Willow Nightingale emerged victorious over Mercedes Mone at NJPW Resurgence 2023, capturing the NJPW STRONG Women’s Championship in the process. Unfortunately, Mone sustained an injury during the bout, making it her final match. Their rivalry will continue at Double Or Nothing 2024, where Nightingale is set to defend the TBS Championship against Mone.
During an interview with Chris Mueller of Bleacher Report, Willow shared her thoughts on the upcoming rematch.
“The way that I could top [the first win] is by walking out the winner and there will be no question in anyone’s mind of if the only way I could beat Mercedes is if she gets injured in the match.There is a little bit of a pro and con to this. Mercedes hasn’t wrestled in a full year. I’ve been able to find my strengths as a performer over the past year, so that’s all on display for her to study and figure out what my strong and weak points could be. Although she has a full catalog of matches for me to watch, I don’t know what she’s been working on while she’s been healing up. I only have the past to go on and I’m confident in what my game plan is going to be, but let’s hope there aren’t too many surprises that I’m unprepared for.”