Mercedes Mone: Leaving WWE Was The Hardest Decision To Make, But A Moment That Changed My Life For The Better

Mercedes Mone knows her worth and shows it.

In May of 2022, Mone (FKA as Sasha Banks in the WWE) walked out during an episode of Monday Night Raw alongside Naomi, the two had left over a reported creative disagreement with Vince McMahon. Both women were the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions at the time.

In a sit-down with Evan T Mack on the Kick Rocks Wrestling Podcast, Mone discussed her reason why she was no longer with the WWE.

“That’s a big question. That’s a big, big question. I really believe in, not only the universe, but I believe in myself and a higher power of light that comes over me. Something inside of me told me that I needed to go do this and stand up for myself. It was a very hard decision because wrestling in WWE has been my whole life. People don’t know, it’s been my whole life. It’s the hardest decision I’ve ever had to make in my whole life, but it’s the proudest. It’s crazy, because I would not be sitting here, living the best version of my life and getting to be everything I’ve ever dreamt of, and more. It makes me so excited because that moment changed my whole life for the better. I’m so thankful for that moment. I’m so proud of myself. I’m so proud of Trinity, of just how strong we were. Everybody wanted to talk about it. Everybody wanted to act like they were in the room. Everybody acted like they were in the room, or worked there, or were backstage, or knew what happened, or knew what was said. All I know is that I handled it like a CEO, like the boss that I am, with my head held high. I can’t say anything but amazing things to WWE. I’m so thankful to the career they gave me, the fans they gave me, the life they gave me. The dreams that they gave me. So many dreams. I got to chase and live them all. I get to do so much more. I have a lot of unfinished business in wrestling in a lot of places,” she said.

Mone would go on to win the IWGP Women’s Championship in her debut for NJPW at Wrestle Kingdom 17. She has not wrestled since May 21, 2023, after suffering an ankle injury at NJPW STRONG Resurgence in a match against Willow Nightingale.

Mone is reportedly set to make her official debut in All Elite Wrestling on March 13 at Big Business.

h/t from Fightful.

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