For a while, Mercedes Moné was rumored to make her NJPW debut at Wrestle Kingdom 17 earlier this month.
The rumors turned out to be true, and Mercedes Mone walked out in the Tokyo Dome right after a great in-ring bout for IWGP Women’s Championship. Mone’s close friend and fellow wrestler, Dax Harwood, detailed that she was very nervous walking down the aisle during the latest episode of his “FTR with Dax” podcast.
“I know how she was feeling. She was proud, nervous, excited, scared, all of the emotions, you know? She hit this finishing move and nobody knows what that was. Nobody knows how it felt. But, how proud she was in that moment and how nervous she was walking down the aisle, like, everyone can relate to that and I know that she was so proud of herself because she did it her way. She stood up for what she believed in. She stood up for what she thought was right and she was able to achieve probably the thing she’s dreamt about the longest.”
Dax Harwood on FTR
Mercedes Mone, as we all saw, dropped KAIRI on the mat with a modified DDT right after her debut. The duo is set to collide for the IWGP women’s championship at the NJPW Battle In The Valley on February 18th, with the event already being sold out.
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