6 Ups & 3 Downs From WWE SmackDown (19 June - Results & Review)

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3. Can We Get A Move On, Please?

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Firstly, there's certainly nothing much wrong with Blake Monroe's delivery in these vignettes, but they're growing stale pretty quickly. "Pretty quickly" wouldn't be the right way to sum up WWE's approach to Blake though. There's nothing quick about what the company is currently doing with her. So, this was just the latest “coming soon” vignette for Blake.

This time, she focused in on Giulia for some reason, which doesn’t make a lick of sense when Giulia has nothing to offer and is about to blow off her issues with Kiana James (which Monroe has nothing to do with). Honestly, can we just get moving on this whole deal? Blake will be 82 by the time WWE feels ready to properly debut her, and these skits are far too samey to be effective.

She's blatantly running out of unique and interesting ways to talk about opponents she hasn't even wrestled yet. At this rate, the ex-AEW and NXT star will debut for a second time (she already popped up in a backstage segment with Chelsea Green) and burn through a few matches without much context outside these promos. That...isn't enough to turn her into a major star. Sorry, but it isn't.

Creative needs a shake.

Apparently, "coming soon" means the same as 'never'. We've had months of this, and everyone has had their fill of it by now. Get her on TV as soon as possible, please. For the love of God, please also have an actual plan in mind for Monroe beyond simply wrestling some exhibitions.

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