Mercedes Mone Addresses Fans Turning on Her Mid-Match at Forbidden Door 2024

Mercedes Mone has become a prime fixture for AEW since her debut at Big Business in March. The CEO won the TBS Championship from Willow Nightingale at Double or Nothing in her debut match last month.

The former WWE superstar followed it up with another monumental victory last weekend at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door. Mercedes Mone defeated Stephanie Vaquer in a ‘Winner Take All’ match and became the TBS and NJPW Strong Women’s Champion.

In her recent newsletter, Mercedes Mone reflected on the Long Island, New York audience, turning on her mid-match, citing their love for the Red Sox team over Mone’s hometown team, Celtics. She initially felt amused about the crowd turning on her citing the unpredictable nature of the wrestling fans, but their energy ended up hyping her even more during the match.

In conclusion, Mone claimed that her character, ‘The CEO,’ was not only a character but an entire corporation with immediate expansion plans in motion.

“My fellow board members of yours truly, CEO Mercedes Moné, I would like to know whoever was a part of the crowd that switched sides on me in the middle of the match… oh did you think I missed that? Come on, have a little fun, fess up now. I mean, I understand having the hometown hate. I’d be bitter, too, if I had to watch the face of TBS, the new Japan strong champion, and one of the living proofs that Boston is, in fact, the city of champions make absolute HISTORY where your teams just can’t compete or compare. But hey, have a little class. JK CELTICS NATION FOR LIFE BABY & IF YOUR SOX AIN’T RED – GET OUT OF HERE! I won’t lie when the chants started – it had me giggling, silly sillies! Don’t you know it’s ME who puts the Boss in Boston! I love New York, though, so I’ll let y’all paint me in the villain era – that’s one thing I love about wrestling: the fans are quick to turn on you, and yet somehow that energy always ends up hyping me up more, so please, carry on, I do enjoy it! If there’s one thing you can always expect at a wrestling show, it is that the crowd is unpredictable, and you may not know what’s going to happen, but one thing is for sure: it will be something surely to remember! In fact, NYC – I should be thanking you, changing sides – cheering on Stephanie over me mid-match; that was like a light bulb moment for me, and now I have some far more exciting stuff up my sleeves. CEO isn’t a character; it’s a whole entire cooperation, baby! And we are expanding as
we speak! Stay tuned!”

Following her historic win, she was upstaged by the return of Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. The AEW Original made her first appearance on AEW Dynamite after a year this week and threw out challenge for a match against Mercedes Mone at the next pay-per-view, AEW All In.

With the match potentially on the horizon, we can expect some more spectacular moments to happen at Wembley Stadium, much like at Forbidden Door.

What are your thoughts on the New York audience turning on Mercedes Mone during her ongoing bout against Stephanie Vaquer? Sound off in the comments!