Blake Monroe made her in-ring debut on "Friday Night SmackDown" as WWE fans eagerly awaited her entrance and what she would be able to do against an opponent like Giulia.
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she → make → Giulia
When Monroe was in NXT, her entrance was lauded.
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entrance → laud → NXT
The cameras would show Monroe looking at herself in a vanity mirror before turning around and entering the ring.
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Monroe → show → ring
Fans had hoped the mirror would eventually come with her when she made her SmackDown debut.
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she → hop → debut
It didn’t happen on Friday.
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It → happen → Friday
Monroe came out with a sheer robe around her shoulders with showgirl-style feathers on the ends.
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Monroe → come → ends
Needless to say, fans were disappointed, but they didn’t know the story behind it.
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they → say → it
Monroe explained all of it in an Instagram post.
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Monroe → explain → post
"My journey started 9 years ago.
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journey → start → ?
I remember the night before my first class - I was so nervous.
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I → remember → class
I had done theatre for years and never felt anything close to this level of fear," she wrote.
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she → do → fear
"I pulled up outside the school gym that morning and didn’t even want to get out of my car.
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I → pull → car
My heart was thumping and my stomach was in knots.
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stomach → thump → knots
I was ready to turn back, and then I saw a feather on my windshield.
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I → turn → windshield
"A few months earlier, after years of battling illness, my grandmother passed away.
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grandmother → battle → illness
She was the coolest, toughest woman I had ever met.
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I → meet → ?
She wore a mini skirt and rollers in her hair until the very end.
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She → wear → end
They say feathers are a message from someone in heaven.
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feathers → say → heaven
It sounds silly, but in that moment I felt like my grandmother was with me, telling me to step through those doors and give my dreams a chance."
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grandmother → sound → chance
She said chasing her dreams was the "best decision I have ever made."
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I → say → dreams
"Now here we are, my Smackdown debut," she continued.
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she → continue → ?
"I know you waited 5 months…
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you → know → ?
I waited 9 years, and pretty much my whole life for this moment!
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I → wait → moment
But sadly, a few weeks before my debut, my lovely grandad passed away.
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grandad → pass → debut
I didn’t get to say goodbye.
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I → get → ?
"I didn’t tell anyone, I didn’t cancel anything.
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I → tell → anything
I just tried to push on as normal because I didn’t know how to handle the grief.
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I → try → grief
I sat in the salon the next day getting my hair done for TV, trying to hold in tears, when my hairdresser found a feather in my hair.
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hairdresser → sit → hair
I truly have no idea how it got there.
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it → have → idea
But I felt like it was my grandad saying hello.
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it → feel → ?
"My new beautiful feathered fan entrance on Smackdown might seem like a burlesque and Great Gatsby dream, but it’s also so much more.
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it → seem → dream
Last night I felt like my grandparents, who are together again now, were holding my hands for one of the biggest moments in my life.
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who → feel → life
In a country where I am all alone, following such crazy dreams.
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I → follow → dreams
It’s easy to feel lonely and scared, but last night I had never felt so strong.
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I → ’ → ?
I love you and miss you so deeply."
Monroe defeated Giulia in her first WWE main-roster match.
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Monroe → love → match
Monroe thwarted Giulia’s attempt at a move from the top turnbuckle.
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Monroe → thwart → turnbuckle
Giulia hit her head and was knocked out.
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Giulia → hit → head
Monroe scored the pin.
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Monroe → score → pin
Monroe joined WWE last year and made her NXT debut in June 2025.
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Monroe → join → June
She was an NXT women’s North American champion before getting called up.
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She → call → ?
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