Marina Shafir Says Mercedes Mone Is Going To Feel Her Grief At Full Gear, ‘I Don’t Know What That’s Going To Look Like’

Marina Shafir is going to take her grief out on Mercedes Mone.

AEW Full Gear is set to feature a big match for the AEW Women’s World Championship, as Mercedes Mone will put the title up against Marina Shafir. Notably, this will be the first time that Shafir has had a one-on-one title match in AEW since July 2023.

The pay-per-view will be another tribute show of sorts for PAC, who tragically passed away back in September. In a new interview with Renee Paquette, Marina admitted that she hasn’t personally processed her grief yet.

“I think for each of us individually, it’s happened privately. It definitely happened as a group, I think France was the one where it hit different. Personally, I’m just gonna let it hit me when it’s supposed to hit me. I’m not running from it, I’m not hiding from it. The grieving just hasn’t happened yet for me. Yeah.

Speaking about her match with Mone, Shafir noted that she doesn’t feel great about the timing of the opportunity.

“I think about it all the time. Sometimes I think, if Ben wouldn’t have passed, would I be sitting here with you? I think eventually yeah, imminently no. It was hard for me to feel good about having that opportunity with her. I straight up told her after the match, I went right to her and I said, ‘I have a lot of respect for you and I always wanted to stand across the ring from you, but not under these circumstances.’ Unfortunately for her, she’s gonna feel my grief. I don’t know what that’s going to look like, I don’t know. I hate thinking about it.”

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