AEW President Tony Khan has addressed Mercedes Moné’s decision to appear in several independent promotions.
Apart from being the reigning AEW TBS Champion, Mercedes Moné currently holds 11 other championships, including titles from several independent promotions. She also makes appearances for those promotions whenever necessary, and Tony Khan stated that Moné’s independent bookings outside AEW show her love for wrestling.
Speaking to Josh Martinez of Z100 New York, Tony Khan revealed that Mercedes Moné was not “really making money” from her appearances on the independent promotions, and that she loves building up companies and meeting new stars.
“With all the commitments Mercedes has taken on, I think it’s really impressive. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, that shows it’s not about pure greed and money for Mercedes because a lot of these places she’s wrestling, Winnipeg, Canada, Denmark, they’re not the highest paying places. She’s not really making money from these. She loves wrestling. She loves building up companies, she loves meeting new young stars and she really cares about the craft and the sport of wrestling.” [H/T: F4WOnline]
Tony Khan Also Commented On Chris Jericho’s AEW Status
Tony Khan also addressed Chris Jericho’s status with AEW and stated that the inaugural AEW World Champion is always welcome to return.
Speaking on the same interview, Tony Khan said that he’d welcome back Chris Jericho whenever the latter is ready.
“Chris Jericho, talk about one of the founding figures in AEW, the very first AEW Champion. We’re so grateful to Chris Jericho. And Chris Jericho is also somebody also that I would love to see back in AEW, any time. The door is always open to get Chris Jericho back in here,” Tony Khan said. “He’s been busy, he’s been doing a lot of things, speaking of somebody who’s really busy with projects, including filming and music, and somebody we have a ton of respect for. Chris Jericho is somebody we’d love to see any time in AEW.”
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