An NJPW official has admitted they’re undecided what’s subsequent for Mercedes Mone.

The star previously referred to as Sasha Banks hasn’t wrestled since being defeated by Willow Nightingale again on Might twenty fifth. With victory, Nightingale secured the NJPW STRONG Girls’s Title, turning into the inaugural champion within the course of.

Throughout the match, Mone broke her ankle and has largely remained away from wrestling since, other than an look at AEW All In.

There’s been an excessive amount of hypothesis round Mone’s future, with AEW taken with securing her providers. Moreover, it was lately reported that Mercedes Mone has no dates booked for NJPW or Stardom.

Talking in a brand new interview with WrestlePurists, Rocky Romero stated he hasn’t obtained an replace on the star’s standing.

“I actually don’t have an replace proper now. I hope that I’ll be speaking to her agent and her perhaps soon-ish, however I actually don’t have any replace about something,” he stated. “The very last thing I had heard was that she was recovering effectively and mainly, they had been going to let me know or attain out when she was getting near a comeback.”

NJPW “Glad” with Mercedes Mone

Regardless of this, Romero defined that there’s been communication between Mone’s workforce and Bushiroad — the guardian firm of NJPW and Stardom. He added that everybody in New Japan Professional-Wrestling has been proud of Mone so far.

“There’s positively nonetheless communication,” he stated. “Clearly, I don’t know what she’s going to need to do when she comes again for certain. Particularly getting back from a severe harm that form of messed her up, , perhaps tousled her timeframe of what she wished to do and the way she wished to do it. So, I actually couldn’t converse for her, I don’t suppose it could be truthful.

“I feel that she completely loved her time in New Japan and New Japan liked working together with her and clearly would like to proceed to work together with her, however I feel everyone’s fairly proud of the work that we’ve executed.”

It’s unknown when and the place Mercedes Mone will return to the ring.

H/t to Fightful