face off this Wednesday at AEW Dynamite Spring BreakThru. It’s a semifinal matchup in the women’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament, with the winner advancing to face either Jamie Hayter or Kris Statlander in the finals at Double or Nothing.

Spring BreakThru is a homecoming for Mone with the show being held in Boston. To promote the event, she was a guest on Boston’s Toucher & Hardy radio show on 98.5 The Sports Hub.

“I’m going to be performing and wrestling against Athena, who is the longest Ring of Honor champion of all time. She’s held this title for over 800 days. Insane. And she is one of the greatest women’s wrestlers of all time,” Mone said. “So I have goosebumps for tomorrow. It’s been one of my dream matches. Before I even made it to the WWE, I had my eyes on Athena. So this is something for me that I’m really, really excited for.”

Mone and Athena were known as Sasha Banks and Ember Moon during their respective WWE runs. Both are currently champions and looking to add more gold to their collection. Athena has been ROH Women’s World Champion since 2022. Mone holds three belts: the AEW TBS Championship, New Japan Strong Women’s Championship, and the RevPro Undisputed British Women’s Championship.

The winner of the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament receives an AEW Women’s World Championship shot at All In Texas this July. Toni Storm is the current title holder.

MGM Music Hall is hosting Dynamite this Wednesday and Collision this Thursday. Both shows will air live and are branded as Spring BreakThru specials.