Rick Ucchino

So instead, we are getting Athena and Mina Shirakawa.

And I will say this much, with Mercedes still on hiatus as of right now, with Britt Baker still on hiatus as of right now, and with Toni Storm and Willow Nightingale not around, who knows how long it's going to be before they are back.

Boy, this feels like a now or never type of situation to put Athena in the spot of being the dominant performer that she has been on Ring of Honor for going on 1,300 some odd days right now.

Like, here's the time.

She's great.

Like, this should be her time to elevate and escalate inside the women's division.

I have her as a landslide favorite right now to win the Women's Owen Hart Cup and get her shot at All In.

To do that, she has to beat Mina Shirakawa in the first round.

I'm picking Athena.

Athena wins the own heart.

Mercedes comes back, wins the title from Tecla.

Now you can do Mercedes-Athena again all in London for the AEW Women's World Championship.

Jon Moxley will be defending his AEW Continental title with no time limit, so...

That is what it is.

I don't necessarily like that, but I digress.

Kyle O'Reilly kind of being his Achilles heel over the last few months, like he just isn't able to overcome O'Reilly, I think is a very nice tip of the cap to him.

But.

You can't have the guy who's teaching Will Ospreay how to win lose.

And the fact that there's no time limit here, it's got to go past 20 minutes.

But I think Jon Moxley is, you know, it just wouldn't make sense to have him lose tonight and Ospreay win.