Mercedes Mone Repeats As Women’s Owen Hart Cup Winner At AEW X NJPW Forbidden Door

It took an endurance trial, but Mercedes Mone was able to defeat Maya World at AEW X NJPW Forbidden Door to win the Women’s Owen Hart Tournament again. Mone and World battled in the finals of the tournament on Sunday night’s PPV, a match that turned out to be much tougher than perhaps Mone intended.

World brought everything she had to the match, riding the wave of momentum from her win over Athena in the semifinals. She escaped the Statement Maker more than once and fought back, even applying her own Statement Maker on Mone late in the match. Mone was unable to put World away and nearly fell to her a few times before she finally hit a Backstabber into the Statement Maker, wrenching back deeply on it to make World finally tap.

This is Mercedes Mone’s second straight Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament win; she won the tournament last year by beating Jamie Hayer in the finals. She will now go on to challenge for the AEW Women’s World Championship currently held by Thekla at AEW All In: London. You can see clips from the AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door match below.

From last year’s winner to this year’s rising finalist, @MercedesVarnado and @MayaWorldd collide in the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Women’s Final!

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— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) June 29, 2026

It's time for the #OwenCup Women's Final and @MayaWorldd enters the biggest match of her career!

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— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) June 29, 2026

Ahead of the #OwenCup Women's Final Match between @MayaWorldd and @MercedesVarnado, @ReneePaquette has this report!

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— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) June 29, 2026

An entrance fit for The CEO. @MercedesVarnado looks to win the #OwenCup for the second year in a row!

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— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) June 29, 2026

.@MayaWorldd has been following @MercedesVarnado's entire career, so she's ready for what Moné can throw at her!

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— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) June 29, 2026

A roll through suplex from @MayaWorldd lays out @MercedesVarnado!

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— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) June 29, 2026

The CEO FLATTENS @MayaWorldd with a meteora off of the apron!

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— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) June 29, 2026

Mercedes taking a page out of Maya's playbook!

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— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) June 29, 2026

.@MayaWorldd dumps @MercedesVarnado through the ropes after an impressive trio of fallaway slams!

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— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) June 29, 2026

SUNSET FLIP POWERBOMB OFF OF THE APRON AND ONTO THE FLOOR!

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— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) June 29, 2026

MAYA KICKED OUT OF THE MONÉ MAKER!

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— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) June 29, 2026

.@MercedesVarnado will not be denied!

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— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) June 29, 2026

The CEO, @MercedesVarnado, is heading to Wembley to challenge for the AEW Women's World Championship!

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— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) June 29, 2026