{"id":113850,"date":"2022-06-02T17:00:39","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T21:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=113850"},"modified":"2022-06-02T11:52:44","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T15:52:44","slug":"athena-aew-in-ring-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/06\/02\/athena-aew-in-ring-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: AEW Rampage (6\/3\/22) &#8211; Athena In-Ring AEW Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After an electrifying\u00a0<em><strong>AEW Dynamite<\/strong><\/em> that saw the return of &#8220;The Redeemer&#8221;\u00a0<strong>Miro<\/strong>, and &#8220;The Ace&#8221; of\u00a0<strong>New Japan Pro Wrestling <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/06\/01\/hiroshi-tanahashi-aew\/\" target=\"_self\">Hiroshi Tanahashi<\/a><\/strong> bust the &#8220;Forbidden Door&#8221; wide open, comes another exciting edition of\u00a0<em><strong>AEW Rampage<\/strong><\/em>. Let&#8217;s preview the action on a live edition of\u00a0<em>AEW Rampage<\/em> as &#8220;The Fallen Goddess&#8221; <strong>Athena<\/strong> makes her in-ring <strong>AEW <\/strong>debut. The TNT Championship will be on the line. Plus,\u00a0 two of AEW&#8217;s absolute best tag teams meet in the ring once again.<\/p>\n<p>This week has been one heck of a ride, and will undoubtedly end with a bang this Friday on\u00a0<em>Rampage<\/em>. Let&#8217;s not keep anyone waiting any longer. It&#8217;s Friday night after all, and you know what that means! This is\u00a0<em>Rampage<\/em>! Let&#8217;s run it down.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ontario, California. Hope you\u2019re ready for this one. Live, this Friday! Lucha Bros vs Young Bucks! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWRampage?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWRampage<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7xxe1kalXq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/7xxe1kalXq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matthew &amp; Nicholas Jackson (@youngbucks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/youngbucks\/status\/1532204554585972737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Full AEW Rampage Match Card: Athena In-Ring Debut<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Lucha Brothers vs. The Young Bucks<\/li>\n<li>Kiera Hogan vs. Athena<\/li>\n<li>TNT Championship Match: Scorpio Sky (c) vs. Dante Martin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Battling a Baddie<\/h2>\n<p>The T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada became absolutely unglued when\u00a0<strong>Athena<\/strong> came to the aid and stood side by side with\u00a0<strong>Kris Statlander<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Anna Jay<\/strong>. TBS Champion\u00a0<strong>Jade Cargill<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>The Baddies<\/strong> were shocked at the sight of the debuting star, as it looks like another challenger has risen from the ashes, threatening to pry away the title from the undefeated champion.<\/p>\n<p>On this week&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Dynamite<\/em>, Athena addressed the crowd and gleefully proclaimed that she is officially #AllElite. However, before she could say anything more, Cargill, The Baddies, and more importantly the TBS Champion&#8217;s new publicist <strong>Stokely Hathaway<\/strong> would cut the party short. After a few choice words from Hathaway, fans can feel tensions rising between these six women.<\/p>\n<p>This Friday night, we&#8217;ll get a preview of the impending war as Athena battles\u00a0<strong>Kiera Hogan<\/strong>. Who will come out the other side victorious? Will Athena make her mark in her first match in All Elite Wrestling? Or will Kiera Hogan show everybody what a &#8220;baddie&#8221; really is?<\/p>\n<h2>Southern California Showdown<\/h2>\n<p>Riding the high after his win alongside\u00a0<strong>Ethan Page<\/strong> and the debuting\u00a0<strong>Paige VanZant\u00a0<\/strong>at\u00a0<em>Double or Nothing,\u00a0<\/em><strong>Scorpio Sky<\/strong> was primed and ready to get back to some TNT Championship-related business. Fortunately, or unfortunately for him,\u00a0<strong>Dante Martin<\/strong> stepped up to the plate and demanded a shot at the TNT Title. Sky graciously accepted, under the condition they fight it out in Scorpio&#8217;s home of Southern California.<\/p>\n<p>This leads us to this Friday night, Scorpio Sky battles it out with the high-flying and mighty impressive Dante Martin. Sky definitely has the home-field advantage. However, Martin possesses this unbreakable spirit, worthy of a champion. On <em>Rampage<\/em>, it&#8217;s TNT Champion Scorpio Sky versus Dante Martin! Who will walk away with the gold? Tune in this Friday night live on TNT!<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world. As well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.\u00a0 You can catch AEW Dynamite Wednesday nights at 8 PM ET on TBS and AEW Dark: Elevation (Monday nights) and AEW: Dark (Tuesday nights) at 7 PM ET on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCFN4JkGP_bVhAdBsoV9xftA\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>. AEW Rampage airs on TNT at 10 PM EST every Friday night.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After an electrifying\u00a0AEW Dynamite that saw the return of &#8220;The Redeemer&#8221;\u00a0Miro, and &#8220;The Ace&#8221; of\u00a0New Japan Pro Wrestling Hiroshi Tanahashi bust the &#8220;Forbidden Door&#8221; wide open, comes another exciting edition of\u00a0AEW Rampage. Let&#8217;s preview the action on a live edition of\u00a0AEW Rampage as &#8220;The Fallen Goddess&#8221; Athena makes her in-ring AEW debut. 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