The Hard Times & Hard Hits of Athena

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2022

⏱️ 77 minutes

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The Hard Times & Hard Hits of Athena The ROH Women’s Champion Athena explains how her strong style wrestling earned her the nickname “The American Joshi” on the indie scene, and also caused a bit of controversy in a recent AEW Dark match against Jody Threat. Athena talks about her journey to AEW, reinventing the Athena character, and why she let Jade destroy her cool angel wings. She also details her run at WWE from her multiple tryouts to signing to NXT to her move to the main roster to her devasting Achilles injury, and eventual release. She shares stories about the Ember Moon gimmick including what inspired the colored contact lenses and what it was like to win the tag team titles with then partner, Shotzi Blackheart. Plus, she speaks to her relationships with Vince McMahon, Triple H, Nattie Neidhart, and Saraya, and speculates as to why things didn’t work out for Ember Moon at WWE. Please support our sponsors! Skylight Frames: go to https://www.skylightframe.com and use promo code JERICHO to get $15 off your purchase. Mint Mobile: cut your wireless bill to $15 per month at https://www.mintmobile.com/jericho Toyota: Visit https://toyota.com/GRFamily to find your perfect Toyota! FanDuel: download the FanDuel app & use promo code JERICHO to get a “No Sweat First Bet” up to $1000 Cynch: download the Cynch app or go https://www.cynch.com/ and get your first tank exchange for $10 with code JERICHO. Bosch Tools: learn more at https://www.boschtools.com/us/en/ SlingTV: check out https://www.sling.com/ for special offers STAY CONNECTED: TikTok: @TalkIsJericho Instagram: @chrisjerichofozzy Twitter: @TalkIsJericho @IAmJericho YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ChrisJerichoFozzy https://www.webisjericho.com/

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0:00.0	Alright, welcome to Talk With Togious Jericho, it's the part of Thunder, Rock and Roll,
0:16.2	and Athena makes her talk with Jericho debut today.
0:19.5	She's talking about her journey to AEW, her run with WWE as Ember Moon, and why she
0:24.9	almost gave up on wrestling entirely.
0:27.3	She talks about training with Scandor, Akbar, and Booker T, and the biggest lesson she
0:32.1	learned from both.
0:33.3	She details her multiple WWE triodes and the circumstances around her finally signing,
0:38.0	and then she talks about the events leading to her release from WWE, and what her relationships
0:42.8	were like with both Vince McMahon and Triple H.
0:45.2	She talks about the development of the Athena character and the Indies, and what's it
0:48.8	been like to bring her to AEW.
0:51.7	But before we get to Athena, it's not too late to book a cab on a Chris Jericho's
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1:00.5	And believe me, you don't want to miss out on the vacation of a lifetime.
1:04.3	Talent on the ship is stacked.
1:06.0	It seems like there's three quarters of the AEW lineup on the ship, including the acclaimed
1:11.0	Jade Cargill, Swerve Strickland, the Lucha Brothers, Wardlow, Eddie Kingston, the entire
1:16.6	Jericho Appreciation Society, Dan Housen, the Guns, Lucha Soros, Willow Nightingale, Jack
1:25.1	Barry.
1:26.1	I mean, you name it.
1:27.1	Everyone's going to be on there.
1:28.1	It's also going to be the place to see the debut of Jericho House, and that's right, Chris
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