Select Answers: Mercedes Mone-AEW, AJ Lee, Titles during injuries (Patreon)

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Could u see Mercedes Mone staying with AEW or leaving when her contract is up?

I expect her to stay. She seems very happy financially, creatively and artistically based on what I've heard. But I will also never pretend to know the motives of an artist in that regard. A lot of people will say things like "this wrestler hates WWE and would never go back." They're almost always talking about completely different regimes than the talent left in. I expect Jon Moxley and Mercedes to stay. They did leave WWE on rough terms, but Mercedes was negotiating with WWE as of late 2023, so it's not impossible.

Do you think Aj Lee competes In the Womens Rumble

I do. She doesn't have a full-time schedule with WWE, is still working on sharpening up in the ring. She's been pretty protected so far and hasn't had a straight up singles match. I expect that to continue, and will probably culminate at WrestleMania. She had the tag match at WrestlePalooza, WarGames, and this is the natural next step. I know that if she's wrestling Becky Lynch one-on-one at Mania, that Rumble will play a part and those two will go above and beyond to make sure it's an effective set up.

How do you feel about WWE keeping titles on Dominik and Stephanie despite injuries?

Normally I'd be bothered if they were missing any substantial time. However, there are 32098423 title belts across every wrestling company, so does it matter anymore? Now there's just more time for one of the other three thousand champions to be featured on TV I guess. Maybe it will give them an opportunity to build challengers instead of getting title shots off like six losses. I actually like the idea of interim titles as well, but less than I did previously just because of how many belts there are.

AEW has kept a title on Nick Wayne for AGES while hurt, too!

I remember when Trish Stratus had like a year long reign and she was hurt during most of it.