Mercedes Moné shares her thoughts on eventually retiring, or at least slowing down.
Moné was previously one of WWE’s top stars under the name Sasha Banks. She remains one of the most decorated women’s wrestlers in the world. Moné is signed to AEW, and she also holds titles in NJPW and RevPro.
Speaking with Katee Sackhoff on The Sackhoff Show, Mercedes Moné was asked whether she saw herself retiring and when that might be. She said that retirement scared her, but she thought about slowing down.
“That scares me. I don’t want to think about the word retirement, but I do think about slowing down because I’ve been doing it for so long, and aches and pains start to catch up, and different dreams start to happen.
“Life starts to grow, and I just have so many more dreams that I want to go pursue and chase and go accomplish while I still can, being young and feeling good and having my body feel good. I don’t want to put a time frame of when that exact moment I will slow down.”
Mercedes Moné On Her Future
Moné went on to say that, sooner than later, she wanted to take more time to pursue other things. She also made it clear that she wanted to remain part of the business. Moné said that she was interested in potentially working as a coach or producer.
“I know sooner than later, I definitely want to take more time to pursue other things and just really set that place of, what am I going to do when I’m done wrestling?” Mercedes Moné said. “What’s gonna bring me the most joy? What is still my passion?
“I still love this business so much, so I always want to be a part of it, whether that’s being a producer or a coach, or just always being involved with that, I really enjoy the process of creating and forming matches, and I feel like I’m really good at that, especially for a woman. So I feel like when I’m done with wrestling, that’s an aspect or an avenue that I want to go into. But right now, I’m just on this journey of making women’s wrestling global.”
