Former AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland recently reacted to Mercedes Mone's match at a recent major event. The CEO suffered a surprising title loss on the show this week.At Ring of Honor Final Battle 2025, Mercedes Mone defended her ROH Women's World Television Championship in a match against Red Velvet. It was a rematch after Mone defeated Velvet recently to capture the belt. The match at Final Battle turned out to be a banger that went on for more than 13 minutes.In the climax of the bout, Red Velvet shockingly defeated Mercedes to take the ROH Women's World TV title from her. Following Mone's huge setback, Swerve Strickland took to X to send a message, praising the match between Mone and Red Velvet."Incredible match," Swerve wrote.Swerve Strickland also made his blockbuster return after the Full Gear 2025 main event last month, following a few months of absence. Meanwhile, Mercedes is now down to 12 titles after being '13 belts mone' for some time.Swerve Strickland on Mercedes Mone's value increasing after AEW moveMercedes Mone made her move to AEW last year, two years after leaving WWE. Speaking on the Bootlegkev Podcast, Swerve Strickland claimed that Mercedes has more value than Sasha Banks while giving examples of stars like Becky Lynch, Cody Rhodes, and more."Mercedes was the one that did big for the women (...) now, it makes Becky Lynch look like a little hmm maybe. Sasha Banks had value, Mercedes has more value now because of All Elite Wrestling. Cody had more value because of what AEW was able to do, same with Punk, same with [Jon] Moxley coming to AEW. Ricky Starks to Saints."The CEO still has 12 titles, including the TBS Championship. It remains to be seen what's next for her.