Mercedes Moné is about to step inside of a wrestling ring to wrestle for the first time in a year. Tonight, Moné takes on the last person she wrestled, Willow Nightingale, for the AEW TBS Championship.
Moné last faced Nightingale in May of last year where she was injured. That match was to crown the inaugural NJPW STRONG Women’s Champion. That title was supposed to go to Moné but due to her injury the match result was changed and Nightingale took the honor and the title.
Moné joined AEW in March making her debut at Big Business. Many have speculated why Moné hasn’t wrestled at all until now, some saying she may have still been recovering from injury.
In a feature article by Joseph Staszewski of the New York Post, it’s noted that “She was medically cleared to wrestle in December and believes she’s in the best shape of her life for her AEW debut.”
She said the first week after surgery was the “most pain I’ve ever felt in my whole life.” So the road hasn’t been easy.
“Moné said she spent the past year training in every wrestling school in the Orlando area.
That included working out with the former Scrypts in WWE, Lince Dorado and former Ring of Honor women’s champion Sumie Sakai, among others to be exposed to many styles and teachings as possible.”
For Mercedes Moné fans tonight’s match has been a year in the making.
