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Athena Veronica is a professional e-wrestler who currently competes for ALPHA Wrestling's developmental brand, RIOT! Pro Wrestling, where she is the RIOT! Pro Champion in her first reign. She is best known for her time in World Wrestling Entertainment, where she is a former NXT Women's Champion.
Early Life[]
After graduating from Stanford, University, where she played collegiate Volleyball, Athena Veronica decided to take her talents and athleticism to the world of professional wrestling! The Amazon was trained by Dakota Kai briefly during a stint in the independents, and then the WWE Performance Center for a few months before debuting on NXT! She eventually worked her way up to a Number One Contendership to the NXT Women's Championship. After winning her title match, she continued to defend her title for two months before losing it back to the woman from whom she had won it in the first place! Soon after, her contracted expired with WWE and she started looking for a new company to showcase her kicks and promote her values!
Professional Wrestling Career[]
World Wrestling Entertainment (2018)[]
NXT[]
In January 2018, Athena Veronica debuted for WWE on their NXT brand. She quickly racked up victories over Dakota Kai, Nikki Cross, Bianca Belair, and Amber Riley. She earned the Number One Contendership to Katie Ryan's NXT Women's Championship in her sixth match, defeating Candice LaRae. With five victories and only one loss heading into TakeOver, Veronica defeated Ryan to win her first NXT Women's Championship. Veronica successfully defended her title against Ryan in a rematch on the following show. She successfully defended the title two more times, once more on the show, and once at the next TakeOver, against Dakota Kai and Toni Storm. She went on to lose the title to Nikki Cross before her contract ran out.
ALPHA Wrestling (2018-2019)[]
Debut and Relationship with Kai Stevens[]
On August 26th, Veronica made her on-screen ALPHA Wrestling debut during a backstage interview. Her contract signing was made official on August 27th. She quickly met Kai Stevens when she was celebrating her signing and they became friends. On the 29th Kai and Athena kissed and it seemed like they could become more than just friends. Over the course of weeks afterwards, Athena and Kai were revealed to be in a romantic relationship. Athena's debut was scheduled for the September 12th show in a tag team match with the number one contender, Samantha Taylor, taking on the team of Yoshino Nakano and Alice le Blanc. The team won when Samantha Taylor pinned Alice le Blanc with her California Dream finisher. Veronica was then booked to face ALPHA Women's Champion Ana Somnia on the September 19th show. A week later she teamed with Samantha Taylor in a losing effort against Somnia and Nakano when she was submitted by Somnia. She didn't appear on TV again until the 10th of October when she motivated her boyfriend for his match. A week after that she teamed with Nakano to defeat Samantha Taylor and Sara Daniels when she picked up the win for her team! Athena and her boyfriend got into a huge fight one more week afterwards and broke up briefly after teaming with Kai to win a mixed tag team match against Drake Young and McKenzie Valentine. They got back together soon after State of Emergency though! On the November 7th show she lost to Hayley Webb after Webb poked her in the eyes. Her locker room was vandalized during the show with a message for her boyfriend from the Chaos Contingent which led to a 3 on 2 handicap tag team match against Kaleb Krowe, Eden Darkly, and Stabby Abby. Athena and Kai won by DQ when Aaron Arkham hit Kai with a chair! The Chaos Contingent hit Athena with their finisher after the match. On the December 5th episode, Athena teamed with Kai against Arkham and Abigail, losing via pinfall when Kai was attacked at ringside and Arkham hit Athena with his finisher. On December 12th, Athena attempted to help Kai fend off the Chaos Contingent after his match with Darkly, but Stevens accidentally knocked her out in the scuffle. A week later, Veronica caught Stevens in a compromising position with Hayley Webb and their relationship ended. Despite this breakup, the couple was named the Couple of the Year for 2018 on December 22nd. At Day of Reckoning, Athena fell to Webb in a singles match for the Number One Contendership and Hayley was revealed as Kai's new girlfriend later in the night.
Sporadic Appearances and Hiatus[]
Following her loss to Webb, Athena did not compete again until a loss to Yoshino Nakano on the January 16th, 2019 episode. She would then add her fifth consecutive loss by falling to Sara Daniels on the February 13th installment. Athena would not be seen again on ALPHA Wrestling programming until she was announced as an entrant for the Goddess of War tournament on May 9th. She won her opening round match against Vanessa Scott on July 3rd after delivering an Avalanche Veronikiller through a table. Unfortunately, Veronica's bid in the tournament fell short on the August 7th episode, when Yoshino Nakano forced her to pass out in her Japanese Necktie submission. This would be Athena's final appearance for the company in 2019, and her final appearance on the main brand overall.
