“Everybody told me since I was 16, ‘You’re going to get signed. You’re going to get picked up. You’re going to disappear.’ I never believed it until I was putting pen to paper and I was like, ‘There is a contract in front of me. I have to make a decision.’ I am beyond blessed with what wrestling has brought me. If you told 13-year-old Billie Starkz that this would be my life right now, she would laugh in your face and be like, ‘You’re lying.’”, During an appearance on “The Wrestling Classic†podcast ahead of ROH Final Battle 2024, Billie Starkz talked about the collapse of her relationship with Athena and her decision to abandon the Minion In Training (M.I.T.) program., On the February 28, 2023, episode of MLW Underground Wrestling, Starkz made her MLW debut, defeating Kayla Kassidy. [27][28] On the March 21 episode of Underground Wrestling, she faced Taya Valkyrie for the MLW Women's Featherweight Championship but lost the match. [29].