Mercedes Mone, formerly known as Sasha Banks, left WWE in 2022 due to creative frustration. Mone competed five times in NJPW before being injured in May 2023. She then joined All Elite Wrestling on the March 13th episode of AEW Dynamite.
In an interview with The Independent, Mercedes Mone stated that the difference between WWE and AEW is night and day. Mone added that WWE had no plans for her week-to-week, but she gets genuine respect from AEW.
“The difference between the two companies is night and day. In WWE you have no idea what you’ll be doing week to week, but here I have space to be heard. Along with Tony Khan and with my friend and personal writer Jennifer Pepperman, there’s time to sit down and really plan out the kinds of stories we want to tell. I’m treated with genuine respect, and I really feel seen in a way I sometimes haven’t before. I love it so much here.”
Mercedes Mone is scheduled to defend her TBS Title against Britt Baker this Sunday at AEW All In.