646 days
That's how many days it took Athena to surpass Samoa Joe to become the longest reigning ROH World Champion in the promotion's history. In those 646 days, the "Fallen Goddess" has been the both the anchor and the star of not only ROH's women's division, but the promotion itself. She has been the standard for other champions while building up the women around her. There were stretches of time where she was on every episode. If she wasn't in the ring, she was doing incredible character work in backstage segments. Not only was she building herself up, but she brought up Billie Starkz and Lexy Nair as her Minions in Training. All three women have been integral to ROH.
Athena is 54-0 in ROH-sanctioned singles matches. She has defended her title 22 times against 18 different opponents. She also gave multiple women a chance to receive title shots against her in Proving Ground matches. Aleah James was the 27th woman to have a chance to prove herself against the champion. Two of those 54 matches were headlining ROH pay-per-views. Not only was she the first woman to main event a pay-per-view with the company, she was the first Black woman, alongside Willow Nightingale, to achieve this feat.
Long may your #ForeverChampion reign.
