AEW: Daniel Garcia Contract Update, Sammy Guevara Makes Surprise Return on 8/1 ROH TV Show, Trent Beretta Underwent Neck Surgery, Mercedes Mone Confirms Divorce

Aug 2, 2024

Daniel Garcia AEW Contract Status Update – Garcia Expected to “Most Likely” Sign New Deal

As noted before, Daniel Garcia’s contract with AEW is currently set to expire this Fall.

Bryan Alvarez reported in a recent episode of the Wrestling Observer Radio that his sources stated that while nothing official has been made yet, the current belief within AEW is that Garcia “most likely” will sign a new contract with the company.

Meltzer responded stating that his own sources have recently said similar things regarding Garcia’s likely future of his wrestling career.

Details regarding the exact expiration date of Garcia’s contract is currently still not known.

Sammy Guevara Makes Surprise AEW/ROH Return on Thursday’s ROH TV Show

As noted before, Sammy Guevara has been out of action for AEW since this past February due to a suspension over him not following proper concussion protocol following Jeff Hardy suffering an injury during their match that was recently lifted.

Thursday’s ROH TV show featured Guevara making his surprise return to AEW and Ring of Honor.

During Dustin Rhodes’ promo segment on the show, the Dark Order’s Evil Uno came out to interrupt and berated Rhodes leading to John Silver and Alex Reynolds running out to attack Rhodes. Uno joined in on the attack leading to Guevara making a surprise appearance and ran out to save Rhodes.

.@sammyguevara has arrived in Ring of Honor!

Watch #ROH TV on #HonorClub at https://t.co/8dcdtxqvDf pic.twitter.com/mlmv1gXAv6
— ROH – Ring of Honor Wrestling (@ringofhonor) August 2, 2024

Trent Beretta Injury Status Update – Beretta Underwent Neck Surgery

As noted before, Trent Beretta has been out of action for AEW since this past May’s Double or Nothing 2024 due to an undisclosed injury that was later revealed to be arm, shoulder, biceps, and neck related issues.

Beretta provided an update on Thursday on Twitter stating that he had recently underwent neck surgery.

quick little american neck surgery. turns out I wrestled so hard that two of the screws from my neck fusion broke. very cool. very tough. screws have been replaced. next I will be doing revenge. pic.twitter.com/43gcXvprvy
— TRENT? (@trentylocks) August 1, 2024

Mercedes Mone Confirms She has Divorced Her Husband

In a recent video posted on her YouTube channel, Mercedes Mone confirmed that she recently filed paperwork to finalize her divorce with her husband Sarath Ton. Prior to their divorce, Mone and Ton had been married since 2016.

On the topic of the reason why she decided to go public about her divorce for the pilot episode of her new Mone Talks video series, Mone stated:

“That’s part of why I wanted to do this pilot too, because tomorrow, finally, after a long, long time, I’ll be finally signing my divorce papers. I’m excited, happy. And for me, I’m just ready to be free.
I’m ready to be free of not being afraid.”

Mone also revealed that she and her husband have been separated since the end of 2020 and gave her reasons why she kept news of it as a secret.

For so long, I’ve kept this secret because of how fast life has been going and so much that has been happening in wrestling and everything, and I just didn’t want the outside world to judge or say anything, especially during the time this all was happening.
We’ve been separated for a long time. We got separated at the end of December 2020. He finally moved out in January 2021. I was shooting The Mandalorian, plus trying everything in my power to be the main event of WrestleMania, so of course I [didn’t] want this stuff to get out.
I’m getting a divorce. And Sarath, my ex-husband now, we have such a great relationship, and he’s such an amazing, incredible guy I’m so thankful for, and he’s another person who changed and saved my life. But I’m excited to be free and to say that I’m finally getting a divorce.

Mone also gave her thoughts about keeping her separation from her husband as a secret from WWE due to her not knowing how Vince McMahon would have reacted to the news.

You don’t know what Vince is going to do, you don’t know what he’s going to change, because Vince is very…
I was in a storyline with Bianca [Belair], Carmella, and Carmella’s sommelier [Reggie], and Vince was so obsessed with me and the sommelier, and I’m like, ‘Oh my God, he wanted us to be together,’ and all this stuff. So me and Sarath decided we were going to keep this a secret.
And then a year goes by and I still don’t want to say anything, and then here comes the [WWE] walkout. Like, all this stuff happens.”

Mone also gave her thoughts about the divorce proceeding took a long time but she is happy for her new freedom.

And then we were trying to get our divorce and the divorce lawyer just took so long, and now we’re finally here. My heart already just feels so much better being, like, ‘I’m free.'”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com