Mercedes Moné is back in the ring.
Mercedes Moné uploaded the following video to her YouTube account, sharing that she has resumed in-ring training.
Moné has been sidelined since suffering an ankle injury in her NJPW STRONG Women’s Championship match against Willow Nightingale at NJPW Resurgence on May 21. New Japan confirmed the injury, but it was unclear how long Moné would be out.
Moné had been wearing a walking boot during recovery, but she is no longer wearing it. She recently recorded a Cameo video and said that fans could expect her “to be with some wrestling company in 2024, for sure.”
A bittersweet moment
All Elite Wrestling‘s Willow Nightingale recently sat down with WrestleZone Managing Editor Bill Pritchard. Nightingale was asked about her NJPW STRONG Women’s Championship win, and what was going through her mind when Mercedes Moné got injured in the bout. Willow prides herself on being a reliable performer, and she explained how she maintained her composure in an unfortunate situation.
“I think the worst thing that could happen in a match is you or your opponent get hurt,” Willow Nightingale said. “You could have an absolute stinker of a match and beat yourself up about it, and that’s still not as bad as somebody walking away hurt. Because at the end of the day, we want to win, but not at the cost of somebody’s health.”
Nightingale said it threw her into a weird moment. She won the match, but was still concerned about her opponent’s well-being.
“Ultimately, the fight went in my favor that night. I walked as a champion, and it was a really great moment for my career. And personally, it was really moving to hear how much the fans were behind me,” Willow stated. “She’s Snoop Dogg’s cousin, and she was in Long Beach, California. And yet people were saying I deserved it at the end of the night. I was not expecting that ovation. But as great as that was, going back through the curtain and worrying about her was something that kind of set me into a spiral. So it’s a bittersweet moment for sure.”
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