At tonight’s NJPW Resurgence 2023 pay-per-view, Mercedes Moné (fka Sasha Banks in WWE) failed to win the NJPW Strong Women’s Championship.
She lost to AEW wrestler Willow Nightingale in the Finals of the tournament to crown the inaugural champion.
According to PWInsider, Mercedes broke her ankle during this match. The following is the spot where she might have suffered the injury:
I believe this is where Mercedes injured her leg pic.twitter.com/BmPKU7gmUY
— Moné FanPage (@MercMoneNJPW) May 22, 2023
After the match, she was carried to the back by the trainer:
Mercedes Moné (fka Sasha Banks in WWE) broke her ankle at NJPW Resurgence. pic.twitter.com/LAc8ufoRXX
— WrestleFeed (@WrestleFeedApp) May 22, 2023
Mercedes later confirmed this broken ankle report by posting the following on her Instagram story:
Below are the complete results from this show:
– Bateman def. The DKC (Pre-Show)
– Alex Coughlin def. Christopher Daniels (Pre-Show)
– Barbaro Cavernario & Virus def. TMDK (Bad Dude Tito & Zack Sabre Jr.) (with Kosei Fujita)
– Tournament Semi-Finals Match To Crown The Inaugural Strong Women’s Champion: Mercedes Moné def. Stephanie Vaquer
– Tournament Semi-Finals Match To Crown The Inaugural Strong Women’s Champion: Willow Nightingale def. Momo Kohgo
– Street Fight: Juice Robinson (with Toni Storm) def. Fred Rosser (fka Darren Young in WWE)
– Kyle Fletcher came out and announced that Mark Davis is injured. Fletcher declared that Aussie Open will be vacating the IWGP Tag Team Titles and NJPW Strong Tag Team Titles. Bishamon vs. House of Torture will take place for both sets of Titles on the line.
– Strong Openweight Championship Match: Kenta def. Hikuleo (c) to win the Title
– Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta) & Shota Umino def. Chaos (Kazuchika Okada, Rocky Romero & Tomohiro Ishii)
– Tournament Semi-Finals Match To Determine The #1 Contender For The IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship: Will Ospreay def. Hiroshi Tanahashi
– Tournament Final Match To Crown The Inaugural Strong Women’s Champion: Willow Nightingale def. Mercedes Moné to win the Title
