Mercedes Moné has called out fans for fetishizing her during a recent interview with Nick Cannon’s We Playin’ Spades. The AEW star claimed fans fetishize her due to her bold, dominant wrestling persona, bluntly noting she rarely appears in public without her wig to maintain separation. Seemingly, some fans struggle with the blurred line between her on-screen character and real-life identity as Mercedes Varnado, who actually craves privacy.
“I mean, I really don’t step outside without my wig on or something. Who are you talking to? What do you think? Yes, they fetishize me.” – Mercedes Moné
34-year-old Moné is widely regarded as one of the greatest women’s wrestlers in the world, having first made her name as Sasha Banks during a decade-long WWE run. During this time, she was 1x NXT Women’s Champion, 5x Raw Women’s Champion, inaugural WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion, and co-headlined WrestleMania 37 night 1 with Bianca Belair. Post-WWE, she won the IWGP Women’s Championship in NJPW/Stardom before signing with AEW, holding the TBS Championship for 584 days, and becoming the first and only woman to hold major titles in WWE, AEW, NJPW, and CMLL.
