Willow Nightingale discusses Mercedes Mone's arrival in AEW.
Speaking with Lyric Swinton on Maps & Graps for Bodyslam.net, Mercedes Mone came up in the conversation, and Nightingale shared her thoughts on "The CEO" joining AEW.
“Now with Mercedes kind of entering the fold, I have already stated that I think she’s gonna be a game-changer. She obviously has changed women’s wrestling or had a hand in changing women’s wrestling and the perception of it. Coming into our division, which is what, maybe four, five years old, and the direction that we’ll go, I think it’s all good stuff. I think it’s all a good sign, for all of us, for everybody in the locker room. So now we’ll have to let it all unfold in front of us and see how it plays out," Nightingale said.
Nightingale was also asked to describe what story she hoped to tell with Mone, compared to the last time they clashed. Willow noted that the injury changed the dynamic, and the situation was also different because Mercedes would be staying in AEW, whereas the match at NJPW Resurgence was a one-off.
“I think the last time we faced each other, it was very clearly, we both want to win this championship, this is a first-time encounter, and potentially the only time we would have an encounter at that point. Now, the tone has definitely shifted she to the injury, due to the fact that she’s sticking around. This isn’t a one-off kind of thing. Now we have to kind of figure out we fit into each other’s lives. I’m still not really sure where she stands with me. I don’t feel great about how things ended the last time we wrestled, but I do still think very highly of her, obviously, and I hope she can see that my intentions are good. I hope she can see that I appreciate her and I think she’s a great wrestler, but I’m also a great wrestler," Nightingale said.
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