Bayley’s Training Video With Mercedes Moné Raises Eyebrows In WWE

Bayley is making waves on social media again, and this time it has nothing to do with a storyline. The WWE star posted a video montage showing highlights of her training sessions at various locations with a handful of different wrestlers, and one name in that mix stood out: AEW’s Mercedes Moné. The clip’s choice of soundtrack only added fuel to the fire — Bayley set the footage to “All In” by The Grouch & Eligh, a title that immediately draws the eye given AEW’s marquee All In pay-per-view.

According to people who took notice of the post, the video was seen by some inside WWE as ‘eyebrow-raising.’ It’s not hard to understand why. Bayley and Moné, known for years as Sasha Banks before her move to AEW, have a long and well-documented history together. The two came up through NXT side by side and later formed The Boss ’n’ Hug Connection, one of the most decorated women’s tag teams in WWE history, capturing multiple championships before their on-screen paths diverged. Off-screen, they’ve remained close, and it’s no secret that their friendship has persisted even after Moné left WWE for AEW.

Still, WWE has typically kept a watchful eye on any public gestures between its roster and talent from rival promotions, particularly AEW, given the competitive nature of the pro wrestling landscape. A training video isn’t the same as an appearance or a direct endorsement, but the optics of a top WWE star spotlighting a scene with an AEW Champion — set to a song whose title doubles as the name of AEW’s biggest annual show — was clearly enough to get tongues wagging backstage.

Whether this amounts to anything more than two old friends keeping in shape together and sharing it online remains to be seen. Bayley has never been shy about publicly celebrating her bond with Moné, and there’s no indication this was anything other than a genuine, personal post rather than some kind of coded message about her future. But in an era where every social media move by a top star gets dissected for hidden meaning, it’s easy to see how a video featuring a rival promotion’s champion, paired with a title like “All In,” could be read as more than coincidence by those inside the company.

For now, it’s worth watching how WWE and Bayley herself address, or don’t address, the reaction. Nothing here points to tension between Bayley and her employer, but it’s another reminder of just how closely backstage eyes are trained on what talent post — and how little it takes for something innocuous to spark speculation across the wrestling world.