Tony Khan clarifies stakes for Mercedes Mone’s open challenge at AEW WrestleDream
It won’t be just the TBS Championship at stake at AEW WrestleDream tonight.
On Friday night, Mercedes Mone issued an open challenge for her TBS Championship to take place on tonight’s pay-per-view from St. Louis, inviting any champion in the world to answer the call. However, Tony Khan clarified via social media on Saturday afternoon that whoever answers Mone’s open challenge will have to put their title on the line as well, meaning Mone will have a chance to break Ultimo Dragon’s record tonight.
Khan wrote:
“After last night’s Arena México win, longest reigning TBS Champ @MercedesVarnado puts up the TBS Title vs any champion + their belt! 10 Belts Moné aims to set the record for most belts held simultaneously TONIGHT!”
Mone was victorious at Arena Mexico on Friday night, defeating Persephone to retain her CMLL Women’s World Championship. She is also scheduled for Winnipeg Pro Wrestling’s Rumble in the Bert on Sunday, where she’ll challenge Jody Threat for the promotion’s women’s championship.
The updated lineup for WrestleDream is below.
AEW WrestleDream, 8 p.m. Eastern time —
- AEW World Champion Hangman Adam Page defends against Samoa Joe
- AEW Women’s World Champion Kris Statlander defends against Toni Storm
- I Quit match: Jon Moxley vs. Darby Allin
- TNT Champion Kyle Fletcher defends against Mark Briscoe
- AEW Tag Team Champions Brody King and Bandido defend against Kazuchika Okada and Konosuke Takeshita
- $500,000 tag team match: The Young Bucks (Matthew and Nicholas Jackson) vs. Jurassic Express (Jack Perry and Luchasaurus)
- Tornado trios match: The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin, MVP) vs. The Demand (Ricochet, Bishop Kaun, Toa Liona)
- Jamie Hayter vs. Thekla
- TBS Champion Mercedes Mone defends against any champion in the world in a title vs. title match
AEW Saturday Tailgate Brawl, 7 p.m. Eastern time —
- FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) vs. JetSpeed (Kevin Knight and Mike Bailey)
- Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron vs. Megan Bayne and Penelope Ford
- The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy, Tomohiro Ishii, Kyle O’Reilly, Roderick Strong) vs. The Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli, PAC, Wheeler Yuta, Daniel Garcia)
- Eddie Kingston and Hook vs. TBA
