During last Sunday’s Wrestle Dynasty pay-per-view event at the Tokyo Dome, AEW TBS Champion Mercedes Mone defeated Mina Shirakawa to win the RevPro British Women’s Championship.
In the latest edition of her “Mone Mag” newsletter, Mone revealed that she had a panic attack before the event.
You can check out some highlights from the newsletter below:
On suffering a panic attack before Wrestle Dynasty: “One of the lines Advocate Kev says to Team-Moné on our various trips is: ‘We’re gonna make history…AGAIN!’ Though I have nerves and butterflies for all my big matches, my match at the Tokyo Dome against Mina was somehow different. From the moment I landed in Japan, where I actually bawled my eyes out with both disbelief and gratitude, to the morning of the event, where I had an actual panic attack, making history was the last thing on my mind.”
On not wanting to let Mina Shirakawa down: “Kev could see my condition on the bus ride and asked: ‘Are you nervous or just excited?’ I replied, ‘Both.’ Truly, it was my lifelong dream to have a match at this level at the Tokyo Dome, so I was beyond excited. Along with the rich wrestling history, I feel as though, in some strange way, Japan, like Mexico, is another home. Yet, for all my joy, I was likewise petrified. I didn’t want to let the promoters down. I didn’t want to let the fans down. I didn’t want to let Mina down. I especially, and as always, didn’t want to let the women wrestlers of today AND tomorrow down. I want New Japan, and all promotions, globally, for that matter, to know that we female athletes deserve prominent recognition and a prominent place on the card.”
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