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· collected 2026-08-31 · by Ryan Gaydos
Mercedes Moné has won the AEW Women's World Championship for the first time, defeating Willow Nightingale at the All In event. The match was a result of a long-standing feud between the two wrestlers, with Nightingale having previously defeated Moné to win the championship and Moné winning the Owen Hart Foundation Women's Tournament. Mercedes Moné successfully used her signature move, the Money Maker, to put Nightingale out, taking advantage of her opponent's broken hand. The victory marks Moné's first reign as AEW women's world champion, adding to her impressive resume in the promotion.
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Story summary
At the event All In, Mercedes Moné captured the AEW Women's World Championship for the first time. This was a significant victory for Moné, who had been making her mark on the AEW women's division since joining three years ago. She previously held the TBS Championship for over 500 days before losing it to Willow Nightingale in December 2025. The win marked the culmination of a feud between Moné and Nightingale, which began when Nightingale took the championship from Moné, but was ultimately won by Moné due in part to Nightingale's broken hand.
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Three years ago, Mercedes Moné was spotted in the crowd at All In keeping a close eye on the women’s division as she mulled whether she would make the jump to All Elite Wrestling (AEW).
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she → spot → Wrestling
Months later, Moné finally made her debut and took the AEW women’s division by storm.
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Moné → make → storm
She later defeated Willow Nightingale for the TBS Championship and started a reign that would last more than 500 days – that was until Nightingale defeated her on Dec. 31, 2025.
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Nightingale → defeat → Dec.
It was the pretext for the feud that would begin when Nightingale captured the AEW Women’s World Championship and Moné won the Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament.
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Moné → begin → Tournament
On Sunday, Moné gave her blood, sweat and tears to finally win the AEW Women’s World Championship.
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Moné → give → Championship
She took full advantage of Nightingale’s broken hand, putting her in the Money Maker to make her pass out.
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her → take → Maker
Moné was bloodied to start the match as Nightingale nailed her in the nose.
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Nightingale → bloody → nose
Nightingale tried to smile through the pain.
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Nightingale → try → pain
She took out Moné with a suplex onto the mat outside the ring.
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She → take → ring
She also hit a brutal pounce on Moné that sent her opponent into the referee.
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that → hit → referee
Both women used the knockdown to their advantage.
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women → use → advantage
Nightingale whipped the leather part of the belt against Moné.
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Nightingale → whip → Moné
It was a lot for Moné to overcome even as Nightingale dealt with the hand injury.
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Nightingale → overcome → injury
At the end of the match, Nightingale completely ran out of gas and the referee called for the bell.
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referee → run → bell
Moné will begin her first reign as AEW women’s world champion, adding to her impressive resume in AEW.
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Moné → begin → AEW
She’s been the aforementioned TBS champion and won the Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament twice.
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She → win → Tournament
She might already have her first challenger.
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She → have → challenger
High above Wembley Stadium, Thekla was watching closely.
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Thekla → watch → Stadium
Thekla made her return to AEW programming earlier in the show.
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Thekla → make → show
She lost the AEW Women’s World Championship to Nightingale at Redemption and hadn’t been seen until Sunday.
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She → lose → Sunday
All Out is about a month away and it could very well mean that Moné and Thekla are lining up for an epic match in September.
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Moné → mean → September
