Mercedes Mone has officially launched www.MercedesMone.com.
In her latest Mercedes Mag, Mone wrote that she suffered a panic attack before her match with Mina Shirakawa:
"One of the lines Advocate Kev says to Team-Moné on our various trips is: 'We're gonna make history...AGAIN!' Though I have nerves and butterflies for all my big matches, my match at the Tokyo Dome against Mina was somehow different. From the moment I landed in Japan, where I actually bawled my eyes out with both disbelief and gratitude, to the morning of the event, where I had an actual panic attack, making history was the last thing on my mind. Kev could see my condition on the bus ride and asked: 'Are you nervous or just excited?' I replied, 'Both.' Truly, it was my lifelong dream to have a match at this level at the Tokyo Dome, so I was beyond excited. Along with the rich wrestling history, I feel as though, in some strange way, Japan, like Mexico, is another home. Yet, for all my joy, I was likewise petrified. I didn't want to let the promoters down. I didn't want to let the fans down. I didn't want to let Mina down. I especially, and as always, didn't want to let the women wrestlers of today AND tomorrow down. I want New Japan, and all promotions, globally, for that matter, to know that we female athletes deserve prominent recognition and a prominent place on the card. "
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We are told Tony Schiavone missed last night's AEW Dynamite due to a personal issue. We wish him the best.
Wrestling's artist at large Rob Schamberger has new paintings for Adam Cole, The Outrunners, Toni Storm, Kenny Omega, Adam Copeland and The Hurt Syndicate in the pipeline.
Andrew Grevas sent word he received the following from Ticketmaster:
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