Mercedes Becomes 14-Belts Moné (AEW News)

Another wrestling show, another belt for Mercedes Moné.

by Andrew Pollard
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Another wrestling show, another belt added to the ever-expanding collection of AEW's Mercedes Moné...

With 13 titles already to her name, last night's joint AEW Dynamite and Collision saw the CEO pick up the ROH Women's TV Championship. Previously, Mercedes became the interim ROH Women's TV Champion at AEW WrestleDream last month, and last night had her face off against the ROH Women's TV Champion, Red Velvet.

Red Velvet won that prize back in July 2024, defeating Billie Starkz at that year's Death Before Dishonor. Unfortunately, Velvet was ruled out of action this past June, meaning Tony Khan decided to introduce an interim ROH Women's TV Title that was won by Mina Shirakawa in a four-way bout at Supercard of Honor the following month. Of course, Mina then lost that title to Mercedes at WrestleDream.

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Last night was Red Velvet's first match in nearly five months, a first match on AEW TV for Red since April 2024, and billed as a title unification bout between her and Mercedes Moné. While Velvet impressed here, it was ultimately Mercedes getting the win, surprisingly scoring the victory with an avalanche lungblower.

Mercedes Moné now has the chance to become 15-Belts Moné at Full Gear this weekend, where she'll challenge Kris Statlander for the AEW Women's Championship. And speaking of Stat, she was on commentary for Mercedes vs. Red Velvet, and things between her and Moné got heated post-match, ending in Mercedes getting Statlander to tap out to the Statement Maker.

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Granted, a unification match - such as this ROH Women's TV Championship one - would usually mean that two belts become one. However, in the case of Mercedes Moné, this simply means another belt to add to her collection. As such, Ultimo Moné now has in her possession the the AEW TBS Championship, the AEW Women's Owen Hart Cup Championship, the CMLL Women's Championship, the RevPro Undisputed British Women's Championship (which also includes the Queen of the Soutside Championship), the EWA Women's Championship, the Prime Time Wrestling Women's Championship, the BestYa Women's Championship, the Discovery Wrestling Scottish Women's Championship, the BODYSLAM Women's Championship, the interim ROH Women's TV Championship, the ROH Women's TV Championship the WPW Women's Championship, and the APAC Women's Championship.

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