Willow Nightingale Says Match With Mercedes Mone Set Her Up For A Few ‘Very Exciting Months’

Willow Nightingale reflects on competing against Mercedes Mone.

Mone and Nightingale faced off for the first time at NJPW STRONG’s Resurgence pay-per-view in May, competing in a match to crown the inaugural NJPW STRONG Women’s Champion.

Nightingale went on to beat Mone, which awarded her with her first major singles championship of her career.

During a recent media scrum at Starrcast VI, Nightingale reflected on her match with Mone and said that the match was a good way to push herself.

“It was very exciting. I think any time you get the opportunity to work outside, I don’t wanna say your comfort zone, because AEW definitely — I wouldn’t say is a comfort zone, I’m constantly wanting to push myself and be the best version of myself. The women within there, I’m a little bit more used to, working with their styles, the way that they think and having the opportunity to work with Mercedes [Mone], somebody who has had a big imprint on the way women’s wrestling is today — first, it was a little bit shocking when I found out. Secondly, it was very much an honor. I think working with her was awesome, I would love to do it again if I were to have the opportunity. 

Nightingale also went on to say that facing Mone and winning the title set her up for a very exciting couple of months in wrestling.

“Wrestling her, and winning the NJPW STRONG Women’s Championship, set me up for a very exciting few months. Being able to defend that, being a champion is constantly putting yourself out and defending that, showing why you are a champion and why you’re worthy of it and I believe that I did that. I had a great time going over to Japan to wrestle Guila, who is an amazing competitor. She’s somebody else that I’d really love to wrestle again. I had that momentum going into the Owen Hart Cup Tournament, main eventing against Athena and it was really these big moments one after the other and I feel like that set that stone into motion.”

Elsewhere in the scrum, Nightingale reflected on facing Athena in the main event of Death Before Dishonor. Fans can learn more here.

Fans can watch Fightful’s recent interview with Willow Nightingale by clicking here.

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