Various: Mercedes Mone on NJPW Signing, Kota Ibushi on Terms for Potential WWE Career, Richard Holliday

Mercedes Mone Comments on Signing with NJPW & Potential Career in Stardom

A recent episode of the Under The Ring podcast featured Mercedes Mone as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Mone’s thoughts on her recent signing with New Japan Pro Wrestling.

“This is such a huge honor for me. It made it a really easy decision to go to New Japan to help kickstart this women’s division for this company. With New Japan being the biggest pro wrestling company in Japan, it was just an easy, easy decision to be like, ‘This is the place that I want to be.’ I grew up watching New Japan, I grew up watching Pro-Wrestling NOAH and all these Japanese women’s wrestling [companies] growing up. So this was such an easy decision. It’s a dream come true for me. I think [NJPW Battle in the Valley] is just going to create so much magic and so much history for women’s wrestling that I just want everyone around the world to be like, ‘This is the company that I want to be in.”

Mone also gave her thoughts about getting to potential work in Stardom due to NJPW and Stardom being owned by the same company.

“Oh my god, I see it as one of the greatest potential companies in the world right now. I just keep seeing it growing and growing and getting bigger. I’ve been hearing about STARDOM for years. Just knowing that it’s an all-women’s promotion with the greatest women’s wrestlers all over the world, [moreso] now that you have Mercedes Mone in the game, as well. I think just watching, I’ve been watching it for the past couple of months, really fine-tuning up, ‘Who do I want to face? Who is the best out there?’ They have some of the top wrestlers I have ever seen. I’m just so excited to introduce the American audience to the style of STARDOM women. I think just giving them the opportunity to show what they can do to a global-scale audience is just going to open up the doors for women’s women’s wrestling all over the world. I think they have the greatest wrestling, so I’m excited to be a part of it and just to expand this broadened audience to something so different that they’ve never seen before.”

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Kota Ibushi on His Conditions for Potential Deal with WWE

As noted before, Kota Ibushi left New Japan Pro Wrestling this past January following the expiration of his contract and is currently a free agent.

Dark Puroresu Flowsion held a recent interview with Ibushi. One of the topics discussed included Ibushi’s thoughts on his conditions that he would want WWE to agree to in order for him to consider signing a potential deal with the company.

“Kota Ibushi has told me. If the WWE allowed him to also train & create the next generation of wrestlers at the performance center. Among having some high profile matches. He would most certainly work with WWE.”

Kota Ibushi has told me. If the WWE allowed him to also train & create the next generation of wrestlers at the performance center. Among having some high profile matches. He would most certainly work with WWE. pic.twitter.com/TxhtQVgq3W

— Dark Puroresu Flowsion (@PuroresuFlow) February 17, 2023

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Richard Holliday Announces Completion of Cancer Treatment

As noted before, Major League Wrestling talent Richard Holliday has been out of action for the company since this past June due to his current bout with Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Holliday provided an update earlier today stating that he has completed his chemotherapy treatments for his current bout with cancer. Holliday also thanked everyone who has shown support towards him during his battle with cancer.

Yesterday I finished my treatment. Your outreach and support has guided me through this process.

Time to recover. 💪🏼 pic.twitter.com/3YcGSlKq39

— Richard Holliday (@MostMarketable) February 18, 2023