Athena (wrestler)
| Ember Moon | |
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Moon in February 2017
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| Birth name | Adrienne Reese |
| Born |
August 31, 1988 Garland, Texas, United States |
| Residence | Orlando, Florida, United States |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Adrienne Adrienne Reese Ember Moon Athena Trouble |
| Billed height | 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) |
| Billed weight | 120 lb (54 kg) |
| Billed from |
Dallas, Texas Chicago, Illinois St. Louis, Missouri |
| Trained by |
Lance Hoyt Booker T Skandor Akbar Rodney Mack |
| Debut | 2007 |
Adrienne Reese (born August 31, 1988) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE under the ring name Ember Moon, performing on their developmental territory NXT.
Moon previously wrestled on the independent circuit under the ring name Athena, competing regularly for promotions such as Shimmer Women Athletes, Women Superstars Uncensored, Inspire Pro Wrestling, and Anarchy Championship Wrestling, for which she is a former three-time ACW American Joshi Champion.
Reese was first introduced to professional wrestling by her grandfather, and she began training under Skandor Akbar in April 2007. She later trained at Booker T's Pro Wrestling Alliance (now named Reality of Wrestling) based in Houston, Texas, and began wrestling for the promotion under the ring name Trouble in 2007. Under the ring name Athena, she debuted for Professional Championship Wrestling (PCW) on November 10, 2007, teaming with Mace Malone in a losing effort to Claudia and Mike Foxx. She began competing regularly for PCW throughout early 2008, and unsuccessfully challenged the PCW Tag Team Champions Jerome Daniels and Nobe Bryant for their titles on May 17, with partner Brandon Collins.
Athena also competed for various other Texas-based promotions, most notably Anarchy Championship Wrestling (ACW), based in Austin. On February 21, 2010, she challenged Rachel Summerlyn for the ACW American Joshi Championship, but failed to win. On May 29, she defeated Summerlyn to win the American Joshi Championship in a three-way match also involving Lillie Mae. On June 12, she defeated Malia Hosaka. The following day, Athena successfully retained the championship against Mae, but lost it to Summerlyn afterwards. On September 19, she failed to win the championship from Portia Perez, and failed again on February 10 in a four-way match that also involved Perez, Amanda Fox and Jen-Alise. In June 2011, she entered a tournament to determine the number one contender to the ACW American Joshi Championship; she defeated Angel Blue in the first round, Amanda Fox in the semi-finals, but lost to Rachel Summerlyn in the finals. On September 18, Athena defeated Lady Poison to win the American Joshi Championship for a second time. On October 23, she successfully retained the championship against Barbi Hayden, Lillie Mae and Portia Perez in four-way match, and went on to defeat Mae and Jessica James to retain the title on November 4. On November 6 and December 11, respectively, she successfully retained the title in a six-way matches. On January 15, 2012, Athena lost the championship to Angel Blue. In June, she entered the 2012 ACW Queen of Queens tournament, where she defeated Su Yung in the first round, Christina Von Eerie in the semi-finals, and Jessicka Havok in the finals to win the tournament. She won the ACW American Joshi Championship a third time on January 18 by defeating Su Yung, but vacated the title on August 23 after leaving the company.
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