Mercedes Mone dropped the IWGP Women’s Championship to Mayu Iwatani at Sunday’s STARDOM’s All Star Grand Queendom event. However, she will be sticking around in Japan.
Mone agreed to a contract extension with NJPW/STARDOM hours before the match took place, as Mone’s previous deal was expiring after the match. Her next appearance will be on May 21 at NJPW Resurgence in Long Beach, CA.
While speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted Mone is well-received backstage.
“She was very well received backstage…..I heard nothing, but….she’s really trying to fit in. No complaints about doing the job here. No big league or whatever, she did not act like ‘I’m a big…a lot of times when American stars come to Japan, they act like they’re big stars. Less now, but in the old days, it was pretty prevalent. And she had none of that. She’s worldwide more famous than any of these women, but she did not come across like that at all. Very well received,” Meltzer stated.
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