Mercedes Moné says top WWE Superstar has given her the "greatest" and "worst" matches of her career
Mercedes Moné dominated the WWE women's division as Sasha Banks before coming to AEW. She's also wrestled top talents in NJPW and Stardom. Ahead of her next big All Elite rivalry heating up, Moné had a surprising reaction when asked to reveal her Mount Rushmore of in-ring opponents,
AEW's current TBS Champion is also the current Women's Champion of NJPW Strong. The former Boss of WWE wrestled multiple Superstars dozens of times, including Charlotte Flair, Nia Jax, Bayley, Becky Lynch, Alexa Bliss, Natalya, Bianca Belair, and Liv Morgan, among others. Since leaving the biggest wrestling company in the world, Mercedes has wrestled names like Kairi Sane, Willow Nightingale, Stephanie Vaquer, Britt Baker, Hikaru Shida, and others.
Mercedes Moné just named her top opponents during an appearance on First We Feast's Truth Or Dab: Rapid Fire. The dual champion was asked to reveal her Mount Rushmore of in-ring opponents. She listed Bayley, Flair, and Belair from WWE, along with Nightingale, who she's faced in AEW and NJPW:
"That's hard for me because I've wrestled some of the best in the world. Number one I think is easily... Bayley. We've made so many historic moments and matches together. Number two might have to be Charlotte Flair. She has given me my greatest matches, my worst matches, all in between. Three, I might have to go with Willow Nightingale. Last but not least, I might have to choose Bianca because of our history-making moment at WrestleMania 37, when we main evented something I'm going to remember the rest of my life," Mercedes Moné said. [From 2:20 to 2:49]
The CEO wrestled around 140 matches with Flair, around 135 with Bayley, just over twelve with Belair, and two with Willow. Her last televised singles match with Bayley came on November 6, 2020, where Moné retained the SmackDown Women's Championship over The Role Model, just two weeks after Moné dethroned Bayley inside Hell in a Cell.
New challenger for Mercedes Moné to be revealed
Mercedes Moné became NJPW Strong Women's Champion at Forbidden Door on June 30, by winning a Winner Takes All match against Stephanie Vaquer. The former Sasha Banks went into the match as AEW TBS Champion.
Moné will learn of her next NJPW Strong challenger after Fighting Spirit Unleashed on November 8. A Fatal 4 Way will be held with Anna Jay, Trish Adora, Koguma, and Hazuki. The winner will be crowned new #1 contender to the NJPW Strong Women's Championship.
It wasn't clear if this will be Mercedes' challenger for Historic X-Over 2, the Antonio Inoki Memorial Show, Strong Style Evolved, or the big Wrestle Kingdom 19 event.
Mercedes Moné made her first defense of the NJPW title at Capital Collision on August 30, where she retained over Momo Watanabe. She then retained both titles over Emi Sakura on October 8 during AEW's Title Tuesday Dynamite.