AEW star fires personal shots; Mercedes Mone unhappy: "There's a price to pay"

The TBS Champion Mercedes Mone expressed her unhappiness towards an AEW star's recent shots fired at her. The stars are set for a major title match this week on a pay-per-view.

The AEW star, Red Velvet, recently fired shots at Mercedes Mone. Two weeks ago, Mercedes defeated Red Velvet to capture the Ring of Honor Women's World Television Championship after being the interim champion for weeks. Last week on Collision, Red Velvet challenged Mone for a rematch while firing some personal shots at The CEO.

Red Velvet took a dig at Mercedes' loss to Kris Statlander at Full Gear and not showing up on the Ring of Honor since winning the Television title. After the rematch between Mercedes and Red Velvet for the ROH Women's World TV title has been made official for the Final Battle pay-per-view this Friday, Mone has a message for her opponent.

Taking to her Instagram handle, Mercedes responded to Red Velvet talking down on her with a diss video and the following caption:

"There’s a price to pay @la_redvelvet when you talk down on Mercedes Moné! WatchROH.com 🤑 #ROH #Aewdynamite #CEO Ultimomone"

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Rumor killer on the potential problem with Mercedes Mone not losing in AEW

Many fans online speculated that Mercedes Mone barely losing in AEW could be a problem. Dave Meltzer on the Wrestling Observer Radio recently noted that he has not heard of any problems with Mercedes losing. Meltzer also recalled Mone's losses to Toni Storm and Kris Statlander at All In and Full Gear, respectively, this year:

“Some people will jump on Mercedes but she loses when the time is right. I’ve never heard of any problems with Mercedes losing. She lost to Kris and Toni," Meltzer reported.

After failing to capture the AEW Women's World title from Kris Statlander at Full Gear 2025, it remains to be seen if Mercedes could retain her ROH Women's World TV title this week.