Adrienne Palmer

Adrienne Palmer

Known for
Acting
Born
August 31, 1988 (age 38)
Birthplace
Garland, Texas, USA

Biography

Adrienne Palmer (née Reese; born August 31, 1988), better known by her ring name Athena, is an American professional wrestler who debuted in 2007 and is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), primarily appearing in its sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), where she is the leader of the M.I.T. stable and currently holds the record for the longest ROH Women’s World Championship reign in history at over 1,247 days. She is also known for her time in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) from 2015 to 2021 under the ring name Ember Moon, where she became a one-time NXT Women’s Champion and one-time NXT Women’s Tag Team Champion alongside Shotzi Blackheart. Before WWE, she competed on the independent circuit for SHIMMER Women Athletes (SHIMMER), Shine Wrestling, Women Superstars Uncensored (WSU), and Wrestling Revolver. Her lengthy championship reigns and work across AEW, ROH, and WWE earned recognition from Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI), which ranked her No. 18 in the Female 50 in 2017, No. 6 in the Women’s 250 in 2023, and No. 7 in 2025.

Known For

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Filmography

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Athena: O Face

Athena: O Face

Movie

2026
NJPW The New Beginning USA 2026 poster

NJPW The New Beginning USA 2026

Movie · as Athena

2026
Stardom American Dream 2026 in Las Vegas poster

Stardom American Dream 2026 in Las Vegas

Movie · as Athena

2026
ROH Supercard of Honor 2026 poster

ROH Supercard of Honor 2026

Movie · as Athena

2026
AEW Double or Nothing 2026 poster

AEW Double or Nothing 2026

Movie · as Athena

2026
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2026 poster

ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2026

Movie · as Athena

2026
ROH Global Wars - Cincinatti poster

ROH Global Wars - Cincinatti

Movie · as Athena

2025
NJPW x AEW x CMLL x ROH x STARDOM: Wrestle Dynasty poster

NJPW x AEW x CMLL x ROH x STARDOM: Wrestle Dynasty

Movie · as Athena

2025
AEW ROH Global Wars Australia poster

AEW ROH Global Wars Australia

Movie · as Athena

2025
AEW Dynasty 2025: Zero Hour poster

AEW Dynasty 2025: Zero Hour

Movie · as Athena

2025
Stardom New Year Dream 2025 poster

Stardom New Year Dream 2025

Movie · as Athena

2025
ROH Supercard of Honor 2025 poster

ROH Supercard of Honor 2025

Movie · as Athena

2025
ROH/CMLL Global Wars Mexico poster

ROH/CMLL Global Wars Mexico

Movie · as Athena

2025
AEW All In 2025: Texas poster

AEW All In 2025: Texas

Movie · as Athena

2025
AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door 2025 poster

AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door 2025

Movie · as Athena

2025
RevPro 13 Year Anniversary Show - Day 1: Global Wars UK poster

RevPro 13 Year Anniversary Show - Day 1: Global Wars UK

Movie · as Athena

2025
ROH Death Before Dishonor 2025 poster

ROH Death Before Dishonor 2025

Movie · as Athena

2025
ROH Final Battle 2025 poster

ROH Final Battle 2025

Movie · as Athena

2025
AEW Worlds End 2025 poster

AEW Worlds End 2025

Movie · as Athena

2024
ROH: Supercard of Honor 2024 poster

ROH: Supercard of Honor 2024

Movie · as Athena

2024
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2024 poster

ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2024

Movie · as Athena

2024
Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling - Forged In Excellence Night 2 poster

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling - Forged In Excellence Night 2

Movie · as Athena

2024
ROH Final Battle 2024 poster

ROH Final Battle 2024

Movie · as Athena

2023
Jay Briscoe: Celebration of Life poster

Jay Briscoe: Celebration of Life

Movie · as Athena

2023
ROH: Supercard of Honor 2023 poster

ROH: Supercard of Honor 2023

Movie · as Athena

2023
AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2023: Zero Hour poster

AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2023: Zero Hour

Movie · as Athena

2023
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2023 poster

ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2023

Movie · as Athena

2023
ROH Final Battle 2023 poster

ROH Final Battle 2023

Movie · as Athena

2023
AEW WrestleDream 2023: Zero Hour poster

AEW WrestleDream 2023: Zero Hour

Movie · as Athena

2023
All Elite Wrestling: Collision poster

All Elite Wrestling: Collision

TV · as Athena · 13 eps

2023
ROH on HonorClub poster

ROH on HonorClub

TV · as Athena · 16 eps

2022
WrestleCon Mark Hitchcock Memorial Super Show 2022 poster

WrestleCon Mark Hitchcock Memorial Super Show 2022

Movie · as Athena

2022
AEW All Out 2022 poster

AEW All Out 2022

Movie · as Athena

2022
Warrior Wrestling 20

Warrior Wrestling 20

Movie · as Athena

2022
ROH Final Battle 2022 poster

ROH Final Battle 2022

Movie · as Athena

2022
Hey! (EW) poster

Hey! (EW)

TV · as Athena · 1 ep

2021
NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day poster

NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day

Movie · as Ember Moon

2021
WWE NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 2 poster

WWE NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 2

Movie · as Ember Moon

2021
NXT TakeOver: In Your House 2021 poster

NXT TakeOver: In Your House 2021

Movie · as Ember Moon

2021
WWE Royal Rumble 2021 poster

WWE Royal Rumble 2021

Movie · as Ember Moon

2021
WWE: 50 Greatest Women Superstars poster

WWE: 50 Greatest Women Superstars

TV · as Ember Moon · 1 ep

2021
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage poster

All Elite Wrestling: Rampage

TV · as Athena · 1 ep

2021
AEW Dark: Elevation poster

AEW Dark: Elevation

TV · as Athena · 1 ep

2020
NXT TakeOver 31 poster

NXT TakeOver 31

Movie · as Ember Moon

2020
NXT TakeOver: WarGames 2020 poster

NXT TakeOver: WarGames 2020

Movie · as Ember Moon

2020
WWE Liv Forever poster

WWE Liv Forever

Movie · as Ember Moon

2020
AEW Unrestricted poster

AEW Unrestricted

TV · as Athena · 1 ep

2019
WWE WrestleMania 35 poster

WWE WrestleMania 35

Movie · as Ember Moon (Preshow)

