Stoned Golem And A Wandering Monster (Not the golem)

[ssnover95]

Hi, I've been visiting this forum for rulings on the intricacies of this game that always seem to come up as soon as a player is about to win. This really has been a fantastic resource for my friends and I so I'd like to start with a thanks to this community.

That being said, something that came up that had no apparent answer, here was the situation:

I was level 9 and had two items that gave me upgrades that boosted my combat level to 16. I kicked down the door and got a race card. So naturally I entered the "Look for Trouble" phase and played the Stoned Golem monster and let it sit there. My friend immediately played a Wandering Monster card with a Level 9 monster. This is where the dispute came from. I was arguing that I didn't have to fight the Stoned Golem (I was not a halfling) and so my level was high enough to defeat the level 9 monster and so I defeated it and won. Was thos correct?