Thekla Says She Received Death Threats Over STARDOM Angle

AEW Women’s World Champion Thekla says she received death threats and hostile treatment from fans after a controversial STARDOM angle in 2025. Following her loss to Saya Kurara at All Star Grand Queendom, Thekla attacked STARDOM president Taro Okada in an on-screen firing that led to her signing with AEW; she told Daily Express US fans were urging police involvement, telling her to leave the country and even spitting at her, which she took as a sign the angle was “actually really working.”

Thekla noted the storyline has been revisited at Arena México and STARDOM’s American Dream show in Las Vegas, and said she enjoys playing a heel—”I just love being a little prick”—while also reflecting on the odds of both her and WWE’s Gunther emerging from Austria, a country with a limited wrestling scene. Originally reported by Wrestling Observer: https://www.f4wonline.com/news/aew/thekla-says-she-received-death-threats-over-stardom-angle/.