How to Fix the Mercedes Mone and TBS Championship Situation

Mercedes Mone is ready to add another title to her belt collection. The CEO will face off against Toni Storm for the AEW Women’s World Championship at All In on July 12th.

With Mone focused on the Women’s World Championship, it seems she’s forgotten about her other title: the TBS Championship.

Mone won the championship at Double or Nothing on May 26, 2024 by defeating Willow Nightingale. She has now surpassed one year as TBS Champion and successfully retained her title against challengers such as Britt Baker, Hikaru Shida, Kris Statlander, and Harley Cameron. Her last title defense was in March at the Revolution PPV against Momo Watanbe.

Since then the TBS Championship has become an afterthought as Mone concentrates on the Women’s World Championship.

With Mone not defending the TBS Championship, the belt should go to someone more deserving. However, with All In just a few weeks away, there’s likely to be no title defense. Plus, AEW wants to keep Mone’s unstoppable streak going until the big event.

All In Provides TBS Championship Reset

The TBS Championship is the second biggest title in AEW women’s division. Many popular names like Jade Cargill, Statlander, and Julia Hart have held the belt. While Mone has been a great champion, AEW has written themselves into to a conundrum with her title reign.

Having Mone challenge for the Women’s World Championship when she already has the TBS Championship is baffling. Yes, Mone is known as The Belt Collector and wants to add the Women’s Championship to her title. But how can anyone expect her to be a fighting champion when she hasn’t defended the TBS belt in months?

If Mone wins the Women’s Championship then what becomes of the TBS Championship? Does she continue holding it without defending it? Or will she quickly lose the title after All In?

These are questions that fans have and that AEW need to answer.

Mone vs Storm is a money match, one AEW wants to give fans at their biggest PPVs. But the match could’ve been held off a little longer, at least until Mone lost the TBS Championship. Yet, it is what it is.

All In will provide AEW with an opportunity to refocus on the TBS Championship,

The outcome of the women's match could to either way, and no matter what happens Mone’s TBS Championship will be be back in the spotlight.

The best scenario would be to have Merecedes lose. She's long overdue for her first loss, so who better to deliver it than Storm.

Mone losing out on the Women’s Championship, will drive her crazy. Her gimmick is built around her being the best in the business. Yet, her failing to capture the top women’s title will prove she isn’t invincible.

Mercedes’ ego will have her claiming she’s still the best and the TBS Championship is the only belt that matters. Her proclamation will have new challengers stepping up for a shot at the title.

Stars like Megan Bayne, Athena, or Mina Shirakawa could step up to give Mone a run for her money, and possibly dethrone her as TBS champion.

If by some chance, Mone wins, it’ll be a huge boost to her career. But it’ll also make her the number one target in the women's division. With her holding two AEW titles, that means The CEO will be putting in more work as she defends both belts.

So far, she's been able to skate by as champion by doing the bare minimum. However, now that she's an AEW double champion, she'll have to pull double duty with an angry women’s division coming after her championships.

Mone loves and is protective of her championships. Yet, the more she collects, the more title defenses she’ll have to put in. Eventually it’s going to wear The CEO out, and one by one she’ll lose her precious belts, starting with the TBS Championship.