AEW: Blue Panther Sr., La Catalina, & More CMLL Talents Set for 2/26 AEW & ROH Tapings, Marina Shafir on Process Leading to Her Joining Death Riders, Mina Shirakawa on Dream Goal of Winning AEW Women’s Title

Blue Panther Sr., La Catalina, & More CMLL Talents Set for 2/26 AEW & ROH Tapings

AEW announced that CMLL talents Blue Panther Sr., Blue Panther Jr., Dark Panther, Valiente, Gran Guerrero, Euforia, and La Catalina will be making an appearance for the company at their AEW Collision and ROH TV tapings on February 26th at the Frontwave Arena in Oceanside, California.

It was announced that Blue Panther Sr., Blue Panther Jr., & Dark Panther will be facing off against Valiente, Gran Guerrero, & Euforia in a Trios match at the tapings.

It was also announced that Athena will be defending her ROH Women’s Championship against La Catalina at the tapings.

OCEANSIDE!
¡AEW y ROH traen la acción!

🏆 @AthenaPalmer_FG defiende el título femenino de ROH contra @LaCatalinagar!
💥 Blue Panther Sr., @bluepantherjr & @BlackCmll vs. Valiente, Gran Guerrero & @Euforia_cmll en una lucha de tríos épica!

¡Vívelo EN VIVO el 26 de febrero en… pic.twitter.com/LDiCWj3zeB

— AEW LIVE EVENTS (@AEWLive) February 22, 2025

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Marina Shafir Comments on How Her Approaching Jon Moxley for Help Led to Her Being Part of Death Riders Group

A recent episode of the Talk of Jericho podcast featured Marina Shafir as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Shafir’s thoughts about the process that led to her joining the Death Riders group in AEW.

“So, I don’t know if you remember months before, there was a leak to the dirt sheets. Somebody was leaking sh*t and we would have those meetings before the show. Remember that? One of those meetings concluded with, ‘Hey, we’re trying to figure out what indie shows we can work with because I know you guys need reps. Let us know if you need help with that. I know a lot of you guys just need development and just let us know,’ and after the meeting was done, everybody f*cking left and I just went right up to (Jon) Moxley and I was like, ‘I need help. I need help. I know I got something, but if I don’t get help with it, it’ll just be wasted, and maybe you can help me.’ We exchanged info and I got connected with Sami Callihan and then Matt Farmer who runs DEFY and I just started doing shows, you know? And after each match, having a skull session and just watching it back and understanding what little shifts need to be made. Moments, transitions. ‘Okay, Marina, you really need to work on this right here for real.’ Just urgency or cadence, and then he just started mentoring me, and it just kind of evolved into where I am now. I’m not a glittery girl. I wish I had the capacity to be sparkly and showboaty. I wanna f*ck girls up and that’s why people appreciate me. Because I have that, oh f*ck, this girl’s about to get f*cked up and not very many girls have that aura about them and I hate that word. But I had to embrace it because that is what, visually, the main thing people saw about me. I can’t help my Slovic b*tch face. I can’t help my big ass shoulders and ability to take a f*cking beating and get back up every time, and that’s what was needed for this.”

Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com

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Mina Shirakawa on Dream Goal of Winning AEW Women’s Title

Pep Shop Collectables held a recent interview with Stardom talent Mina Shirakawa. One of the topics discussed included Shirakawa’s thoughts about winning the AEW Women’s World Championship being one of her dream goals for her wrestling career.

“AEW wrestlers (are some of the people I want to face). Women’s wrestlers is my opponent, my rival… Still, my dream is to be AEW Women’s World Champion. So, every AEW wrestler (is) my rival…”

Shirakawa also gave her thoughts about WWE’s Asuka being a dream match opponent for her wrestling career.

“It’s just dream match, I respect Asuka so much. I want to say Asuka-san. Senpai. So, Asuka-san always tell me what should I do in the U.S. ring. She (gave) advice every time and message to me. So, I love her, I respect her but, now I am STARDOM and she is WWE. So, a little bit difficult but yeah, it’s my dream.”

Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com