Zayda Steel Says She Had To Hold Back Tears During Her Entrance For Her Recent Match With Mercedes Mone

Zayda Steel reflects on getting the opportunity to share the ring with Mercedes Mone in what would be her ultimate dream match.

Back in August, Steel would face off with Mone in a singles match on AEW Collision, an occasion that would be marked as Zayda’s ‘ultimate dream match’ as she put it in the aftermath of the bout.

While speaking to MuscleManMalcolm in a new interview, Zayda Steel spoke about the match, admitting that she actually held back tears during her entrance for the bout on the August 15th edition of AEW Collision.

“My music hit, and instantly, I try to hold back tears on my entrance. Like, I’ve never blinked out that quick in a match. That was like my comfort wrestler, you know? You know when you deal with a lot in life, and you have your, like, comfort people? Mercedes was always that for me, and to get that early on year one. I haven’t even been in AEW for a year, and I got my dream match already, so I already know after year one, I’m only gonna get better and better, so Mercedes, we’re gonna run it back. Whatever I said earlier, yeah, bring that clip up later when I beat her.”

Elsewhere in the same interview, Zayda spoke about being the first Arab woman to compete in AEW. You can read more about that here.

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