Even though Mercedes Mone and Saraya are both under contract with AEW, the promotion has yet to book the match.
Mone was labeled an “unsafe worker” following a WWE live event in December 2017, during which she was working a match with Saraya. During the six-woman tag team match, Mone hit Saraya in the neck, and the match was stopped because Saraya was hurt.
This was a year after Saraya had been sidelined with a neck injury. Saraya was medically retired due to spinal stenosis, only to be cleared and returned to in-ring action in 2022. While speaking with Justin Dhillon on Casual Conversations with The Classic, Saraya was asked about the potential match in AEW.
“I don’t know. I mean, we both wanted to, so we were just waiting for that trigger to be pulled. But I think she has other people that she has to wrestle for right now, so I don’t know when that time would be. Unfortunately, I may not be there to be able to do that with her,” she said. “It should have happened a while ago, but it is what it is. We wanted it, but it hasn’t been the right time, I guess.”
Saraya’s contract with AEW expires later this year.
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