Mark Henry on Britt Baker vs. Mercedes Mone: “It missed the mark”
While speaking on Busted Open Radio, WWE Hall of Famer Mark Henry commented on the 2024 AEW All In PPV event. Henry said the following about Mercedes Mone vs. Britt Baker…
“It missed the mark. I’m used to seeing Mercedes work a certain way and she didn’t work like that, and I don’t think that was because of her. Also, there were times they did a couple of things over again, because it didn’t get done right the first time, and a lot of that was the fact that the position that Britt was in was wrong.”
“It would take for both people to be on the same page, and work together for the greater good of the match — not the greater good of the individual. ‘I don’t want this person to shine over me. I don’t want them to look good at my expense. I’m a pillar!’ That’s a work. You’re just the first woman hired. Get your ass out there and work for that person like your life depended on it.”
(quotes: WrestlingInc.com)
I didn’t see the match, but it sure seems like SOMEONE doesn’t like Britt.
I did see the match. It was bad. Britt look disinterested. At same time, I am not a huge fan of this CEO brand for Mone.
Mercedes is getting exposed as not being all that great. Her run in Japan showed she’s got plenty of weaknesses in the ring. The biggest is that she doesn’t know to improve if something goes wrong. She’s used to the “Just do it over” mentality of WWE. And she might outright have the weakest promo skills, something else the old WWE system was able to mask. When the crowd at the go home show told her “Shut the f**k up, she just stood there, like she didn’t know how to respond.
Britt has worked well with Thunder Rosa, and others who didn’t come from the WWE system. And I’m sure it wasn’t that she was disinterested, she was more or less annoyed with how the match was going.
Overall, right now, I’d have to call Mercedes’ stint a flop.
@Disgruntled Jobber
I haven’t watched the match but maybe she was disinterested in the match. Here you have someone who has been with the company since the beginning, or close to the beginning, and she has to put someone over who, as you said, isn’t that great.