Being knowledgeable wrestler comes with added sacrifices, each bodily and time-wise. As TBS Champion Mercedes Mone factors out, it additionally usually rids performers of the chance for a standard birthday celebration. In a latest version of the “Mone Magazine” publication, Mone opened up about her previous birthday experiences within the WWE ladies’s locker room, which steadily occurred across the time of the annual Royal Rumble premium dwell occasion.
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“For me, birthdays aren’t about cake and candles; they’re concerning the roar of the gang and the fun of the ring,” Mone wrote. “As a wrestler whose birthday usually falls close to Royal Rumble time, my special occasion has turn into something however conventional. As a substitute of events, I’ve spent birthdays in high-stakes matches, surrounded by fellow wrestlers and the electrical vitality of passionate followers.
“The joy of the Royal Rumble, with its surprises and jaw-dropping moments, turned my birthdays right into a rush of adrenaline and pleasure. Positive, I get the occasional small reward from pals, however the true celebration is performing in entrance of an viewers that makes each second unforgettable.”
On her twenty first birthday, again in 2013, Mone notably teamed with Paige (now referred to as Saraya) in a Royal Rumble Fan Fest match in opposition to fellow “WWE NXT” stars Emma and Summer time Rae. Within the years following, Mone ascended to bouts on the Royal Rumble’s main-card, equivalent to a WWE SmackDown Ladies’s Championship protection in opposition to Carmella in 2021 and a shot on the WWE Uncooked Ladies’s Championship in 2019.
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Mone Remembers ‘Festive’ Backstage Celebrations From WWE’s Pandemic Period
Through the COVID-19 pandemic, WWE initially hosted its primary roster tv exhibits from the crowdless WWE Efficiency Middle, earlier than transitioning to the virtual-audience-environment of the ThunderDome. However, Mone and her feminine colleagues needed to regulate to performing with out the standard roars. That did not cease them from celebrating one another’s birthdays backstage, nonetheless.
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“Truthfully, it felt like each week was somebody’s birthday!” Mone wrote. “We might fill the room with balloons, usher in truffles, and create this festive ambiance that lifted everybody’s spirits. However these moments have been about extra than simply birthdays—they have been concerning the bonds we constructed throughout a tricky time. The laughter, the shared tales, and even the goofy decorations turned the locker room right into a protected, joyful place. It reminded us that even when the world felt heavy, we may at all times discover pleasure in one another’s firm.”
Finally, WWE returned to the street full-time in July 2021, starting with the last episode of “WWE SmackDown” earlier than Cash within the Financial institution. At the moment, Mone (as Sasha Banks) continued her feud with “The EST” Bianca Belair, who had beforehand dethroned her for the SmackDown Ladies’s Championship at WrestleMania 37.
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Quick ahead three years, Mone now reigns because the TBS Champion for All Elite Wrestling, just lately receiving “the cutest birthday reward” from her AEW colleague Harley Cameron. As Mone famous elsewhere in her publication, although, that got here after the AEW social media group accidently posted a birthday graphic for her, as a substitute of the November 17-born Mercedes Martinez.
