On a recent edition of “Busted Open Radio,” WWE Hall of Famer Mark Henry expressed his admiration for the main event between Athena and Willow Nightingale at the ROH Death Before Dishonor 2023 pay-per-view event.
Henry lavished praise on the ROH Women’s World Championship match, which closed out last Friday’s pay-per-view event and saw Athena defeat Willow to retain the title.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On the match: “Shoutout to AEW brass for allowing the women to prove they deserve to be in the main event, and two people that are not looked at on television as the major players for women’s wrestling in AEW. I mean Athena has the title but how much airtime is she getting? None… They took me on an emotional ride.”
On not initially getting why they were main eventing the show: “And then they got out there. From the lockup … it was beautiful, it was poetry, it was what in wrestling I feel like more is needed. People that can work. You don’t need smoke. You don’t need bells, whistles. Just two good-ass wrestlers that you just say, ‘Go out there and kill it,’ and they did.”
