>>16280775I mean, Mercedes brought in that WWE Writer to write the women's division. It's likely that RJ City said "fuck off, we've invested too much into the Toni/Mariah storyline, we're not just giving the belt to Mercedes" and since he's working on the Death Riders storyline now he probably can't advocate as much for the Women's Championship scene.
Or, well, it could be simple as "The TBS title is named after a TV network and we were really trying to get the TV deal renewed by signing Mercedes/Okada/Will, so putting the TBS belt on Mone as she gets in front of as many cameras as possible will probably help us in negotiations if we say 'look where we're getting your brand and how many people are seeing it'."
