As noted before, Mercedes Mone has been out of action for New Japan Pro Wrestling and Stardom since this past May due to an ankle injury. Mone is currently believed to not have any remaining dates on her current contract with NJPW and Stardom. AEW has been interested in signing Mone to a potential contract but their plans to do so is currently believed to no longer be active plans.
Fightful Select reported that their sources provided some new details and clarified some recent misinformation and rumors regarding the status of AEW’s plans and talks with Mone.
In regards to AEW, it was reported that those spoken to stated that AEW officials had tentative plans dating back to around their All In event this past August for the company and Mone to work together once she had healed from her injury. It was reported that the reason why these plans are currently longer active is due to both sides being far apart on terms for any potential deal. It was also reported that it is currently not known if this is due to issues involving number of dates, work schedule, monetary amount, or creative plans.
Those spoken to reportedly did not state that the door between Mone and AEW has closed contrary to the recent rumors going around on social media. It was reported that the rumors of AEW having plans in place for Mone’s debut that were cancelled was something they never actually stated in their original report. It was reported that it is currently not known if AEW officials even had any creative plans at all for Mone’s potential debut that could have been cancelled at the time of their original report.
In regards to NJPW and Stardom, it was reported that NJPW officials currently do want Mone to work again with the company but she is currently not signed to them nor Stardom.
In regards to WWE, it was reported that those spoken to within WWE stated that the company is currently planning on renewing talks with several free agents at the start of 2024. Mone’s name reportedly is currently not known to be among them. Those spoken to close to WWE’s creative team reportedly have not heard of any plans for the creative team to prepare for Mone’s potential return despite recent online rumors. In regards to WWE’s interest in bringing back Mone, it was reported that this is something that is not new but at the moment, there has not been any internal talk that WWE is bringing Mone back.