Thekla declares ‘death to Stardom’ for AEW Forbidden Door, president Taro Okada responds
Reigning AEW Women’s World Champion Thekla’s war with her previous employer Stardom will apparently continue at this month’s AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door.
During Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite, Thekla cut a in-arena promo alongside Skye Blue and Julia Hart where she recounted her hatred for Stardom, that she was the “Idol Killer there” and issued a reminder that she got fired.
She said now, they have to do it all over again and has her eyes set for Forbidden Door and whether the Stardom talent comes here or the Triangle of Madness goes there, she is “going to close that door for damn good.”
She then said, “I am not declaring war on Stardom. I am declaring death to Stardom.”
She then climbed a ladder next to the videoboard on the entranceway that had the Forbidden Door graphic up and spit on the the Stardom logo before flipping it off.
It didn’t take long for Stardom president and Thekla nemesis Taro Okada to respond on X, saying it was “A vulgar, cowardly, and shameful act. Unforgivable.”
She made her debut in AEW just over a year ago after a successful run in Stardom that ended with her storyline firing after she attacked Okada — an angle she said she got death threats over. During Stardom’s WrestleMania week show in Las Vegas, Thekla made a surprise appearance to torment Okada again.
The PPV is set for Sunday, June 28 from San Jose, Californai.
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