Mercedes Mone..

[BayleySashaFan4Ever]

Who likes her? I feel she was better in WWE but I like her since I been fan since her WWE run.

 

[Leon TrotSky]

Mercedes Mone is very much a woman who believes her own hype. She is, when you look at it properly, the weakest in-ring of the Black and Gold Horsewomen. She had the strongest character initially, but Becky and Bayley found their gear and she's just stagnated. But she fully believes that she should be the one and only star, and you see it in her career movements in particular. She was best in WWE because she was in WWE, because she wasn't under an owner who - let's be honest - has a bad habit of letting himself be pushed around by talents with big egos. Was she wrong to quit WWE given what they had planned for her? Absolutely not. Has her career improved for her removal from the WWE structure? Absolutely not, in fact it's regressed.

 

[Comrade Khan]

opposite opinion - I think she is the best or second best in ring worker of the Horsewomen ( with Bailey, I think Charlotte is too busted up lately). I think people like to act like her confidence is a bad thing when men show this time of confidence in themselves all the time and it's rarely an issue. I think her matches in AEW have been good to very good but still waiting for her breakout match and feud. Her matches in Japan prior to her injury were top notch. I think it's very weird people actively want her to fail or are mad at her because fans were hype to see her in AEW. Do I think she's lived up to the hype? Not yet. I do think it's very early in the run and she certainly hasn't been having bad matches or feuds. She just has not been exceptional yet.

 

[Comrade Khan]

I also don't think it's fair to say her career regressed when the vast majority of the time away from WWE was injury time. She just now got a chance to shine. I think personally the criticism should be more on her booking/story line/alignment than her talent.

 

[Cwalker]

She’s a good talent.

Good heel but an atrocious babyface.

In terms of character, she’s a lot like Charlotte in the sense that she hasn’t evolved the way Bayley and Becky have. She’s still pretty much the same character she was in NXT.

 

[Chris]

Yeah I've never gotten the "better than you" vibes everyone is so convinced they hear when she speaks lol always felt like your standard "too loud for a black woman" opinion (cue anyone that dislikes her mad that I've just called them racist but hey if the shoe fits maybe reflect) or conflating obvious heel promos with real thoughts. She obviously thinks she is a major star, but she's not wrong and she clearly isn't just in wrestling for what makes her the biggest star overall, she wouldn't touch the NJPW America shows if that's what she cared about the most.

She goes out of her way to put over opponents before and after programs, she writes paragraphs on a weekly newsletter putting over how great the international talent she's worked with is and how much it means to her to be able to wrestle them. Went out of her way to meet Hana Kimura's mom before working out her tribute gear, actually travels with her shitty NJPW belt and gets it on NBA games where most champions just left that bitch with management. I could go on for a startlingly long time with this honestly lol not to say there aren't aspects of her that annoy me, it's why you don't really ever see me throw heaping praise towards her, I'm not crazy high by any means.

 

[Comrade Khan]

Yeah she goes out of her way to praise any company she works with and STILL praises WWE as well, regardless of the issues she had there. I genuinely don't get some of the rabid hate for her outside what Chris mentioned or just wrestling fans falling for WWE slandering talent once they leave.

 

[Comrade Khan]

on the valid criticism I would say sometimes her offense is a bit eh and her promos can be pretty lame at times. I think this bratty character she is now doing is working though and I think her selling is some of the best. She made Amnata look like a complete killer. The finishes to her matches generally seem weak as of late and I have no idea why. But still, the talent is there and I think she just needs a long extended program with someone. Her Willow feud was good.

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

I don't think I've ever gotten the idea she thinks she's better than everyone. If anything I find her rather milquetoast on the mic, but she's a pretty solid talent and works great with Joshi talent.

 

[Comrade Khan]

People are gonna bitch when she wins but her match with Statlander is gonna remind people too how awesome it is to see her get ragdolled. it's gonna be queen v boss -esque

 

[BayleySashaFan4Ever]

She is my female goat since the wwe

 

[JakeYourBooty]

I like her more than Charlotte

She’s a great heel character

 

[Chris]

on the valid criticism I would say sometimes her offense is a bit eh and her promos can be pretty lame at times. I think this bratty character she is now doing is working though and I think her selling is some of the best. She made Amnata look like a complete killer. The finishes to her matches generally seem weak as of late and I have no idea why. But still, the talent is there and I think she just needs a long extended program with someone. Her Willow feud was good.

Her new finish kind of always sucked but lately she's been doing the Bank Statement again and it kinda sucks now too lol I don't get it

 

[Leon TrotSky]

One other thing I forgot to mention is Mone feels like yet another example of what I said to Jeff a while back - she's an example of a wrestler who came to AEW and doesn't seem to be looking to do anything but trade on past glories and hope she gets over off them. The CEO is just the Legally Distinct Boss. Doesn't make her any less of a good worker, but it really makes her a bit more lame.

I haven't seen the Queen Aminata match you recommended, I should really watch it, I could be pleasantly surprised

 

[BayleySashaFan4Ever]

In her blue hair era I thought the world would melt cause of her being hot like she is