AEW TBS Champion Mercedes Mone vs. NJPW Strong Women’s Champion Stephanie Vaquer in a title-for-title bout was one of the top bouts booked on the card at the AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door 2024 pay-per-view event on Sunday night from the UBS Arena in Elmont, NY where Mone went over.
The big news was Britt Baker’s return; she made her long-awaited return for a staredown with Mone after the match.
At the post-media scrum, Mone commented on Baker’s return:
“I know a certain bitch wanted to come out and try to steal my spotlight tonight. But that’s not gonna happen because I’m gonna party all night long and show her that I am Mercedes Mone for a reason, and there is a price to pay when you interrupt me. “Tonight was about me and my celebration. Who the hell does Britt Baker think that she is? She wants to show up to my show? I understand that she is the first ever woman to sign here to AEW, but Tony, am I correct that I am the biggest free agent that you’ve ever signed here? (Tony Khan: “Yeah, absolutely.”) “So this Wednesday at Dynamite, to any woman that wants to come out here and steal my spotlight, it’s on.”
