Mercedes Varnado
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 26, 1992
- Place of birth
- Fairfield, California, USA
Biography
Mercedes Justine Kaestner-Varnado is an American professional wrestler and actress who has been signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) since January 2024, where she performs under the ring name Mercedes Moné, held the AEW Women's World Championship, the AEW TBS Championship, and won the Owen Hart Foundation Women's Tournament in 2025 and 2026. She competed in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and its sister promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom, winning the Strong Women’s Championship and the IWGP Women’s Championship, and in Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro), where she captured the Undisputed British Women’s Championship.
She is the first and only woman to win championships in WWE, AEW, and NJPW, and on October 10, 2025, tied Último Guerrero’s record by holding ten titles simultaneously after winning the Bodyslam Women’s Championship. Eight days later, she broke the record by winning the interim ROH Women’s World Television Championship, captured her twelfth title the following day by winning the WPW Rumble in the Burt Women’s Championship, and on November 15, 2025, won the HOG Heavyweight Title to become the only wrestler in history to hold thirteen titles at once.
Varnado previously rose to prominence in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) from 2012 to 2022 under the ring name Sasha Banks, becoming one of the most decorated women’s wrestlers of her era after winning the NXT Women’s Championship, the WWE Women’s Championship five times, the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship three times, and the WWE Women’s World Championship.
During her WWE run, Pro Wrestling Illustrated named her Woman of the Year in 2015, awarded Match of the Year in 2015 against Bayley, Feud of the Year in 2016 against Charlotte Flair and 2020 against Bayley, Tag Team of the Year in 2020 with Bayley, and ranked the duo No. 3 in the PWI Tag Team 50 in 2020. In AEW, she was named Woman of the Year in 2025 and ranked No. 1 in the PWI Women’s 250 that same year.
Movies with Mercedes Varnado
- The Collective 2023 · ★ 5.5
- WWE Royal Rumble 2021 2021 · ★ 8.3
- WWE WrestleMania 33 2017 · ★ 8.0
- WWE WrestleMania 37: Night 1 2021 · ★ 7.9
- WWE WrestleMania 32 2016 · ★ 7.1
- WWE Survivor Series 2019 2019 · ★ 8.4
- WWE Crown Jewel 2021 2021 · ★ 6.7
- WWE WrestleMania 35 2019 · ★ 7.0
- WWE WrestleMania 36: Part 2 2020 · ★ 7.8
- WWE Hell in a Cell 2020 2020 · ★ 8.1
- WWE Royal Rumble 2018 2018 · ★ 7.3
- WWE Royal Rumble 2016 2016 · ★ 7.1
- WWE Money in the Bank 2018 2018 · ★ 8.0
- WWE Fastlane 2021 2021 · ★ 6.8
- WWE Royal Rumble 2022 2022 · ★ 6.4
- WWE Fastlane 2019 2019 · ★ 7.1
- WWE Extreme Rules 2021 2021 · ★ 7.1
- WWE WrestleMania 38: Sunday 2022 · ★ 7.2
- WWE Elimination Chamber 2018 2018 · ★ 6.1
- WWE The Horror Show at Extreme Rules 2020 2020 · ★ 6.9
- WWE Payback 2020 2020 · ★ 7.0
- WWE No Mercy 2017 2017 · ★ 7.6
- WWE Royal Rumble 2019 2019 · ★ 7.4
- WWE SummerSlam 2016 2016 · ★ 6.5
- WWE SummerSlam 2017 2017 · ★ 6.8
- WWE Hell in a Cell 2019 2019 · ★ 7.4
- WWE Elimination Chamber 2021 2021 · ★ 7.4
- WWE Evolution 2018 · ★ 7.7
- WWE Survivor Series 2017 2017 · ★ 6.9
- AEW All In 2025: Texas 2025 · ★ 9.4
- WWE Backlash 2020 2020 · ★ 7.7
- WWE Survivor Series 2016 2016 · ★ 6.7
- AEW x NJPW x CMLL x Stardom Present Forbidden Door 2026 2026 · ★ 9.1
- WWE Survivor Series 2018 2018 · ★ 7.5
- WWE Fastlane 2016 2016 · ★ 5.8
- NXT TakeOver: R-Evolution 2014 · ★ 7.6
- WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2017 2017 · ★ 6.7
- WWE Battleground 2016 2016 · ★ 5.5
- WWE Extreme Rules 2017 2017 · ★ 6.6
- WWE SummerSlam 2020 2020 · ★ 6.9