Mercedes Mone Reaction To NJPW Debut

Mercedes Mone Reaction To NJPW Debut NJPW

AEW star Dax Harwood has recalled Mercedes Mone’s reaction to her NJPW debut at Wrestle Kingdom 17.

During the January 4 show, the former ‘Sasha Banks’ confronted IWGP Women’s Champion KAIRI, before dropping the champion with her new finisher.

This was Mone’s first wrestling appearance since walking out on a WWE Raw taping in May 2022.

Speaking on his FTR podcast, Harwood recalled Mone feeling a number of emotions backstage ahead of her NJPW debut.

Noting that Mone was very proud of her Japanese wrestling appearance, Harwood said:

“Well I know how she (Mercedes Moné) was feeling (at Wrestle Kingdom 17) and she was proud, nervous, excited, scared, all of the emotions.

“I’ve talked about it so many times about professional wrestling and how the moves are only there to convey the emotion that you want them to because everybody knows what that feels like.

“She hits this finishing move and nobody knows what that was, nobody knows how it felt, but, how proud she was in that moment and how nervous she was walking down that aisle, everybody can relate to that and I know that she was so proud of herself because she did it her way, she stood up for what she believed in, she stood for what she thought was right and she was able to achieve probably the thing she’s dreamt about the longest and I would even say that speaking with her, I would even say that trumps WWE for her.

“I know she’s very, very proud of what she accomplished in WWE but I think I can confidently say that being in New Japan, being at the Tokyo Dome, being at Wrestle Kingdom probably trumps it all because that was her dream to go to Japan.”

Mone will challenge for KAIRI’s gold at NJPW Battle in the Valley on February 18.

A new report has indicated that there might be heat on Mone ahead of her return to the ring, which you can read about right here.

Transcription via POST Wrestling.

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