Chris Jericho says Mercedes Mone's star power takes things to a different level.
Mercedes Mone, formerly known as Sasha Banks, is All Elite, as she made her official AEW debut at AEW Dynamite: Big Business, where she stated that she intended to take the revolution global. Mone is already being viewed as one of AEW's top stars, and Tony Khan has said she is perfect to be the face of the company.
Speaking on Gabby AF, Chris Jericho shared his thoughts on Mercedes Mone joining AEW.
"She’s more than just a star in the women’s division. She’s a star overall. She’s got that star quality to where, I don’t even remember her as Sasha Banks anymore, it’s Mercedes Mone, which is a much cooler name to me anyways. When she shows up on a AEW show, it’s, ‘Oh my gosh, she’s here too? Everybody is coming to AEW.’ We have a very talented women’s roster, but it’s always good when you can bring in somebody of that level of stardom, with that type of experience and star power. You mentioned Deonna [Deonna Purrazzo] and Toni [Toni Storm], Britt [Britt Baker] will be coming back soon, I’m assuming. Kris Statlander and all these girls. Anna Jay is coming into her own. Skye Blue, Julia Hart. Riho, she’s amazing. There are a lot of great women in the company. When you see Mercedes come in, you know the matches are going to get more interesting, the match-ups that you can put on pay-per-view and Dynamite are going to get even bigger. Once again, the star power she has just takes things to a different level. I know from experience, it’s good when you show up in a new company, it really is. That’s one of the best things about having AEW and WWE so strong, even New Japan. When you see Niic Nemeth or Jack Perry show up in New Japan, it reinvigorates your career and gives you a fresh coat of paint. It makes you a bigger star when you go from one company to another, I really believe that. It shakes things up, it’s exciting for the fans, it’s exciting for the roster, and it’s exciting for talent. I think she’s going to be reinvigorated. We do things completely different here, which in some ways is good and in some ways not as good, but mostly it’s good. There is a system in WWE that works, our system is completely different and when people come here, it’s like, ‘Oh my Gosh, really, I can do that? I don’t have to do this?’ That’s exciting as well. I’m really looking forward to seeing what she does in AEW," Jericho said.
Click here to see what Dustin Rhodes had to say about Mercedes Mone's AEW debut.
Mercedes Mone recently made it clear that she wants to keep changing the game. Check out her comments here.
Mercedes Mone is set to appear on the March 20 episode of AEW Dynamite. Fightful will have coverage of the show as it airs.
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