Thekla Eyes One-on-One Showdown With Persephone After Previous CMLL Clash

Thekla has made no secret of a match she wants to revisit. The Austrian wrestler has expressed interest in eventually getting Persephone alone in a singles bout, pointing to their prior encounter in CMLL as the foundation for a rivalry worth exploring further.

Since joining All Elite Wrestling last year, Thekla has wasted little time building her credibility in the women’s division, working programs against some of the company’s top names including Jamie Hayter and Kris Statlander. Those matchups helped establish her as a legitimate threat in a loaded roster, and her history with Persephone — forged on the lucha libre circuit in CMLL — gives her an established rivalry to potentially pick back up.

Thekla’s crossover background is part of what makes her an intriguing piece of AEW’s women’s division. Having competed at a high level in both Japan and Mexico before landing in Jacksonville, she brings a versatile, hard-hitting style that has translated well against a variety of opponents. A renewed chapter with Persephone, should it materialize, would carry real history behind it and give both women a meaningful platform to settle unfinished business.

Whether AEW books that encounter remains to be seen, but Thekla has at least put the idea on the table. With the women’s division continuing to grow in prominence, a motivated Thekla chasing a specific opponent is exactly the kind of story that could develop into something compelling down the line.