AEW TBS Champion and NJPW Strong Women’s Champion Mercedes Moné took to her Mone Bag fan newsletter to discuss a number of topics, including her championship match against Momo Watanabe at NJPW Capital Collision.
Moné said, “I loved my match in DC at Capital Collision, but I am definitely feeling sore.” “All the travel from Wembley to Champaign to DC definitely took its toll but it was nothing compared to what I endured in the match! Before I get into that, let me say how good it felt to feel and act like the FIGHTING CHAMPION I promised I would be! This was my first New Japan Title Defense, and like I said at my promo at the show, it was 466 days since I’ve been in the New Japan Ring. That’s when I got injured. And that’s when my career and life were really up in the air as Doctors said I would never wrestle again. So just to be back, with or without the title FELT INCREDIBLE!”
On the difference between Watanabe and Britt Baker:
“After my match at All In against Britt I definitely felt sore. Brit pulled out a lot of innovative moves. But Momo, she had SO many lethal kicks and lethal forearms not to mention knees to the face! She was really deadly out there. As proof, I have multiple bruises on my arm, not to mention my leg, after she hit me with a baseball bat.”
