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Sasha Banks makes her new Japan Debut at wrestle Kingdom 17 with the new name Mercedes Mone

Wouldn't be surprised if Mercedes is Saraya's mystery partner on AEW next week. Apparently Bayley & Trinity "Naomi" Fatu were at the event to support Mercedes as she made her NJPW debut

Man that reaction was brutal nobody cared. Already auditioning for AEW with that botch too lol

its japan though a lot more different reaction than the US and the UK

(04-01-2023 16:40 )HannahsPet Wrote:  its japan though a lot more different reaction than the US and the UK

That's just a myth. They react to plenty of stuff if you watch Japanese wrestling on a regular basis. This nonsense about them sitting on their hands compared to western audiences is an outdated narrative that needs to end.

(04-01-2023 15:02 )Rammyrascal Wrote:  Wouldn't be surprised if Mercedes is Saraya's mystery partner on AEW next week. Apparently Bayley & Trinity "Naomi" Fatu were at the event to support Mercedes as she made her NJPW debut

NJPW paying her the ridiculous amount they apparently are for her first post WWE match to be in a random tag match for another company would be insane to me.

If you look at the video of the likes of Osprey and Kenny Omega's Entrances and Jay White and Okada they were all subdued

Think she has signed on for a number of shows shes facing Kairi on 18th Feb for the IWGP title

wouldnt be surprised if she did appear on AEW as Saraya's partner but as a free agent without a contract

I'd imagine they at least have an agreement her first match will be for them. Her new name sounds more like she's about to debut on Brazzers than in a wrestling ring tho lol

(04-01-2023 17:00 )HannahsPet Wrote:  If you look at the video of the likes of Osprey and Kenny Omega's Entrances and Jay White and Okada they were all subdued

Think she has signed on for a number of shows shes facing Kairi on 18th Feb for the IWGP title

wouldnt be surprised if she did appear on AEW as Saraya's partner but as a free agent without a contract

I’d be subdued to if I was about to see the same video game match I’d seen a million times from 4 massively overrated guys, who don’t look, act or talk like they’ve ever been in a real fight before

(04-01-2023 16:51 )ABoostMentally Wrote:  

(04-01-2023 15:02 )Rammyrascal Wrote:  Wouldn't be surprised if Mercedes is Saraya's mystery partner on AEW next week. Apparently Bayley & Trinity "Naomi" Fatu were at the event to support Mercedes as she made her NJPW debut

NJPW paying her the ridiculous amount they apparently are for her first post WWE match to be in a random tag match for another company would be insane to me.

New Japan has no woman's division so for a stardom match to happen on a new Japan card was massive over there,
New Japan are hoping to start there own woman division this year and hopefully that Sasha will be the one to launch it for them, when look at it like that it dose make sense