The countdown is on for Mercedes Mone’s return to the ring from injury. However, it doesn’t appear it will happen in AEW.
What was once expected
Mone, aka Sasha Banks, had been expected to make her AEW debut when she’s back, as the former WWE star was seen on camera in the crowd at All In from Wembley Stadium.
It was believed she would have debuted for AEW at the TD Garden Blood and Guts episode of Dynamite in her hometown of Boston, MA, if she had not been injured during a match to crown the inaugural NJPW Strong Women’s Champion. She later had surgery for a broken ankle several months ago.
The latest
Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful Select reported in a Q&A that the working plans for Mone in AEW have been dropped. He also killed a rumor about Mone wanting big money from WWE for a return.
“So a lot of times, you’ll see me get frustrated with irresponsible aggregation. And that happened very heavily, specifically on Facebook with a Sasha Banks story. SportsKeeda ran an article, and nobody reached out to me or anything to clarify any language, which is always a possibility, but it got aggregated by like dozens of Facebook accounts that said that I claimed that Mercedes/Sasha was demanding huge money from WWE. I have not heard anything of talks with WWE. What I said is I heard that the number that she’s after is a lot, and if I were WWE, I would pay it. I didn’t say who or what kind of talks were happening. And that type of context is very, very important. But I have not heard of any ongoing talks, with them, for a return or anything like that. So, it’s a little bit frustrating in that regard, but I haven’t heard anything lately. Besides that, the once working plans for AEW and Mercedes are no longer working plans.”
Mone signed on for more dates with NJPW shortly before being injured.
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