This past Wednesday, Mercedes Mone made her All Elite Wrestling debut at AEW Dynamite: Big Business. Mone made an emotional speech in the opening segment, and she saved Willow Nightingale from Julia Hart and Skye Blue’s attack after the main event.
Before joining AEW, Mercedes Mone appeared on Evan Mack’s Kick Rocks Wrestling Podcast, where she made a controversial statement.
Mone said, “I know I’m gonna be back there [WWE] one day. Like I said, I have a lot of unfinished business in a lot of places.”
Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer noted that many people were upset about Mercedes Mone’s statement.
“Regarding WWE, she said, ‘I know I’m gonna be back there one day. Like I said, I have a lot of unfinished business in a lot of places.’ Boy, did this one rub a lot of people the wrong way. Time will tell, and quite frankly, she should always have it in her mind the possibility of going to WWE, but saying so days before she’s about to start in AEW wouldn’t be the right time politically to say that. There is a reality that some people consider AEW as the place they want to be, and some see it as a place to make money until getting the call to come back. The latter group has in general been more of a detriment to the company.”
The former IWGP Women’s Champion is scheduled to address the fans next week on AEW Dynamite.