Thekla says she received death threats over STARDOM angle
Some STARDOM fans were quite angry with Thekla over the angle she did before leaving the company.
Following her loss to Sayaka Kurara at All Star Grand Queendom in 2025, Thekla attacked STARDOM president Taro Okada, who was seated at ringside. The angle was that Thekla was fired from STARDOM, which led to her signing with AEW.
During a recent interview with Daily Express US, the AEW Women’s World Champion said she received death threats after the initial angle.
“When the death threats came in and everybody was like, ‘Hey, somebody call the police, she needs to leave the country,’ and people started spitting at me at the shows,” Thekla said, “I was like, ‘Oh my God, I think this is actually really working.'”
The angle has been followed up on twice since the initial attack. She also had altercations with Okada at Arena Mexico in October and again at STARDOM’s American Dream show in Las Vegas over WrestleMania weekend.
Thekla also spoke about her preference for being a heel during the interview.
“I just love being a little prick,” she said. “I call everybody dumb b——, you know,” she said, laughing. “And people are just like, yes.”
Thekla also addressed her and WWE’s Gunther both coming from Austria, a country that doesn’t have much of a wrestling scene.
“What are the odds that we both come from a very small country with basically no wrestling scene? What are the odds that that two people make it this far, him and WWE and me and AEW? It’s it’s really remarkable,” she said.
Thekla’s full interview is available here.
Clips of Thekla attacking the STARDOM president are below:
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