{"id":151938,"date":"2023-01-04T18:36:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T00:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=151938"},"modified":"2023-01-04T18:39:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T00:39:02","slug":"mercedes-mone-makes-first-comments-since-making-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/01\/04\/mercedes-mone-makes-first-comments-since-making-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes Mone makes first public comments since making New Japan debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-767301765\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Mercedes Mone, formerly known as Sasha Banks in WWE, made her first public comments since making her debut for New Japan Pro Wrestling at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/01\/04\/wrestle-kingdom-17-results\/\">Wrestle Kingdom 17<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am Mercedes Mone and I am the CEO of New Japan and Stardom&#8217;s women&#8217;s division,&#8221; Mone said at the post event press conference. &#8220;This is only my first stop because I&#8217;m on a world domination tour. I know everyone is so jealous of Japan because you guys are so lucky to have me first. I&#8217;m about to take the IWGP Women&#8217;s Championship and take all over Japan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m here to make money, Banks said to a question. I&#8217;m about to make the Yen go up and then I&#8217;ll go collect Pesos. I&#8217;ll go collect the Rubies, the gold, and the dollars. We&#8217;ll see who&#8217;s next after New Japan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mone went on to name a few wrestlers she was looking to fight, but stopped short of calling anyone out specifically. Mone appeared after Kairi retained her IWGP Women&#8217;s Championship at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/01\/04\/video-wrestle-kingdom-17-torchcast-1-4-live-analysis-and-more-on-omega-vs-ospreay-and-white-vs-okada\/\">Wrestle Kingdom 17<\/a>. Mone confronted Kairi and laid her out in the ring before declaring that she would wrestle Kairi at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/njpwglobal\">NJPW<\/a> Battle in the Valley on February 18.<\/p>\n<h3>Full Wrestle Kingdom 17 Match Results Including Mercedes Mone debut<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Catch 22 def. LiYoh \u2013 IWGP Junior Tag Team Championship<\/li>\n<li>KAIRI def. Tam Nakano \u2013 IWGP Women\u2019s Championship<\/li>\n<li>Bishimon def. FTR \u2013 IWGP World Tag Team Championship<\/li>\n<li>Zach Sabre Jr. def. Ren Narita \u2013 NJPW World TV Championship<\/li>\n<li>Tama Tonga def. Karl Anderson \u2013 NEVER Openweight Championship<\/li>\n<li>Shota Umino, Tanahashi and Kenji Muto def. Los Ingobernobles de Japon<\/li>\n<li>Hiromu Takahashi def. Taiji Ishimori, El Desperado, and Master Wato \u2013 IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship<\/li>\n<li>Kenny Omega def. Will Ospreay \u2013 IWGP United States Championship<\/li>\n<li>Kazuchika Okada def. 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