Top female AEW star teases leaving ex-WWE champion to align with Mercedes Mone

Mercedes Mone is arguably the biggest female star in AEW currently. She is the reigning TBS Champion and has been for over a year now, losing only one singles match during her time in the company. It seems like one of the top female stars in the company has taken notice, as she recently hinted at aligning herself with Mone.

Mercedes Mone posted on X, asking who would want to be her tag team partner after the AEW Women's World Tag Team Championship was introduced by Tony Khan on this week's Dynamite. Billie Starkz responded to Mone's post, stating that it might be time for her to move to someone new, teasing leaving former WWE NXT Women's Champion Athena.

"Maybe it’s time for me to move on since SOMEONE wants to say top-'ish,'" she wrote.

Billie Starkz is a former ROH Women's World Television Champion and has been an ally of the reigning ROH Women's World Champion, Athena, for a long time now. They are collectively called The Minions.

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Tony Khan introduced the AEW Women's World Tag Team Championship on this week's Dynamite

Last weekend at All Out, it was announced that Tony Khan would make a major announcement on the post-PPV episode of Dynamite. This past Wednesday night, midway through the show, Khan appeared on screen and made his big announcement.

He introduced the AEW Women's World Tag Team Championship, which was unveiled by Renee Paquette. Since the introduction of the title, many stars and fans are excited, as the championship will offer more opportunities to the promotion's female tag team division.

Fans are excited to see which team will be crowned the inaugural champion, with many major contenders already in line. Having lost the AEW Women's World Championship at All Out, Toni Storm could team up with Mina Shirakawa to become the inaugural Women's World Tag Team Champion. Notably, many fans want Anna Jay and Tay Melo to win the belts.

It will be interesting to see what Tony Khan has in store for the female duos in the coming weeks.

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