Athena didn't want to cosplay as Tom Hardy's Bane, so she made some adjustments.
Athena headlined ROH Final Battle on December 15, as she successfully defended the ROH Women's World Championship against Billie Starkz. Ahead of the match, Athena suffered a broken nose, but she didn't let that stop her from cosplaying as the popular Batman villain Bane, complete with a Venom pack.
During the ROH Final Battle post-show media scrum, Athena was asked to describe how close to the finish line she came with her cosplay, given her injury. She made it clear that she did not want to wear the kind of mask Tom Hardy's Bane had in Dark Knight Rises", as she wanted to cosplay as the comic book version of the character.
“When I found out my nose was broken, that was definitely a crazy situation because I was like, oh crap, I can’t wear this mask over a mask. Then I tried to order the other Bane mask from the movie, and I was like, ‘I don’t want to do that one. That defeats the purpose of the venom pack, come on.’ So then it became, ‘Well, I’m just gonna cut this as far up as I can and just hope it stays,’ and that’s what it came down to. I kind of just finagled that, had to get a sewing machine out, and just figured it out the rest of the way. But I’m really glad I finally got to do it. It’s an entrance piece that I wanted to do forever because I’m a massive Batman man, and Bane is one of my favorite…comic book Bane is one of my favorites. Tom Hardy’s great and all, but gotta get the comic book Bane. But I was very excited to finally be able to do that cosplay, especially for an entrance because I felt like it worked with everything going on with the story," Athena said.
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