Mercedes Mone issues TBS title open challenge for AEW WrestleDream

Mercedes Mone is issuing an open challenge.

After retaining the CMLL Womenâ€s Championship against Persephone at Arena Mexico on Friday night, Mone took to the microphone to issue an open challenge for AEW WrestleDream, challenging any champion in the world to face her for the TBS Championship.

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Mercedes Moné issues an open challenge to any champion in the world to face her for the TBS Championship tomorrow at AEW WrestleDream!

👀👀👀#CMLL

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— WrestlePurists (@WrestlePurists) October 18, 2025

Following her proclamation, she also accepted a challenge from Olympia for a future match for the CMLL Womenâ€s Championship. However, Mone said it would take place in the United States and not in Mexico.

Mercedes Moné says she is issuing an open challenge to any champion around the world for tomorrow night at AEW Wrestle Dream and then also accepts a future CMLL Championship match against Olympia in the states and not Mexico. #CMLL pic.twitter.com/9HMawJG7QL

— JJ Williams (@JJWilliamsWON) October 18, 2025

Mone had been coy about her plans for WrestleDream before Friday. During AEW Dynamite, she said she would be at WrestleDream, though wouldnâ€t specify what exactly sheâ€d be doing in St. Louis.

Here is the updated lineup for WrestleDream:

AEW WrestleDream, 8 p.m. Eastern time —

• AEW World Champion Hangman Adam Page defends against Samoa Joe
• AEW Womenâ€s World Champion Kris Statlander defends against Toni Storm
• I Quit match: Jon Moxley vs. Darby Allin
• TNT Champion Kyle Fletcher defends against Mark Briscoe
• AEW Tag Team Champions Brody King and Bandido defend against Kazuchika Okada and Konosuke Takeshita
• $500,000 tag team match: The Young Bucks (Matthew and Nicholas Jackson) vs. Jurassic Express (Jack Perry and Luchasaurus)
• Tornado trios match: The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin, MVP) vs. The Demand (Ricochet, Bishop Kaun, Toa Liona)
• Jamie Hayter vs. Thekla
• TBS Champion Mercedes Mone defends against any champion in the world

AEW Saturday Tailgate Brawl, 7 p.m. Eastern time —

• FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) vs. JetSpeed (Kevin Knight and Mike Bailey)
• Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron vs. Megan Bayne and Penelope Ford
• The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy, Tomohiro Ishii, Kyle Oâ€Reilly, Roderick Strong) vs. The Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli, PAC, Wheeler Yuta, Daniel Garcia)
• Eddie Kingston and Hook vs. TBA

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