Blake Monroe made her surprise WWE debut last year, and in a recent talk, said that she had always envisioned one specific place to start her WWE career.
Speaking to Sports Illustrated in a recent interview, Monroe (formerly known as Mariah May in All Elite Wrestling) opened up about her WWE debut. Last year, the star appeared on an episode of NXT, and has since been wrestling for the brand. According to Monroe, NXT is always where she wanted to be, and she had no other desires to appear elsewhere as of now.
“It was always NXT,” Monroe said. “There was never really a conversation of this or that. I anticipated going to NXT. There were a lot of reasons I was interested in WWE, but one of the main things is I wanted to train. I wrestled all over the world, and when I was in Japan I trained at the dojo, like two times a week. We wrestled twice a week. So for me, I found it very difficult to not be training. It’s really good for my mindset, and it helps me be the best I can be. So, I really wanted to go to NXT.”
Monroe said she knows her fans want to see her on WWE’s more premier shows, like SmackDown and RAW, and she knows she will make it there eventually. As for now, Monroe said, she’s looking at the careers of Rhea Ripley, Bianca Belair, and other WWE stars who started out in NXT to emulate.
“I know people are hungry for me to go to the main roster and I love that,” said Monroe. “And I will be on the main roster, but I’m coming in and I’m looking at a Rhea Ripley, a Bianca Belair, all these women with so much TV equity and so much star power. Why would I go straight to the main roster? Why wouldn’t I go to NXT? NXT has 700,000 viewers. Why wouldn’t I get in front of that audience? Why wouldn’t I build my brand? Build Blake Monroe, build The Glamour.”
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