After pulling of a heck of a match with the equally talented Willow Nightingale, Mercedes took home the win and became the interim ROH womens world champion.
Of course Deonna Purrazzo holds the ROH womens title as well. So a unification match will follow soon.
Mercedes Martinez took time after the show to participate in the media scrum with Tony Khan. Here were a few key things taken from her portion of the conference:
Mercedes Martinez has been in Tony Khan’s sights for awhile. She was featured in the All Out battle royale show back in 2019. Khan wanted to sign her, but needed a bigger budget which he received after the TBS TV deal.
Booker T thought that Martinez would be a good fit for AEW and put his stamp of approval on the veteran.
Mercedes was working on a non-contract basis with AEW prior to signing with NXT and when she returned after being released from WWE, she made it clear that she is the veteran of the locker room.
Martinez was asked if she regretted not staying in the retribution faction in WWE. Martinez felt that after she created her own successful solo career, that it wouldn’t make sense to be in a group and almost lose her identity.
Tony Khan is currently looking at the schedule to set up a future date for the unification title match between Deonna Purrazzo and Mercedes Martinez.
Mercedes has made it clear that she knows all of the Virtuoso’s tricks in the ring and Deonna will not come out on top this time.
Mercedes has gone through several bouts with Deonna over the past six months and the key to being successful in this business is to reinvent your style every time. Never become content.
This Supercard of Honor show was stacked and everyone delivered. It seems like the ROH womens division is in great hands moving forward with Mercedes Martinez as the leader.
Now it’s time to see if Deonna will change this reality for Martinez soon.

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