Cast members of The Mandalorian provided inspiration for Moné.
From March 2nd to March 5th, Emerald City Con emanated from Seattle, Washington. Among the panels taking place over the weekend was The Mandalorian cast panel (video via Popverse) which included Katee Sackhoff, Simon Kassianides and IWGP Women’s Champion Mercedes Moné.
Mercedes would go on to speak highly of her castmates Katee Sackhoff and Bryce Dallas Howard for the inspiration they provided her with. She stated that they reminded her to keep in mind what she brings to the table.
She felt that she carried that back into pro wrestling and had one of her best career stretches which she cited as being 2019-2020.
I never experienced anything where you had to repeat yourself over and over and over and over. I’m so used to just one take, live and then go and just be like, okay, that’s my anxiety and stress but I know I can get it done but, to do it 20 times, maybe 40 times, great. Okay, now we have to change angles, now we have to do it 40-50 times from your left side, from the back, to the right, above you, behind you, underneath you. I never, ever experienced that so to do 14 hour days, I would just look at Katee (Sackhoff) and I would just be so blown away. I learned so much from you and I grew from watching you. I was just so empowered by everything you did on set. She knew Bo as a tea that she would go to Jon (Favreau) and Dave (Filoni) and be like, ‘I think Bo would do this or say this’ and I learned so much from Katee because I brought that back to wrestling. I’m like, you have to remember what you are and what you’re gonna bring to the table. You are the character. You’re gonna be this the rest of your life and bring it to people’s viewership so she knew so much about being a strong woman that I brought that back to wrestling and I felt that was like one of my best years in wrestling in 2019 and 2020 because of everything I learned from you and Bryce (Dallas Howard).
Moné has received challenges from STARDOM’s AZM and most recently, Hazuki suggested the idea of a three-way with herself, AZM and Moné for the IWGP Women’s Title.
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