There was a lot of praise internally for the Mercedes Moné vs. Stephanie Vaquer bout within AEW, specifically for Vaquer getting over so strongly with the live crowd in NYC for her work. We are told that Moné went into the bout with the express goal of “making” Vaquer and that even with Vaquer getting into town late as she didn’t arrive until the afternoon of the PPV (most were in the night before), the feeling was that they hit the goal.

The story that George Clooney sent Moné a bottle of tequila at the PPV was 100% legitimate.