While speaking at Planet Comicon in Kansas City over the weekend, IWGP Women’s Champion Mercedes Mone indicated that she is interested in working for more promotions in 2023 including Impact Wrestling and AEW.
AEW just so happens to hold a co-promoted show with NJPW, Forbidden Door, this June.
“When is it,” she said when asked about appearing at Forbidden Door. Mone was told that the pay-per-view happens in June. She said, “June so far, I think I could be open, July might be open but I gotta get that phone call. Gotta get that phone call from unc.”
Mercedes Mone on AEWxNJPW Forbidden Door: “Gotta get that phone call from unc”https://t.co/jYZCrurjQr
— Wrestling News (@WrestlingNewsCo) March 19, 2023
While speaking to Adrian Hernandez of The Bet Las Vegas & The Sporting Tribune, AEW President Tony Khan was asked about her comment and whether she will be at the show:
“It’s a very encouraging thing to hear and I have so much respect for Mercedes. I think she’s such a great pro wrestler. Certainly, she’s one of the best in the world and any wrestling company in the world, including AEW, is very fortunate to have Mercedes. Currently, she’s the world champion for our partner, New Japan Pro-Wrestling,” Khan stated. “I think she’s a great champion for them and I’m glad she brought up Forbidden Door because that’s gonna be a very exciting event. Certainly, the shadow of Mercedes is looming large in New Japan Pro-Wrestling right now and when AEW and New Japan clash at Forbidden Door, it’ll be very interesting to see what happens. Certainly, she’s one of their top stars in New Japan so, it makes for a very interesting situation going forward going into Forbidden Door.”
Tony Khan on Goldberg: “He’s a very nice person…I think he’s a household name in pro wrestling and and certainly that’s interesting to hear that Bill is a free agent so that’s something to follow. He’s one of the biggest names in wrestling. Certainly will be something else to… https://t.co/EoCyYnpk06
— Wrestling News (@WrestlingNewsCo) March 22, 2023
