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Athena Discusses Her Moment With Blue Meanie at ROH Death Before Dishonor

September 2, 2025 | Posted by Jeffrey Harris
Athena Billie Starkz ROH Death Before Dishonor 2025 Blue Meanie Image Credit: ROH

ROH Women’s World Champion Athena is over the moon over her recent interaction with Blue Meanie at Death Before Dishonor. Blue Meanie joined Billie Starkz and Athena for Athena’s championship entrance. However, she later became upset when Blue Meanie entered the ring and started dancing with Athena’s opponent Mina Shirakawa. During a recent interview with The Sportster following ROH Death Before Dishonor, Athena discussed her moment with The Blue Beanie that took place at the event. Below are some highlights:

Athena on dancing with The Blue Meanie: “The Blue Meanie, as much as I hated him dancing with Mina, when I used to do long car rides, me and my husband – love you, Matt – we would do the Blue Meanie dance or random songs time and time again. It goes with everything, and it’s so awesome.”

On Billie Starkz’s role in putting it all together: “When this all popped up and transpired, Billie organized everything. She organized the dance team, which I feel like she did a way better job than Lexi did the last time we had our dance team around. It was really cool. When I found out about it, I was extremely giddy.”

On her first interaction with Blue Meanie: “I think my interaction was, ‘Hi, I dance [your dance] to [every] song in my car, bye!’ and I left because I’m awkward when I meet people. I really am. But when it happened today, Billie will tell you, I was on cloud nine because Sunday is my birthday. I was just like, ‘This is the best birthday present ever.’ It’s really cool to have him [a] part [of it].”

Athena on how cool it was to have a moment with Blue Meanie: “It’s really cool just to have someone as historic as him, that has done the world for this building, for the company himself, to give him a spotlight. It’s really cool to be able to just be a part of that. I’m immensely happy. I can’t put it into words right now because I’m going to go home and watch that clip on repeat, I think. If anyone wants to gif that for me, love you.”