Mercedes Mone Potentially Suffers Serious Injury

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An update has emerged on Mercedes Mone following her NJPW STRONG Women’s Championship match at NJPW Resurgence.

During the May 21 show, a four-woman tournament took place to crown the inaugural NJPW STRONG Women’s titleholder.

The main event of the show saw AEW’s Willow Nightingale face off against Mercedes Mone for the gold, with Nightingale ultimately picking up the victory.

Towards the end of the bout, Mone began to favor her leg, and was carried out of the arena after the final bell.

Per PWInsider, there was word backstage after the bout that Mone suffered a broken ankle.

Mone has now taken to Twitter to comment on her apparent injury, writing:

WRESTLING!!!!

Phew 😮‍💨 not how I dreamed for tonight to go.

I’m so sorry and I love you guys so much.

I’m gonna heal and be back better than ever.

Moné 💙 @njpwglobal

Prior to her match with Willow Nightingale, Mone had defeated Stephanie Vaquer to earn her place in the tournament final.

Nightingale’s path to the finals saw her defeat Momo Kohgo.

Check out the results from NJPW Resurgence 2023 below:

The DKC def. Bateman

Alex Coughlin def. Christopher Daniels

Virus & Barbaro Cavernario def. Zack Sabre Jr. & Bad Dude Tito

Mercedes Moné def. Stephanie Vaquer – NJPW STRONG Women’s Title Tournament 

Willow Nightingale def. Momo Kohgo – NJPW STRONG Women’s Title Tournament 

Juice Robinson def. Fred Rosser – Street Fight

KENTA def. Hikuleo (c) – NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship

Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta, & Shota Umino def. Rocky Romero, Kazuchika Okada, & Tomohiro Ishii

Will Ospreay def. Hiroshi Tanahashi – IWGP US Title #1 Contender’s Tournament Semi-Final

Willow Nightingale def. Mercedes Moné – NJPW STRONG Women’s Championship

WRESTLING!!!!
Phew 😮‍💨 not how I dreamed for tonight to go.
I’m so sorry and I love you guys so much.
I’m gonna heal and be back better than ever.
Moné
💙@njpwglobal pic.twitter.com/6909ByHdli

— Mercedes Moné Varnado (@MercedesVarnado) May 22, 2023

This must be the spot that caused Mercedes being injured with her leg you can even see her not putting weight on it with the submission #njpwresurgence pic.twitter.com/SRGriUsCOM

— 💸👑✨💯Rasheed💯✨👑💸 (@RDB_KING1) May 22, 2023

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