On Sunday night, Mercedes Martinez will be making her Takeover debut when she competes for the NXT Women’s Championship against Toni Storm and Io Shirai at NXT Takeover: Vengeance Day.
Martinez spoke to Solo Wrestling about why she decided to sign with WWE.
“I think WWE is everyone’s ultimate goal. It was always my ultimate goal to come to WWE, and I didn’t know in reality if I was actually ever going to make it here. After 20 years in the business, it’s one of those things that you kind of leave behind in the back of your head. Like, ‘Yeah, I’ll get there when I get there, [but] it may not be a thing.’”
Martinez also competed for All Elite Wrestling and stated wrestling for other promotions was just part of the journey:
“So you want to look at other outlets, whether it’s wrestling overseas or the other companies, but once the WWE contacted me I had no issues whatsoever signing that contract. [WWE was] definitely always the go. Even if I didn’t get to be part of WWE, I knew that I would still be wrestling for a couple more years. My career was winding down and this was just an opportunity that I had to get, and an opportunity that I really needed. It’s just the combination of all the hard work that I have done, and it just so happens that it came almost at my 20th year [in my] career.”
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