Mercedes Mone has been out of motion with an ankle harm since her match towards Willow Nightingale at NJPW STRONG Resurgence in Might. As she will get nearer to her eventual return, it seems there are nonetheless plans for Mone in NJPW going ahead.

In the present day’s Wrestling Observer Publication states that, as many have anticipated, the promotion is planning to have Mone problem Giulia for the NJPW STRONG Girls’s Championship. That title was reportedly created with Mone in thoughts, and he or she was set to change into the primary winner. Nonetheless, that ankle harm resulted in Mone making a name on the fly to have Nightingale win the title. Nightingale would go on to drop the championship to Giulia in early July.

It is not but identified precisely when she’ll be able to return, however Mone is believed to be approaching a full restoration from the ankle harm. The previous WWE star had an eventful few months main as much as the harm, returning to the world of wrestling on the Tokyo Dome throughout NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 in January. Mone went on to feud towards KAIRI, finally profitable the IWGP Girls’s Championship towards her. Nonetheless, Mone would drop that title to Mayu Iwatani in April.

Earlier than her harm, Mone was reportedly set to wrestle at AEW All In, offering some additional rationalization for her look within the crowd on the Wembley Stadium occasion in August. Due to that, it appears doubtless that Mone will make her technique to AEW in some capability as soon as she is cleared by docs, along with her NJPW dates.