I'll scream about this any time someone accused Mercedes of selfish booking. The RevPro dates she's made to make her defenses haven't been London, Cardiff or Glasgow, not even Birmingham or Manchester... she's popped huge houses for venues in Doncaster and Wolverhampton.
Gritty little towns with fukk all for anyone to do that RevPro has tried to invest in with their promotion.
Mercedes easily could've strong-armed to make sure she wrestled in York Hall or the Copper Box and I would've thrown my money at them anyway, but she said "Where?" they told her two tiny towns she'd never heard of and she said "You got it, I'll be there with 100% of my powers".
There ain't NO OTHER on her level.