Matt Hardy says Mercedes Mone is bringing a lot of star power to AEW.
Mone made her All Elite Wrestling debut this past Wednesday at AEW Dynamite: Big Business in Boston, featuring in both the opening and closing segment of the show. In the main event segment, Mone would make the save for former rival Willow Nightingale from Skye Blue and TBS Champion Julia Hart.
While speaking on this week's The Extreme Life Of Matt Hardy, Matt discussed Mone's AEW debut. When asked what Mone will be bringing to AEW, Hardy stated his belief Mercedes will bringing a lot of star power with her into AEW.
"Mercedes is gonna be bringing a lot of star power. She was a big star on WWE TV, which is a big deal. WWE TV is the most powerful professional wrestling television there’s ever been in history, so if you’ve been a big star in WWE TV, that gives you lots of equity. So her coming to AEW, it’s different from a Will Ospreay or an Okada, someone who is more of an international name, that people that follow international wrestling, people that are more diehard pro wrestling fans overall, they love and adore these people. But Mercedes, she is someone that the casual fans know a lot more. When I say casual fans, it’s just people that don’t always watch wrestling, people that watch wrestling as they’re passing on TV. ‘Oh, here’s some wrestling on. What’s this girl’s name? This girl’s name is Mercedes Mone. This is Sasha Banks.’ They’re gonna know her, and I think those casual eyeballs are very important to get on your product, and she is going to assist in getting those casual eyeballs and more general wrestling fans to watch your program."
Hardy continued, noting that her unique attitude and demeanor makes Mone stand out amongst the rest.
“She’s got a very unique attitude, she’s got a very unique demeanor. I think Mercedes is extremely confident. I think she is good, and she knows she’s good. She’s very unique in the way she does things in the ring. She just has this presence and this aura about her, where when you see her, you believe in her. She really is, she’s someone who connects with fans, both female and male fans. She actually connects with them. She has that ‘it’ factor that it takes to be successful in pro wrestling."
Hardy rounded off his statement by remarking that Mone elevates the AEW women's division just by being in it.
“She automatically elevates it. She ups the equity of the AEW women’s division, just by being there."
Mone is currently advertised to speak on the March 20th edition of AEW Dynamite.
Mercedes recently stated that she felt like Stone Cold Steve Austin during her AEW debut. You can read more about that here.
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