Mercedes Moné

Mercedes Justine Kaestner Varnado (born January 26, 1992) is an American professional wrestler. As of January 2024, she is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where she performs under the ring name Mercedes Moné (muh-NAY) and is the current AEW TBS Champion in her first reign—the longest in the title's history—while also appearing for AEW's partners Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Overall, she currently holds 13 belts comprising 11 championships, making her the most simultaneously-decorated wrestler of all time. Varnado rose to prominence during her time in WWE from 2012 to 2022, where she performed under the ring name Sasha Banks. She is the only woman to win championships across the major promotions of WWE, AEW, NJPW, and CMLL.

Varnado began her wrestling career in 2010 on the independent circuit, most notably for Chaotic Wrestling, where she won the Chaotic Wrestling Women's Championship. She signed with WWE in 2012 under the ring name Sasha Banks and was assigned to the developmental territory NXT. She would later win the NXT Women's Championship. Her match against Bayley at NXT TakeOver: Respect in October 2015 was the first women's…

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