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ROH Women's Champion Athena Announces New All Women's Wrestling Show

The Fallen Goddess Athena is taking her passion for women's wrestling to the next level.
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The Fallen Goddess is making some moves on the women's independent scene.

ROH Women's Champion Athena announced late Sunday night that Metroplex Wrestling will be launching a new all women's wrestling show later this summer in Texas.

During her announcement video, which was shared out by Fightful Select's Sean Ross Sapp, Athena described this as a passion project for her and the next step for a promotion that's been running strong at the MPX Event Center in Bedford for well over a decade.

"I'm going to give all the women in Texas and around the world an opportunity to be seen, be heard, to showcase their talents like we have never before on our new, regular women's wrestling show. And the very first one is on August 9th, and I'm calling it, 'Who Runs The World?'"
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Talent already confirmed for the inaugural "Who Runs The World?" event include MPX Women's Champion Reiza Clarke, Vert Vixen, Hyan, former AEW star Abadon and reigning TNA Knockouts World Champion Masha Slamovich.

More details about the new show will be released a little closer to the premiere. You can find out more information about Metroplex Wrestling on the promotion's website.

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Rick Ucchino
RICK UCCHINO

Rick Ucchino is the Assistant Editor & Content Coordinator for The Takedown on SI. He also works full-time for 700WLW Radio in Cincinnati, Ohio as a local news and sports anchor, in addition to his time covering the Cincinnati Bengals for Sirius XM. Rick has been on the professional wrestling beat since 2019, having provided coverage for a number of outlets, including Fightful, SB Nation’s Cageside Seats and the Bleav Podcast Network. With an educational background in theater, creative writing and journalism, Rick focuses primarily on the storytelling aspect of pro wrestling, but he’s no stranger to the squared circle himself. He had the privilege of training with former WWE & WCW cruiserweight Jimmy Wang Yang for nearly two years and retired early due to back issues with a perfect 1-0 record in singles competition. Rick is a married father of two incredibly adorable children, who are budding pro wrestling fans themselves. Much to the chagrin of their mother. You can reach Rick at rwucchino@gmail.com

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