Mercedes Varnado
Acting
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 MonĂ©, held the AEW TBS Championship, and won the Owen Hart Foundation Women's Tournament in 2025. She competed in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and its sister promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom, winning the Strong Womenâs Championship and the IWGP Womenâs Championship, and in Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro), where she captured the Undisputed British Womenâs Championship. She is the first and only woman to win championships in WWE, AEW, and NJPW, and on October 10, 2025, tied Ăltimo Guerreroâs record by holding ten titles simultaneously after winning the Bodyslam Womenâs Championship. Eight days later, she broke the record by winning the interim ROH Womenâs World Television Championship, captured her twelfth title the following day by winning the WPW Rumble in the Burt Womenâs 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 womenâs wrestlers of her era after winning the NXT Womenâs Championship, the WWE Womenâs Championship five times, the WWE Womenâs Tag Team Championship three times, and the WWE Womenâs 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 Womenâs 250 that same year.