RIOT! Pro Wrestling (2020-Present)[]
Debut and Championship Pursuits[]
At Chapter Two: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Athena made a surprise return to ALPHA Wrestling on their developmental brand, answering an open challenge from Stephanie Steele and subsequently defeating her. On the February 12th house show, Athena teamed with GeeCee, her future opponent, against the team of RIOT! Pro Champion Grayson, Reborn and Beatriz Alarcón in a losing effort. She followed this loss on Valentine's Day by defeating Tyler Morgan, Hana Nakajima, and Jay O'Neil in the opening round of the ICW Championship Tournament. She would then go on to lose to Terra Mason in the Semifinals later that night. The next weekend, Athena defeated GeeCee to become the Number One Contender to the RIOT! Pro Championship. She is next scheduled to compete on March 18th on a special edition of RIOT! Pro Wrestling, teaming with Grayson, Reborn to take on Chase the Sun ahead of her Steel Cage match for the title at Chapter Four: BUY THE F***ING PLUNGER on March 28th. On the March 18th special edition of RIOT! Pro, Athena and Grayson were defeated when Grayson was pinned. At Chapter Four, Grayson pushed through a pre-match attack by the House of Ray to defend the title in the cage, leading to Athena eventually defeating him, earning her first title with the company, and becoming the first woman to have held the title.
Personal Life[]
After graduating from Stanford, University, where she played collegiate Volleyball, Athena Veronica decided to take her talents and athleticism to the world of professional wrestling! The Amazon was trained by Dakota Kai briefly during a stint in the independents, and then the WWE Performance Center for a few months before debuting on NXT! She eventually worked her way up to a Number One Contendership to the NXT Women's Championship. After winning her title match, she continued to defend her title for two months before losing it back to the woman from whom she had won it in the first place! Soon after, her contracted expired with WWE and she started looking for a new company to showcase her kicks and promote her values! She dated Kai Stevens during the Fall and Winter of 2018.
In Wrestling[]
- Finishing Maneuvers
- Veronikiller (Vertebreaker)
- Stanford Screwdriver (Spinning Inverted Facelock Elbow Drop, sometimes into a Backbreaker)
- Pallas Kick (Scissors Kick)
- Signature Maneuvers
- Bridging Arm Triangle Choke
- Bridging Cross-Legged Fisherman’s Suplex
- Bridging Northern Lights Suplex (typically rolled through into a Deadlift Bridging Northern Lights Suplex) (Adopted from Kai Stevens)
- Death Valley Driver (sometimes done on the apron)
- Diving Moonsault (sometimes done to the outside or off of the apron)
- Falcon Arrow
- Low-Angle Blue Thunder Bomb
- Multiple Kick Variations
- The Art Of The Kick (Question Mark)
- Chick Kick (Roundhouse)
- Drop
- Football (Sometimes done from the apron)
- Enzuigiri
- Gamengiri
- Jumping Heel
- Kalo Kick (Running Yakuza to a cornered opponent) (Adopted from Dakota Kai)
- Missile Drop
- Mule
- Overhead
- Pendulum
- Rapid Shoot
- Reverse Roundhouse
- Running Face Wash
- Running Punt
- Spinning Back
- Spinning Wheel
- Shotgun Drop
- Switchblade
- Scorpion
- Wind-Up Overhead
- Running Jumping High-angle Brain Chop (preceded by a volleyball-styled approach and usually delivered to an opponent seated on the top turnbuckle or in an elevated position - typically precedes the Death Valley Driver on the apron or a Diving Moonsault)
- Common Maneuvers
- Arm-Trapped Rope Body Scissors Lock
- Armbar
- Back Suplex
- Blockbuster
- Chinlock Lungblower
- Corkscrew Neckbreaker
- Figure-Four Headscissors
- Figure-Four Leglock
- Hair-Pull Biel Throw to an opponent on the top rope
- Judo Hip Toss
- Kneeling Jawbreaker
- Rope-Assisted Split-Legged Corner Foot Choke
- Running Jumping High-Angle Elbow Drop (preceded by a volleyball-styled approach)
- Slingshot Crossbody to the outside
- Slingshot Forearm Shot to the outside
- Slingshot Leg Lariat (typically to the outside)
- Split-Legged Asai Moonsault
- Snap Suplex
- Step-Up Superman Elbow Strike
- Suicide Dive
- Nicknames
- Goddess
- Pallas
- The Amazon
- The Kick Artist
- Entrance Music
- "Veronica" by Junior
- Career Record
- 24-17-1
Championships and Accomplishments[]
- ALPHA Wrestling
- Goddess of War
- Quarterfinalist (2019)
- Year End Awards
- Couple of the Year (2018, with Kai Stevens)
- Goddess of War
- RIOT! Pro Wrestling
- ICW Championship Tournament
- Quarterfinalist (2020)
- Semifinalist (2020)
- RIOT! Pro Champion (1 time, current)
- ICW Championship Tournament
- World Wrestling Entertainment
- NXT Women's Champion (1 time)