Mercedes Mone Opens Up On NJPW Debut, WWE Exit, More
In a special interview with New Japan Pro Wrestling, Mercedes Mone (Sasha Banks in WWE) spoke at length about a range of subjects, including her NJPW launching at Wrestle Kingdom 17, her approaching match with KAIRI at Battle in the Valley, her fascination with Japanese wrestling, and more.
You can have a look at some highlights from the interview listed below:
Mercedes Mone on her New Japan launching at Wrestle Kingdom:“I’m still attempting to recuperate from everything (laughs). It takes a while to recuperate after you return from Japan, an I’m still getting tagged in all these Wrestle Kingdom photos, still seeing numerous individuals’s responses about what took place. It was 2 weeks ago however I’m still taking it in.”
On whether she’s seen the launching back yet:“No, I still have not! I still have not had the possibility to, however it’s still requiring time to feel genuine, since it’s been such an imagine mine. Not just to battle and carry out in Japan, however to be in the Tokyo Dome. When I was 12, 13 I utilized to view All Japan Women’s wrestling, and I utilized to see those matches in the Tokyo Dome … It was so huge for me. To see the crowd’s responses to seeing those females battle, it resembled ‘wow, I desire that at some point’. To quick forward to this being my very first minute in wrestling in 2023, and to make such a declaration for progressing myself from being an employer to being a CEO. I’m so thrilled to be part of a group that’s so starving. It’s a star in my heart, and it feels so excellent to be delighted about wrestling once again.”
On Battle in the Valley quickly offering out following her launching match statement:“Personally, I constantly understood I was going to make an effect here. It’s cool to see how fast it was, the turn-around to go from another name and character I’ve done for 10 years to now be Mercedes Moné, and to see that quickly pattern … simply individuals clearly desiring and caring to see my match with KAIRI was cool. For it to offer out with that match being the only thing revealed at that time was fantastic. I understand my fans constantly like and support me, so I understood it was going to succeed, however it was type of a shock to see how rapidly it went that well.”
On her approaching match versus KAIRI: I’m definitely all set for February 18. Awaiting January 4, I do not understand if you can call it a stress and anxiety attack, however I had a lot of nerves, and such enjoyment for that look. Now that’s over with I’m truly delighted to have my very first match all over once again, and to do it for New Japan. I have not been thrilled for a match like this in a long period of time, and I’m all set to stun the world. I’m all set to shock myself to be sincere, to see what type of magic KAIRI and I can develop because ring.
Mercedes Mone will challenge KAIRI for the IWGP Women’s Championship at Battle in the Valley on February 18 at the San Jose Civic in San Jose, California.
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