Mercedes Mone comments amid AEW absence
Mercedes Mone is prioritizing self care during her break from the ring.
Since dropping the TBS Championship to Willow Nightingale at the end of 2025, Mone has taken some time off from wrestling. When she’ll be returning to AEW is not known yet, but it will likely be soon with Mone picking up indie bookings in France and Canada for the month of March. She’s also set to return to Mexico for CMLL on March 6.
Mexico is where Mone currently is right now, with her sharing on Instagram that she is undergoing stem cell treatment at the RejuvStem clinic. Mone also recently visited the House of Sun spa in Los Angeles as she gets ready to return to the ring.
“So I’ve been really trying to enjoy this time off by really healing my body and taking care of myself,” Mone said in an Instagram Stories post today. “Because I want to come back to the ring better than ever. I’m going to be very busy in March because I still have a lot of championships to defend. Yes, I defend my titles, b*tches. But I’ve just been really taking this time to feel good, and I really want to feel good inside and outside. If you saw a couple of my videos at the House of Sun, oh my God, my back, my neck feel so amazing. I’ve never felt my spine just feel so straight.
“Now I’m here in Cancun, Mexico for stem cell treatment. I came down to RejuvStem because a lot of my co-workers came down here and told me about their results, so I’m super excited for feeling the best version of myself.”
Rey Mysterio, MVP, Big E, Ivar, and Sami Zayn are some of the wrestlers RejuvStem has treated in the past.
It was announced on the January 10 episode of AEW Collision that Mone would be taking a break from AEW after losing the TBS Championship. In storyline, Mone said she was tired of being disrespected by everyone in the women’s division and would be coming after them once she returned.
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