Bayley’s Next Lodestone Camp Reportedly Set To Feature AEW’s Athena

As Bayley’s far future remains in debate, her near future will feature some AEW influence.

In 2025, WWE’s Bayley launched the Lodestone training camp aimed to mentor young female wrestlers. The inaugural program was regarded as an absolute success, and it seems the next iteration isn’t far away. However, it also appears an AEW name is set to be helping out.

According to an update from, Fightful Select its believed that this year’s Lodestone camp is set to take place within the next week. Interestingly, it’s noted that the camp is set to involve AEW and ROH wrestler Athena.

“Fightful Select has learned that another Lodestone camp is happening in the next week. We’re told there were private invites given out to some alumni. In addition, it was stated that ROH World Champion Athena is involved. It was implied to Fightful that the camp would be taking place across two cities in Texas, and a lot of the invited talent would be featured on the MetroPlex Wrestling show next week.”

-Fightful Select

While another Lodestone camp will undoubtedly be a welcome sight across the wrestling world, the inclusion of Athena is likely to raise eyebrows for some fans. For months now, Bayley has been the talk of the wrestling community, as her contract status continues to be a point of interest for both fans of WWE and AEW. You can find the latest on her status here.

Bayley has not held back on her love of the AEW women’s roster, including being best friends with Mercedes Moné, praising Kris Statlander onlike, and being a supporter of Athena’s MetroPlex Wrestling promotion, which is likely why the two are coming together for this Lodestone.

As always, we’ll aim to provide any further updates on both Bayley’s contract status and Lodestone 2026 as soon as we hear more.