Mercedes Mone formally grew to become “All Elite” on the Large Enterprise episode of “AEW Dynamite” again in March 2024, however that wasn’t her first look within the firm. Lengthy-time followers will bear in mind Mone being a particular visitor on the inaugural AEW All In London pay-per-view in August 2023, the place she watched the present as a fan whereas recovering from an ankle damage she suffered in opposition to Willow Nightingale in NJPW earlier that yr.
“The CEO” recalled her first journey to Wembley Stadium within the newest version of her “Mone Magazine” publication, and revealed that she was really in talks to return to WWE at the moment.
“Let me take you all the way in which again to 2023. On the time, I used to be nonetheless going backwards and forwards in talks with WWE once I acquired an invite to go to All In London. Now, you guys know me. I LOVE skilled wrestling. So there was completely NO WAY I used to be going to overlook the chance to witness one thing this huge—a wrestling present of this magnitude, exterior of WWE, at Wembley Stadium. I really like historical past. I really like being round historical past. And much more than that, I really like being part of it. The second I acquired to London, one thing simply felt completely different. The power was proper. From the way in which I used to be handled to the second I arrived at Wembley, I bear in mind considering: Wait… I Love this!”
Mone additionally revealed that when she visited the backstage space, AEW President Tony Khan urged that she ought to do an impromptu section with Willow Nightingale given their current historical past, which shocked Mone since she wasn’t even signed to the corporate. Mone went on to say that after seeing some previous buddies backstage, having the ability to watch a present as a fan for as soon as, and being a part of one thing as historic as AEW’s first journey to Wembley Stadium, she knew that AEW was the place she wanted to be.
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