Mercedes Mone Varnado aka Sasha Banks Crunchyroll Anime awards 2024 recap
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Mercedes Mone is a woman of many titles – professional wrestler, actress, business owner, runway model, and of course, anime enthusiast. With her affinity for all things anime, Mone was invited to attend the 8th annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards, which emanated from the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan on March 2. In addition, Mone also received the opportunity to present the 2024 award for "Best Slice of Life" alongside Dallas Cowboys defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence.
As Mone and Lawrence explained, the "Best Slice of Life" category "focuses on the things that happen everyday" – the "small human moments" that provide shape to people's lives. Japanese series nominated in this category included the likes of "Do It Yourself!!", "Horimiya: The Missing Pieces," "Insomniacs After School," "My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999," "Skip and Loafer," and the eventual winner "Bocchi the Rock!". This particular work follows the story of the anxious Hitori Goto, who is on a mission to fulfill her dream of becoming a rock musician while also making friends.
After revealing the winner for the 2023 "Best Slice of Life" award, Mone later posted a photograph of herself seated alongside rapper and fellow presenter Megan Thee Stallion.
Looking ahead, Mone is expected to return to the United States, specifically to her hometown of Boston, Massachusetts, as she gears up for her reported All Elite Wrestling debut at the "Big Business" episode of "AEW Dynamite" on March 13. Mone previously appeared on camera as she spectated the AEW All In event in August 2023.
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It remains to be seen if Megan Thee Stallion will venture into AEW following Mercedes Mone's debut. Then again, you never know who Tony Khan will book at this point in an attempt to revive public interest in his company.
The 2024 Crunchyroll Anime Awards ceremony will be live-streamed on Crunchyroll's YouTube and Twitch channels, starting at 6 PM JST, with Sally Amaki and Jon Kabira hosting.
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Mercedes Justine Kaestner-Varnado (born January 26, 1992) is an American professional wrestler and actress. She is currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) under the ring name Mercedes Moné, where she is a former IWGP Women's Champion. Varnado also appears in NJPW's sister promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom. She is best known for her time in WWE from 2012 to 2022, where she performed under the ring name Sasha Banks.
Outside of wrestling, Varnado portrays the recurring character Koska Reeves in the second and third seasons of the Disney+ space Western series The Mandalorian. Varnado made her acting debut in the second season (2020) of the Disney+ series The Mandalorian, where she portrays Koska Reeves, a Mandalorian who serves under Bo-Katan Kryze as a member of the Nite Owls. In her final appearance as Sasha Banks, she was a celebrity contestant on an episode of the USA Network game show Barmageddon, which aired on January 2, 2023. The episode was filmed before her departure from WWE.
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