Blake Monroe reflected on her AEW departure and revealed that she briefly thought about returning to Japan before choosing to move on. She said, “I had a fantastic experience and I did things that I’m so proud of and cherish.” Her AEW deal was short-term, and when it ended, Monroe said she began to question her direction: “It got to the point in wrestling where… I did have an amazing story, but that was the one thing. I didn’t have much else. I just thought, ‘Is this everything I want?’”
Monroe admitted, “I also considered going to Japan, which nobody knows. It’s something I talked to them about.” While some encouraged her to explore WWE, she initially wasn’t interested, clarifying, “That’s not an insult to WWE. I always just try to focus on one thing at a time and I just hadn’t considered it.”
Her perspective changed after conversations with WWE, saying, “When I talked to them and they cared so much about The Glamour and all these different things… I was like, ‘Okay, now I do have a big choice to make.’” Ultimately, she felt content with what she accomplished in AEW: “It just came down to, I did everything I needed to do. I feel like I told a great story, and I made people feel something.”
Now, Monroe sees her next chapter as an opportunity for growth, explaining, “Getting a new name and a whole new experience… Women’s wrestling is very important in WWE. As a woman, that’s something I want to be a part of.” She closed by calling it both a new beginning and a test: “It was a challenge, and I want a challenge.”
Source: Busted Open After Dark