Thunder Rosa wants to win gold for her dad.
At ROH Supercard Of Honor, Thunder Rosa will compete in her first match for the ROH Women's World Championship, as she'll challenge Athena for the belt.
Rosa has a tall task ahead of her, as Athena has held the title for nearly 1000 days at this point. While speaking with Dallas Morning News for a new interview, Rosa spoke about the importance of her match at Supercard Of Honor.
“It’s very important because it just shows that there’s still a lot of value in what the Thunder Rosa brand is. I helped, along with a lot of my peers, build the women’s division, and I think that it’s important that we continue to have that space for those who were the pillars of the division. We’re talking about Kris Statlander, we’re talking about, you know, Nyla Rose. I know that we’re getting a lot of new blood, but we were the ones who literally built this foundation, and to be involved in this very important weekend, it means a lot to me, and it means a lot to my career.”
Rosa went on to explain the importance of another world title reign, saying that she wants to win a title in front of her father, who was recently diagnosed with leukemia.
“I would like for my dad to see his daughter win another title. My dad has cancer now, like we are on borrowed time – you never know if it’s gonna get worse or it’s gonna be better. It’s becoming more difficult for him to travel and the last pay-per-view that he saw me wrestle was when I was going for the AEW women’s world championship at ‘World’s End’ [against Mariah May in a Tijuana Street Fight], and he had a blast. For me and my career, it’s something that I’ve been wanting, just to assure myself that I am valuable. Sometimes you just need that physical thing to feel like you’re still valuable, that you’re still that person. … I just want to do things that I haven’t done and that I haven’t yet earned. And this one will be one. I worked ROH in like 2015. I did two, three shows, and then I never got an opportunity to work with them again until now. So, I mean, it is really interesting that I go now with the ‘Forever Champion’ Athena who’s like, super freaking talented, and she’s been holding the fort there. But I think it’s time for a change."
Thunder Rosa's reign with the AEW Women's World Championship lasted 172 days back in 2022.
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Special thanks to the Dallas Morning News for the quote(s).
