Below are some top news stories of the day, involving Mercedes Mone and JBL.
• AEW’s TBS Women’s Champion Mercedes Mone had been pursuing a wrestling match or collaboration with hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion before the musician’s deal with WWE was finalized.
Last month, Mone expressed to TMZ Sports her desire to wrestle with or against Stallion. Megan Thee Stallion’s song “Neva Play” became the new opening theme for WWE SmackDown during last week’s premiere on USA Network.
The two stars, who met at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards in Japan, were reportedly working on a collaboration. PWInsider revealed there were expectations that Stallion would partner with Mone in All Elite Wrestling after “the two sides had agreed to do something together”.
However, with WWE now using Stallion’s music, it’s uncertain if their plans will still move forward.
WATCH: Mercedes Mone / Sasha Banks’ Buns Accidentally Exposed In AEW:
• WWE Hall of Famer JBL has appeared in multiple promotions as of late, including TNA, MLW & GCW.
Before this, JBL’s last run in pro-wrestling was in WWE as Baron Corbin’s manager in late-2022 and early-2023, which didn’t work out, and he doesn’t want that to be his last memory in wrestling.
Here’s what John Bradshaw Layfield said during an interview on Huge Pop:
“I hope to do something. You mentioned Baron Corbin, and I feel bad because if you’re going to blame somebody, blame me. I’m the old guy. I don’t want that to be my last memory from wrestling.
If my last memory was Rey Mysterio and 23 seconds, that’s how I wanted to go out. The Von Erichs were going into the Hall of Fame, it was in Texas. It was a perfect swan song.
Then, I came back and it didn’t work. I don’t want that to be the last; I don’t know what I’m going to do. I have some ideas, but hopefully that won’t be the swan song.”
