-- Ahead of her AEW in-ring debut at Double or Nothing against Willow Nightingale, Mercedes Mone was interviewed by US Magazine and spoke of the rivalry between her current promotion (AEW) and her old promotion (WWE), where she wrestled as Sasha Banks. Mone blamed the rivalry on internet fans who are "bragging and complaining" while being "mean" to just for the sake of being mean. Instead, she feels the rivalry is within a company, saying she is competing with her fellow AEW wrestlers to see who will be in the main event and who will make the most money.
"I feel like there should be no competition when it’s between companies. It just needs to be competition between the wrestlers, seeing who wants to be the main event of the show, to make the most money. I’m competing with everybody here in AEW to let them know I’m the face of the company. I’m not competing with any other company."
"A lot of things just trail from the Internet. People are just so in their phones. Going on the Internet and bragging and complaining and they’re not actually living in the real world. When they come out into the real world and they actually go to wrestling shows and enjoy things with wrestling fans, they know that this is all just so much fun. People just like to drag things and be mean on the Internet just to be mean on the Internet. When they come to these shows, it’s a whole different feeling."
