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Mercedes Mone doesn’t believe she’s in competition with WWE. In an interview with US Weekly ahead of her AEW in-ring debut, the former Sasha Banks said she doesn’t believe there should be competition between wrestling companies. She’s only competing with everyone else in AEW to be the face of the promotion. “I feel like there should be no competition when it’s between companies,” Mone said. “It just needs to be competition between the wrestlers, seeing who wants to be the main event of the show, to make the most money. I’m competing with everybody here in AEW to let them know I’m the face of the company. I’m not competing with any other company.” Mone thinks fans on the internet are what’s fueling the AEW vs. WWE tribalism. But while that can make for toxic discourse online, Mone knows the dynamic is different in real life. “A lot of things just trail from the internet,” she told US weekly. “People are just so in their phones. Going on the internet and bragging and complaining and they’re not actually living

This article first appeared on F4WOnline.com and was syndicated with permission.

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