The CEO has been making rounds on social media lately. Getting over the brickbats of a lackluster run in Tony Khan’s promotion, Mercedes Mone scored an impressive victory over Willow Nightingale and captured the AEW TBS Championship at the Double or Nothing 2024. It made her already ‘over the top’ image even more over, pushing people to imitate her signature antics on the global stage.

Former AEW wrestler Shota Umino recently pulled off Mercedes Mone’s step during his grand entrance in Korakuen Hall, Japan getting netizens off guard immediately. Noticing this trend, the former Sasha Banks took a moment to pat on her own back.

Mercedes Mone boasted her ‘global’ presence

Mercedes Mone walked past the WWE arena two years back alongside her on and off-screen pal, Naomi, in the wake of a creative disagreement. Since then The CEO has been on the discussion relentlessly. Starting from her brief yet spectacular run in NPJW to a grand AEW debut, Mone has undergone a lot of decisive events in her career. However, an injury hiatus and initial underwhelming run in AEW faded her larger-than-life image to some extent. After some period of hanging on, Mone finally brought her magic in the Double or Nothing night’.

After walking all over her opponent, the former IGPW Champion let it loose, shaking her legs alongside male AEW star, Will Ospreay. Maybe drawing inspiration from that double celebration segment, (Osprey won the International Championship against Roderick Strong), Japanese bigwig Shota Umino was spotted cracking the same step during his entry in a Japan show. Mone appreciated this wholeheartedly and highlighted her increasing global impact as she wrote on X, “The #MonéDance going global.”

Meanwhile, people inside WWE have also been fans of Mone’s hip shake.

Nia Jax recently copied Mone’s viral dance on Raw

Mercedes Mone used to be one of the most bankable stars in WWE and a massive part of her appeal was attached to her jaw-dropping entrance. Mone stepped into the ring with an infamous dance step, perfectly resembling her OTT gimmick. Mone might have cut all the ties with WWE, but her effect still lingers. Raw female star Nia Jax performed her steps during the Women’s World Championship Battle Royal in a recent red brand show.

Although Mone seemingly has moved on from a past WWE return idea by singing praise to AEW’s supremacy in a recent interview with TMZ Sports, anything can happen in wrestling. We should never say never.

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