Britt Baker challenges Mercedes Mone for AEW All In, details suffering mini stroke in return promo
In her return to AEW Dynamite for the first time in nearly a year, Britt Baker detailed why she was gone all that time which was followed by both a face-to-face confrontation and challenge to TBS Champion & NJPW Strong Women’s Champion Mercedes Mone.
Baker said that in November, she was banged up and mentally running on empty but told herself she was fine despite a couple herniated discs and torn hip labrum which weren’t going to keep her away. Then one day, she got really sick and began having the spins, blurry vision and her right arm was numb and tingly.
She said her entire right side of her body stopped working and she was in a hospital for a week, diagnosed with TIA which is also known as a mini stroke. She had to admit to herself that things weren’t ok, but now she is healthy and back.
Baker then returned her attention to Mone, saying it was a brilliant move to manipulate your fanbase by putting the letters CEO in a song to get fans to chant them. She didn’t have to do that with her fans who knew the letters DMD.
Mone then arrived on the scene in a car for her championship celebration, making nice with the Young Bucks on the way in. They started setting up for it while Baker was in the ring.
The two then sparred verbally for several minutes with Mone moving into full heel mode. Baker then challenged Mone for All In from Wembley Stadium in London, but Mone said there was a line to get in as there were more deserving women in the back. The two didn’t get physical, but went face-to-face several times with Mone holding up the two title belts before leaving the ring.
Baker hasn’t wrestled since September 2023 and made her surprise return at this past Sunday’s AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door following Mone’s title win over Stephanie Vaquer.