Mercedes Mone wants to see Shane McMahon join AEW

Mercedes Mone would like to see Shane McMahon join AEW.

Rumors that Shane could be AEW-bound have persisted for months, even before he met with Tony Khan in July. Shane also had a chance meeting with Mone at the airport this summer and was on the same flight as The Young Bucks last week.

After seeing Shane in Netflix’s “Mr. McMahon” docuseries, Mone believes Shane has unfinished business in the pro wrestling industry. She would be in favor of him coming to AEW.

“The portion where I think many of us were trying to figure out was Vince’s relationship with Shane. It seemed like a generational cycle, watching Vince’s relationship with his own father. I could see a young man in Shane who just wanted to make his Dad proud, as Vince seemed to be with his own father. To see Shane’s passion for that, as well as his passion for wrestling, moved me,” the TBS Champion wrote in this week’s Mone Mag.

“Seeing Shane’s incredible heart and passion for wrestling makes me think he has a lot of unfinished business. It also makes me think is Shane coming to AEW? I’m here for it, and I’m sure our roster is too. Regardless, it just seems like Shane belongs in the wrestling business. I admit if he doesn’t come back to wrestling, it will make me sad for him. I know what it’s like to be removed from what you love and how sad it made me. I imagine he feels the same way.”

Mone noted that she was excited to watch the Netflix series but ended up being a little disappointed by it.

“On to the big white elephant in the room, as in the big Vince McMahon Netflix documentary, as I said last week, I couldn’t wait to watch. Watching all six episodes, honestly, I was a little disappointed and didn’t feel like there was too much new for me,” Mone wrote.

“I’ll say this, as I watched, I couldn’t believe that I got to work for Vince, what a crazy genius he is, and how he really elevated wrestling to a whole stratosphere. He created a universe fans have enjoyed for decades and still do. He made wrestling larger than life. He did it all, and he tried it all. And he failed so many times, too. Where the business is at today is all because of him and his ideas. And that’s what I really liked it.”

The “Mr. McMahon” series debuted on September 25. It covers Vince McMahon’s tenure leading WWE through his resignation from the company this January in the wake of Janel Grant’s lawsuit.