Mercedes Mone has opened up on the injury she suffered against Willow Nightingale that nearly cost the former IWGP Women’s Champion her career.
The injury resulted in Mone and Nightingale calling an audible and having Willow become the first NJPW Strong Women’s Champion at NJPW Resurgence 2023.
In a recent interview with the New York Post, Mone shared that she won’t let this injury stop her from giving her all in the ring. She said,
“This was almost all taken away from me and I couldn’t imagine where I would be if I didn’t have wrestling. I would be so, so lost. So for me, it’s really putting my heart, my soul, my body all out there all over again and not being afraid of getting hurt. That’s the biggest thing about having an injury is not being afraid of hitting these moves you hit before. You don’t want to get hurt again. I’m ready to put my body on the line. I’m ready to put my heart out there.”
Mone added that the first week after her surgery was the most pain she’s ever felt and that it was “so hard to learn how to do things” on her one good leg.
Mone will challenge Nightingale for the AEW TBS Championship at AEW Double or Nothing 2024 in one of the show’s three main events.
