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AEW Star Heading For The Courtroom After Special Day

By Lyle Kilbane • Published Jan 12, 2026 07:10 EST
AEW logo over blurred Rey Fenix Beast Mortos

One AEW star will now see you in court.

It’s not easy to become a wrestling star; it’s even harder to balance that with another career outside the ring. During the nineties in WWE, the company would have had you believe that pig farmers, ice hockey players, clowns, plumbers, repo men, dentists, cowboys, and yes, even undertakers had to make ends meet outside the ring.

These days, a more generous wrestling schedule has allowed wrestlers to take on other projects. Most of these revolve around Hollywood, but Dr Britt Baker DMD shared her time between an AEW ring and a dental practice. WWE’s Nikki Cross and AEW’s Deonna Purrazzo have been open about their university studies while maintaining their wrestling careers, and now another star has donned their graduation cap and is ready for court.

AEW Star Celebrates Graduation With Mercedes Mone

AEW’s Beast Mortos has taken to social media to share photos of his graduation after completing a law degree. Mortos can be seen with family, as well as girlfriend Mercedes Mone, as he wrote:

Today was a very special day to share with the people I love because today was my graduation day, I am officially a lawyer. see you in court

The Beast Mortos is currently one-half of the ROH Tag Team Champions alongside Sammy Guevara. Beast Mortos replaced the injured Rush to team up with Guevara, with the La Faccion Ingobernable solidifying their grip on the gold at Final Battle in December 2025.