Athena wins six-way match to extend Ring of Honor title reign past 1,253 days

Athena retained the Ring of Honor Women’s World Championship on Friday night at Ring of Honor’s Supercard of Honor in a Survival of the Fittest six-way match.

The champion had to outlast Billie Starkz, Maya World, Trish Adora, Yuka Sakazaki and Zayda Steel. Chairs, ladders and other objects were used throughout the bout.

Athena eliminated Steel early. Adora later stacked chairs and chokeslammed Athena through them. Sakazaki then springboarded off the middle rope and drove Athena through a table with a Magical Girl Splash.

Athena recovered and climbed a ladder nearly 10 feet high. She dove off and hit World with the O-Face, then pinned her for the final elimination.

Athena has now held the title for more than 1,253 days. Earlier in the week she told Fightful her goal is to surpass Bruno Sammartino’s 2,803-day WWWF World Heavyweight Championship reign.

“Hey man, when we get to Supercard of Honor this week and I beat the epic Roman Reigns’ last championship run, I just want you to know that I’m gonna be so petty,” Athena said. “I want everyone to know that we are gonna have the pettiest celebration ever. We’re gonna have kittens, green apple Skittles, whiskey, tequila, you name it. … But we are just gonna have a big smorgasbord of a party. We’re gonna have a cookout. It’s gonna be amazing.

But like I said before, my goal is Bruno Sammartino. Seven years, baby, seven years. But you know what, when you’re ‘forever champion,’ what’s years? What’s years? A lot of people think that might be getting ahead of myself. But at the end of the day, I’ve been champion for over—what is it 1,250 days or something like that? I don’t see this anytime soon.

Hell, all these girls that are in this match think that they’ve learned something by experiencing Athena, but I’m ever changing, ever evolving. That’s just the way I’ve always been and there’s not gonna be a harder worker than me. As I’ve said before and I’ll say it again, no man can touch my reign, no woman can live up to my legacy. I am the forever Ring of Honor Women’s World Champion. It’s about time y’all get over it.”