Hikaru Shida is wrestling ROH Women’s World Champion Athena at the latest Ring of Honor pay-per-view next month.
The Japanese star is a three-time AEW Women’s Champion, but hopes to add more gold to her already impressive resume in the United States.
ROH made the match official on this week’s episode of Ring of Honor, when Shida challenged Athena to a match at Supercard of Honor for her title.
On the March 14th episode of ROH on HonorClub, Athena defeated Aisha in a “Proving Ground” which continued her winning run. Athena took to the microphone post-match, because she wasn’t happy. She accused the locker room of running from her, and asked for more competition from the ROH women.
Hikaru Shida confronted Athena in the ring in response. She pointed her kendo stick towards the ROH Women’s World title, indicating her challenge for the belt.
They announced the match had been made official for the April 5th, 2024 show. Athena defends her title against Shida, becoming one of the biggest women’s matches in ROH history.
Athena vs Shida Is The Second Title Match Confirmed For ROH Supercard of Honor 2024
The card for Ring of Honor Supercard of Honor 2024 is coming along nicely. With two weeks to go until the PPV, two title matches are already confirmed to take place in Philadelphia.
The first is Eddie Kingston vs Mark Briscoe. This was confirmed on the same episode of ROH, and will be for Kingston’s ROH Championship.
This comes after Kingston defends his AEW Continental Championship against Kazuchika Okada on Dynamite. By the time this show ends, Kingston could be down to just one title belt (the NJPW Strong Championship).
Meanwhile, Athena looks to continue her impressive title reign by beating Hikaru Shida. She held the belt since ROH Final Battle 2022, spending over 450 days as champion.
Athena defends her Championship against Hikaru Shida at at ROH Supercard of Honor on April 5, 2024 which takes place at the Liacouras Center. City. Philadelphia, PA.
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