Tony Khan says Mercedes Mone ‘not really making money’ on indie bookings

Tony Khan has commented on Mercedes Mone’s independent bookings.

Mone captured her 12th championship this weekend, defeating Jody Threat for the WPW Women’s title in Winnipeg on Sunday. During an interview on Z100 on Tuesday, Tony Khan said that Mone’s bookings outside AEW show her love for wrestling.

Khan said:

“With all the commitments Mercedes has taken on, I think it’s really impressive. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, that shows it’s not about pure greed and money for Mercedes because a lot of these places she’s wrestling, Winnipeg, Canada, Denmark, they’re not the highest paying places. She’s not really making money from these. She loves wrestling. She loves building up companies, she loves meeting new young stars and she really cares about the craft and the sport of wrestling.”

The topic of Mone winning championships from independent promotions all over the world has been a topic of some debate online. The official social media accounts for Winnipeg Pro Wrestling responded to people online who were critical of Mone winning such titles, writing:

“Hey there I’m the one that booked her, picked her up from the airport and was with her all day. I’m the one that sees the ticket sales and budgets, I’m the one that saw kids crying and shaking when they met her. Hope this helps.”

WPW co-owner Devin Bray also told Post Wrestling that Mone’s appearance on their show on Sunday led to them being discovered by hundreds of local wrestling fans that did not know about the promotion previously.

“We attracted, I’d say, a couple of hundred more people who didn’t know we existed who live here and are wrestling fans. So it just took us to a whole new level.”

Tony Khan’s appearance on Z100 is available below: