{"id":153751,"date":"2023-02-10T11:47:50","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T17:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=153751"},"modified":"2023-02-10T11:47:50","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T17:47:50","slug":"mercedes-mone-njpw-contract-details-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/02\/10\/mercedes-mone-njpw-contract-details-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes Mone NJPW contract details revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4002913706\" 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 does not have a long term agreement in place with New Japan Pro Wrestling ahead of her in-ring debut at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/01\/25\/njpw-battle-in-the-valley-2023-full-match-card\/\">Battle in the Valley<\/a> next week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\/newsletters\/wrestling-observer-newsletter\/february-13-2023-observer-newsletter-jerry-lawler-suffers-stroke-nick-khan-talks-wwe-sale\">The Wrestling Observer<\/a> is reporting that Mone is on a per date basis with New Japan at this point and that her rate, while strong, is not as strong as the rumored $100,000 per appearance rate that Chris Jericho worked under when he worked for the company in 2018. Like Jericho, though, the report indicates that Mone is not signed to a long-term deal with New Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Mone, formerly Sasha Banks in WWE, made her NJPW debut at Wrestle Kingdom 17 in January. Mone confronted Kairi after Kairi retained her IWGP Women&#8217;s Championship and then dropped her with a facebuster before holding the championship belt above her head. At Battle in the Valley on February 18 in San Jose, Mone will take on Kairi with the IWGP Women&#8217;s Championship on the line.<\/p>\n<h3>NJPW Battle in the Valley 2023 Match Card with Mercedes Mone<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Kairi vs. Mercedes Mone \u2013 IWGP Women\u2019s Championship<\/li>\n<li>Jay White vs. Eddie Kingston<\/li>\n<li>Homicide vs. Tom Lawlor \u2013 Filthy Rules Fight<\/li>\n<li>The Motor City Machine Guns vs. The West Coast Wrecking Crew \u2013 NJPW Openweight Tag Team Championship<\/li>\n<li>Adrian Quest, Josh Alexander, Mascara Dorada &amp; Rocky Romero vs. Kevin Knight, Kushida, The DKC &amp; Volador Jr.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/02\/10\/news-on-cody-rhodes-promo-with-paul-heyman-on-raw\/\">News on Cody Rhodes promo with Paul Heyman on Raw<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3131049373\"><div id=\"pwtor-375545323\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Mercedes Mone does not have a long term agreement in place with New Japan Pro Wrestling ahead of her in-ring debut at the Battle in the Valley next week. The Wrestling Observer is reporting that <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/02\/10\/mercedes-mone-njpw-contract-details-revealed\/\" title=\"Mercedes Mone NJPW contract details revealed\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":151943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[6862,2149,404,2923],"class_list":["post-153751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-news_japan","tag-mercedes-mone","tag-new-japan-pro-wrestling","tag-njpw","tag-stardom"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2023\/01\/MMWK17.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153751"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153753,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153751\/revisions\/153753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}