After losing singles matches to both Deville and Rose on the June 25 and the July 2 episodes of SmackDown, respectively, Moon teamed up with SmackDown Women's Champion Bayley to defeat Rose and Deville on the July 16 episode, ending the feud. Throughout June and July, Moon feuded with Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville, who bullied her. In June, she participated in her second Money in the Bank ladder match but was unsuccessful. During the 2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up, Moon was moved to the SmackDown brand. She returned at WrestleMania 35 in the WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal, from which she was eliminated by Lana. During the match, she suffered an injured elbow requiring surgery, keeping her out of action. At WWE Evolution she participated in a battle royal and was the last participant eliminated by Nia Jax.Īt the 2019 Royal Rumble event, Moon participated in the women's Royal Rumble match, entering at number six and lasting 52 minutes before being eliminated by Alexa Bliss. At Money in the Bank, she participated in the Money in the Bank ladder match, but failed to win the briefcase. After losing the NXT Women's Title, she was promoted to the main roster. Reese first appearance on the main roster happened at 2018 Royal Rumble, where she participated in the first women's Royal Rumble match. At NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia, Moon retained her title against her, but lost it at NXT TakeOver: New Orleans. As champion, Moon held the title for 140 days, feuding with Shayna Baszler. On November 18, Moon won the vacant NXT Women's Championship in a fatal-four way match, defeating Royce, Nikki Cross, and Kairi Sane. In August, Asuka had to vacate the NXT Women's Championship due to an injury. Īfter she returned on June, she faced Asuka again for the championship at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III, but was once again defeated. In May Moon sustained a shoulder injury after being thrown out of the ring by Asuka. Throughout the following months, Ember Moon went on a winning streak both in tag team and singles matches until losing to NXT Women's Champion Asuka at NXT TakeOver: Orlando on April 1. After a series of introductory vignettes, Moon made her television debut at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II, defeating Billie Kay. She wrestled as Adrien Reese or Adrienne Reese from October 2015 until June 2016, when her name was changed to Ember Moon. In September 2015 Reese signed a contract with WWE, and was assigned to their developmental territory, NXT. Reese as the NXT Women's Champion in April 2018 who joined TaDarius Thomas and then the two became a ROH tag team by the name of Adrenaline Rush consisting of A.C.H and TaDarius Thomas only. īetween 20, Reese worked for Ring of Honor as part of a stable by the name of Team RnB alongside A.C.H. From 2010 to 2015, she also worked for the all-female promotions Shimmer Women Athletes and Women Superstars Uncensored. Athena also wrestled for various other Texas-based promotions, most notably Anarchy Championship Wrestling (ACW), based in Austin where she won the women's title, ACW American Joshi Championship three times, as well the ACW Television Championship. She later trained at Booker T's Pro Wrestling Alliance (now named Reality of Wrestling) based in Houston, Texas, and began wrestling as Trouble in 2007 and later, Athena. Reese was first introduced to professional wrestling by her grandfather, and she began training under Skandor Akbar in April 2007. Professional wrestling career Early career (2007–2015) When Reese was a younger child, she was introduced to wrestling by her grandfather during her visits to his house in the summer watching WWF's Raw is War or SmackDown!. During her time in high school, Reese was maliciously bullied by her peers for her interests in video games and wrestling. She attended Lakeview Centennial High School where she played tennis and softball as well as participating in the school's chess club and the mathlete program. Reese was born in Garland, Texas on August 31, 1988. While in their developmental territory NXT, she held the NXT Women's Championship and NXT Women's Tag Team Championship, being the first to have held both titles.īefore going to WWE, she wrestled on the independent circuit as Athena for promotions such as Shimmer Women Athletes, Women Superstars Uncensored, and Anarchy Championship Wrestling, for which she is a three-time ACW American Joshi Champion. Prior to AEW/ROH, she wrestled in WWE, where she worked under the name Ember Moon. She also appears in AEW's sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), where she is the current ROH Women's World Champion in her first reign. Adrienne Reese (born August 31, 1988) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Athena.
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