2019
WWE Royal Rumble 2019 poster

WWE Royal Rumble 2019

Movie · as Ember Moon

2019
WWE Money in the Bank 2019 poster

WWE Money in the Bank 2019

Movie · as Ember Moon

2019
WWE SummerSlam 2019 poster

WWE SummerSlam 2019

Movie · as Ember Moon

2019
WWE Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2018 poster

WWE Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2018

Movie · as Ember Moon

2019
WWE The Best of Raw and Smackdown Live 2018 poster

WWE The Best of Raw and Smackdown Live 2018

Movie · as Ember Moon

2019
WWE Backstage poster

WWE Backstage

TV · as Ember Moon · 8 eps

2019
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite poster

All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite

TV · as Athena, Athena Reese · 12 eps

2019
Ryan's Mystery Playdate poster

Ryan's Mystery Playdate

TV · as Self - WWE Superstar · 1 ep

2018
WWE Royal Rumble 2018 poster

WWE Royal Rumble 2018

Movie · as Ember Moon

2018
NXT Takeover: Philadelphia poster

NXT Takeover: Philadelphia

Movie · as Ember Moon

2018
NXT Takeover: New Orleans poster

NXT Takeover: New Orleans

Movie · as Ember Moon

2018
WWE Money in the Bank 2018 poster

WWE Money in the Bank 2018

Movie · as Ember Moon

2018
WWE Evolution poster

WWE Evolution

Movie · as Ember Moon

2018
WWE Starrcade 2018 poster

WWE Starrcade 2018

Movie · as Ember Moon

2018
Then, Now, Forever: The Evolution of WWE’s Women’s Division poster

Then, Now, Forever: The Evolution of WWE’s Women’s Division

Movie · as Ember Moon (archive footage)

2017
NXT Takeover: Orlando poster

NXT Takeover: Orlando

Movie · as Ember Moon

2017
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III poster

NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III

Movie · as Ember Moon

2017
NXT: From Secret To Sensation poster

NXT: From Secret To Sensation

Movie

2017
NXT TakeOver: WarGames poster

NXT TakeOver: WarGames

Movie · as Ember Moon

2016
NXT Takeover: Brooklyn II poster

NXT Takeover: Brooklyn II

Movie · as Ember Moon

2016
NXT Takeover: Toronto poster

NXT Takeover: Toronto

Movie · as Ember Moon

2016
WWE 205 Live poster

WWE 205 Live

TV · as Ember Moon · 1 ep

2015
Shimmer Volume 72 poster

Shimmer Volume 72

Movie · as Athena

2015
SHIMMER Volume 71: The ChickFight Tournament

SHIMMER Volume 71: The ChickFight Tournament

Movie · as Athena

2015
SHINE 29 poster

SHINE 29

Movie · as Athena

2015
SHIMMER Volume 74

SHIMMER Volume 74

Movie · as Athena

2015
SHIMMER Volume 75

SHIMMER Volume 75

Movie · as Athena

2015
WSU 8th Anniversary Show poster

WSU 8th Anniversary Show

Movie · as Athena

2015
WSU Power poster

WSU Power

Movie · as Athena

2014
SHIMMER Volume 67

SHIMMER Volume 67

Movie · as Athena

2014
AIW Girls Night Out 14

AIW Girls Night Out 14

Movie · as Athena

2014
SHINE 19 poster

SHINE 19

Movie · as Athena

2014
SHIMMER Volume 70

SHIMMER Volume 70

Movie · as Athena

2014
AIW Girls Night Out 13

AIW Girls Night Out 13

Movie · as Athena

2014
WSU Mutiny poster

WSU Mutiny

Movie · as Athena

2013
ROH: Honor In The Heart of Texas poster

ROH: Honor In The Heart of Texas

Movie · as Athena

2013
ROH: Reclamation - Night 1 poster

ROH: Reclamation - Night 1

Movie · as Athena

2013
ROH: A Night of Hoopla poster

ROH: A Night of Hoopla

Movie · as Athena

2012
SHINE 5 poster

SHINE 5

Movie · as Athena

2012
SHINE Wrestling poster

SHINE Wrestling

TV · as Athena · 82 eps

2012
WWE Main Event poster

WWE Main Event

TV · 4 eps

2011
SHIMMER Volume 37

SHIMMER Volume 37

Movie · as Athena

2011
WSU The Final Chapter poster

WSU The Final Chapter

Movie · as Athena

2011
World Wonder Ring Stardom poster

World Wonder Ring Stardom

TV · as Athena · 5 eps

2010
SHIMMER Volume 34

SHIMMER Volume 34

Movie · as Athena

2010
SHIMMER Volume 36

SHIMMER Volume 36

Movie · as Athena

2010
SHIMMER Volume 33

SHIMMER Volume 33

Movie · as Athena

2010
WWE NXT poster

WWE NXT

TV · as Ember Moon, EMBER MOON · 33 eps

2005
Hell's Kitchen poster

Hell's Kitchen

TV · as Self - Restaurant Patron · 1 ep

1999
WWE Friday Night SmackDown poster

WWE Friday Night SmackDown

TV · 8 eps

1993
Raw poster

Raw

TV · as Ember Moon · 1 ep