Mercedes Moné

Mercedes Justine Kaestner Varnado (born January 26, 1992) is an American professional wrestler and actress. 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. She rose to prominence during her time in WWE from 2012 to 2022, where she performed under the ring name Sasha Banks.

Varnado also makes appearances for, and holds championships in, several other promotions: in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and its sister promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom, she is a former one-time IWGP Women's Champion and a former one-time Strong Women's Champion; in Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro), she is the current Undisputed British Women's Champion in her first reign; in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), she is the current CMLL World Women's Champion in her first reign; in Austria's European Wrestling Association (EWA), she is the current EWA Women's Champion in her first reign; in Poland's Prime Time Wrestling (PTW), she is the inaugural PTW Women's Champion; in Italy's BestYa Wrestling, she is the inaugural BestYa Women's Champion; and in Scotland's Discovery Wrestling (DW), she is the current DW Women's Champion in her first reign. She is the only woman to win championships across WWE, AEW, NJPW, and CMLL.

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Mercedes Justine Kaestner Varnado (born January 26, 1992) is an American professional wrestler and actress. 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. She rose to prominence during her time in WWE from 2012 to 2022, where she performed under the ring name Sasha Banks.

Varnado also makes appearances for, and holds championships in, several other promotions: in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and its sister promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom, she is a former one-time IWGP Women's Champion and a former one-time Strong Women's Champion; in Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro), she is the current Undisputed British Women's Champion in her first reign; in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), she is the current CMLL World Women's Champion in her first reign; in Austria's European Wrestling Association (EWA), she is the current EWA Women's Champion in her first reign; in Poland's Prime Time Wrestling (PTW), she is the inaugural PTW Women's Champion; in Italy's BestYa Wrestling, she is the inaugural BestYa Women's Champion; and in Scotland's Discovery Wrestling (DW), she is the current DW Women's Champion in her first reign. She is the only woman to win championships across WWE, AEW, NJPW, and CMLL.

Varnado is widely considered to be one of the greatest female professional wrestlers of all time. Outside of wrestling, she portrays the recurring character Koska Reeves in the second and third seasons of the Disney+ Star Wars series The Mandalorian.

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