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. Keep up with the LATEST WRESTLING RUMORS! Click here to sign up for the exclusive Wrestling Rumors daily newsletter, delivered right to your inbox.Adrienne Reese (born August 31, 1988) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Athena. You can find his work at, or check out his- Amazon author page with 30 wrestling books. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 6,000 full shows covered. Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 60,000 wrestling matches. What did you think of Moon’s time in WWE? What do those meetings tell you about WWE? Let us know in the comments below. I get that looks are always going to play a role, but having someone come in and explain how to show more skin and dress in a different way seems to be a big step over a line. On top of that, those meetings sound like something straight out of the Attitude Era, as the women’s looks are the focal point rather than what they can do in the ring. Moon put in a lot of work and effort to get back into the mix but was then pulled out, seemingly on a whim. Opinion: This is a great illustration of a lot of the things that are wrong with WWE at the moment. After leaving WWE, Moon has wrestled at a handful of shows under her previous name of Athena. Moon made it clear that she had no problem with Rose but not everyone could do the same things she did. Moon said that she wasn’t going to do this as she catered to children and wasn’t about to start dressing in a different way because they “had a two hour meeting about how to dress like Mandy Rose”. The other major revelation in the interview was the women’s division being forced to sit through meetings on how to dress sexier. Moon was also told that she would be turning heel multiple times not nothing happened. She blamed the team being split up on backstage politics, as you have to know how to appeal to the right people, some of whom might not know the team was together in the first place. Despite being told that there was something planned for her, nothing actually took place. Moon said that her the time stated going badly when Shotzi was called up to the main roster, ending their team in NXT. That is a very long way off from the days of eye candy, but it seems that WWE wanted things back to their old ways, at least somewhat, again.įormer WWE star Ember Moon recently spoke to Chris Van Vliet and talked about her final few months in WWE before being released in November 2021. After being treated as little more than a sideshow, women’s wrestling has become a featured part of WWE television and has even headlined WrestleMania. Women’s wrestling in WWE has come a long, long way in recent years.
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