"Are you asking me if I blame you for almost ending my career"

[Stokely Hathaway stands next to Kris Statlander in the ring. Some of the crowd chants 'Stokely!']

Stokely Hathaway: "In 1977, Bill Withers created one of the greatest songs of all time 'Lovely Day'. And that's exactly what I felt when one of my best friends became TBS Champion at Dynasty. Jacksonville, Florida! Are you ready to parrrrrrtayyyyyyyyy!? We got my main man Caprice Coleman at commentary, we got my girl 'Krissy Stat' right here, hit 'em."

Kris Statlander: "Willow, this one's for you, girl! She is the 'Babe with the Power', and we are here to give her her flowers. She reminds us that nothing matters and to smile anyways. Because, every time we see her, she brightens our day. I'm standing here in silver, because she is our gold. And now, she has the TBS Championship to hold."

Stokely Hathaway: "Statlander, with all due disrespect, that was two packs of ass! So... let's bring out the new face of TBS! [unintelligible]"

Hathaway and Statlander: "Willow Nightingale!"

[Willow makes her entrance. On the live feed, Caprice Coleman raps over her theme. Willow parades around in the ring with the belt in hand.]

Stokely Hathaway: "You know... you know, Willow, when this whole thing got started. I didn't like you--"

Willow Nightingale: "I didn't like you either, Stokely."

Stokely Hathaway: "You were like a... a fungus that the doctor, y'know, couldn't cut off. But look at us! Look at us now!

Willow Nightingale: "[chuckles] Yeah."

Stokely Hathaway: "And you... earned that championship and we both are proud of you."

Willow Nightingale: "Thank you Stokely. Thank you guys. I'm proud too! Because tonight? In Jacksonvilllllllle... this is the very place where... lemme take you back. RIght? Spring 2022-- 2020, I was right here. Front row [of Daily's Place]. Trying to catch my break. And then in 2022, I was in this ring. Tony Schiavone met me here, and on that board, 'Willow Nightingale's All Elite!' But tonight? Tonight, I'm not trying to catch a break. I'm not a rookie. Tonight, I stand here as the face of TBS. Yeah! [Stokely Hathaway acts as a hypeman.]"

Stokely Hathaway: "Yeah. That's what I'm talkin' about."

Willow Nightingale: "That's what I'm talkin' about!"

Stokely Hathaway: "So..."

[Before Hathaway can finish his sentence, Mercedes Mone's music hits as she walks out to the ring.]

Mercedes Mone: "Jacksonville... say hello, to your CEO."

Willow Nightingale: "Mercedes, this has to be like, the fourth time you've interrupted me. Right? And this is... this is my time right now. So it feels, it feels like something to say, now's the time to say it. Alright?"

Mercedes Mone: "Willow... I just came out here to congratulate you! And I just want you to enjoy the celebration, because in thirty-two days at Double or Nothing, you're looking at the NEW face, and the NEW... TBS Champion [fans boo as Mone poses.] But, I really came out here to ask you if you that bitch that attacked me two weeks ago in the dark."

Kris Statlander: "Hold on, hold on, she just got attacked last week, so... how do we know it wasn't you that did it."

Mercedes Mone: "Me!? Why would I do it? How do I not know it was you?"

[All three women start bickering over each other about who attacked who.]

Stokely Hathaway: "Wait, wait, wait, hey! I hate to be all up in women's business. But we all know it was Julia Hart, alright."

Willow Nightingale: "Listen, even before 'who attacked who' nonsense, I felt like you had a personal vendetta against me. And so I have to ask Mercedes, do you think I intentionally injured you that night when we wrestled in New Japan [see Note 1]?"

Stokely Hathaway: "I mean, of course. I mean, look at her--"

Willow Nightingale: "[sternly] Stokely. C'mon." [Statlander pushes Hathaway to the corner turnbuckle.]

Mercedes Mone: "Are you asking me if I blame you for almost ending my career? Are you asking me if I blame you for all the suffering and all the pain that I went through!? Are you asking me if I am blaming YOU for taking the ONE thing that I love the most, wrestling, away from me for a whole year!? You don't want the truth, Willow. You just want to feel better about what you did to me."

Willow Nightingale: "Mercedes, I genuinely, feel so awful that that happened to you. But, there were a lot of questions and doubts for me too after that match. I went back to my hotel room. I looked at that championship, and I should've smiled. But I wondered to myself, could I've beaten Mercedes at 100%? And then on the next day, went on social media, and I heard everybody say the same thing. I went into the locker room and I heard the same thing! So that championship reign has quite the asterisk next to it. But this? This right here [she holds up the TBS Championship]? There are no asterisks next to this! So, at Double or Nothing, Mercedes, I want you 100%, because, I want to show you that I can beat you and why I am the TBS Champion."

Mercedes Mone: "Well, enjoy this while you can. 'Cuz at Double or Nothing, you know in your heart that you can't beat me." [The two staredown face to face before Mercedes walks away. Statlander pulls her back and Mone slaps Nightingale. Statlander holds Willow back while Bryce Remsburg tells Mone to separate.]

- Note 1: Willow Nightingale alludes to the match she had with Mercedes Mone at NJPW STRONG Resurgence 2023. Mone suffered a severe foot injury during the match against Nightingale. Nightingale defeated Mone, becoming the inaugural NJPW STRONG Women's Champion.