The challenge was issued by Skye Blue last week on Honor Club, a response to everything ROH Women’s World Champion Athena has done during her reign atop the division, all the bullying, the post-match assaults, and the general disdain she projects onto every woman who has even looked at the championship title. Well it is very clear that Skye Blue, now 5-0 in Ring of Honor competition, is exhausted of Athena’s antics, and looking to bring them to an end!
“The Fallen Goddess” has her own stance on how this is going to go and has no problem taking on the challenge of Skye Blue this Thursday night! This will mark the first time these two women have locked up in singles competition, although they have battled in a pair of three way matches outside of the confines of AEW/ROH, as well as in a tag match on DARK: ELEVATION #100 earlier this year, a match it should be noted that was won by the team of Skye and Yuka Sakazaki.
But that was a tag team affair, that was several months ago, and Athena had only just begun her reign of terror over the ROH Women’s Division. It was only the dawning stages of this 22-match win streak, just six weeks into this incredible championship run, but just as Athena has been on her roll, Skye Blue has been building her own resume within Ring of Honor. This Thursday, the two will collide with the ROH Women’s World Championship at stake, but also Skye’s opportunity to shock the world by ending this incredible unbeaten streak!