Mercedes Mone isn’t holding again in relation to the variations between her time in WWE and her present run in AEW—and he or she’s making it clear which one lets her shine.
Talking with Justin Barrasso for Undisputed, the present AEW TBS Champion opened up about her frustrations in WWE and the way issues have modified since becoming a member of AEW in early 2024. The largest distinction? Time and management.
“Earlier than, there have been so many instances after I was getting four-minute matches–or we’d get to the constructing and one thing would change,” Mone mentioned. “You’d spend weeks planning for all of it to vary on the final minute. Now, it’s not altering. I get to exit and do it. It’s mine to say, it’s mine to hold, it’s mine to do. I get to exit and dwell my dream.”
That frustration over fixed last-minute changes and brief matches was a driving issue behind her determination to go away WWE. In AEW, Mone says she’s lastly being handled just like the top-tier expertise she is aware of she is. She additionally defined why she didn’t return to WWE regardless of the open door.
“That is the place the very best wrestle,” she mentioned of AEW. “These girls have a lot drive to be the very best, and that makes my ardour even stronger, too.”
Mone added that she’s now chasing the targets she by no means may in WWE, particularly in relation to wrestling internationally.
“I wished to discover Japanese girls’s wrestling and UK girls’s wrestling for therefore lengthy. I’m not dreaming about it anymore–I’m doing it.”
This Sunday at AEW Double or Nothing, Mone will face Jamie Hayter within the Owen Hart Cup finals. It’s a high-stakes match, however extra importantly, it’s a showcase she feels accountable for—in contrast to the rushed segments she was typically handed in WWE.
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