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Persephone, one of Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libres (CMLL)’s top competitors in the women’s division, will compete at the company’s historic show during Slam Fest next month.
CMLL will host its first standalone US show at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas as fans descend on the city for days of pro wrestling action. For more than 90 years, CMLL only hosted joint shows in the United States, as the company is based in Mexico.
But CMLL’s Lucha Libre style of wrestling will be featured with Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (TJPW), House of Glory (HOG), World Wonder Ring Stardom and Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling.
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Persephone celebrates with tag team partner Thunder Rosa during a show on May 28, 2025 at the El Paso County Coliseum. (Gaby Velasquez/El Paso Times/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)
“I think it’s super exciting,” Persephone told Pakinomist Digital about being involved in the historic show. “I think we all know the kind of importance of that week. It’s the focal point of wrestling at that moment. I think it’s all companies, promotions, whether it’s indie, small, big, we all come together for this particular huge week of wrestling. I think it’s something really great that CMLL is now a part of it and taking their part of it.
“Being an independent wrestler back then, I would do every now and then, maybe a smaller indie show. I’d be part of the week, but it wasn’t compared to now. We’re a bigger company. We’re the biggest company in Mexico and I think we’re branching out internationally to the point where we’re now part of Slam Fest — something that might be an American crowd, which I think might be an American crowd. is just there to watch wrestling is going to teach us to know because maybe they don’t know us as well as others. So I think it’s a really good thing for CMLL as a company to branch out, but also I think fans get to know different styles, different companies that maybe they haven’t heard of before.”
The El Paso, Texas native has made a name for himself in recent years. She has been with CMLL since 2023 and has made sporadic appearances for All Elite Wrestling and Ring of Honor since 2025.
She won the 2025 Grand Prix de Amazonas and won the CMLL Amazonas Universal Championship in 2024 after the likes of Daly’s La Caribeña, La Jarochita, Lluvia and La Catalina.
Persephone is waiting to be tagged in on May 28, 2025 at the El Paso County Coliseum. (Gaby Velasquez/El Paso Times/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)
Persephone emphasized how important the cooperation with other companies is.
“I think there’s just something about these collaborations, now we can branch out. We know each other very well,” she explained. “Now we can step into different territories. We can show what we can do, but at the same time, I think when you go to another country, you mix styles. We bring in Lucha Libre and then we come in against stars from the United States with more of an American background. Then we go to Japan and we face a different style.
“I think it’s really good on a professional level, but even as a fan, I think it’s a great time to be a fan. I think right now it’s not just what it is and that’s it, that’s all you get to see in terms of pro wrestling. I think right now there’s so much out there and with the collaboration of all these different companies when it comes to getting a broad interest. of everything and big events like Slam Fest or Forbidden Doors or Fantastica Manias, which are actual collaborations between companies, I think are perfect for fans, I think as a kid watching wrestling, just seeing a lot of different styles and like seeing a masked wrestler look at this big American guy and this Japanese guy, you get a little bit of everything and I think that’s a fan.
Persephone earned the right to challenge Mercedes Moné for the CMLL World Women’s Championship on Friday at La Noche de Las Amazonas. The two met in October for the title, but Moné retained.
Persephone told Pakinomist Digital that she hasn’t interacted with Moné outside of her matches, but she kept a close eye on that generation of women’s pro wrestling when she was younger.
“I was still pretty young when she debuted and when she rose as I think I am right now. I saw her rise as maybe other people see mine right now. And there’s definitely a lot I could say I took away from her in terms of just being knowledgeable. Even in this case, in this fight, she’s the smallest, and I think in a lot of smaller cases she was just going in terms of the physicality, and she just wasn’t. But what I’ve always noticed to her technique and her style, is to be knowledgeable.
It’s the cleverness that earned Persephone praise from AEW co-founder Tony Khan in February.
“As far as young female wrestlers, Persephone working with AEW and CMLL has come in. I think Persephone is amazing,” Khan said on the radio series during Super Bowl week in San Francisco via Slam Wrestling. “She also wrestled for me in ROH and I think Persephone has all the tools. She’s a great star for CMLL and she can be a big star in AEW as well.”
Persephone celebrates during a May 28, 2025 show at the El Paso County Coliseum. (Gaby Velasquez/El Paso Times/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)
The 24-year-old said Khan’s praise meant a lot.
“I think it’s something, it’s going to sound very arrogant, and I’m not sorry, but I think my whole career, even before pro wrestling, I’ve always known that I’m a good athlete. I had scholarships lined up in other sports before I decided to stop those sports to just focus on medicine and pro wrestling. So I’ve always known as one, if I’m actually a good sport. put myself into it, I can be great at it sports, and I always knew I was good at what I did.
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“But anytime I hear that, and especially from someone in a position like Tony, like it’s your boss. It’s someone who’s obviously a lot higher than just, no offense, but like the fan at an indie show. ‘You’re amazing.’ ‘Thanks.’ But someone like Tony telling you is, I think it just feels that much more special because it’s such a validation of everything that I’ve worked for paying off and people at a higher level or, obviously, this much more experience than I have, telling you that they see something in you and that kind of gives you the confidence that I’ve got to keep pushing, I’ve got to keep going.”
The Slam Fest festivities take place 15.-18. April in Las Vegas.
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