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Let’s take a look at four possible reasons WWE canceled Blake Monroe’s SmackDown debut match:
#4. To accentuate her arrogant heel persona
Blake Monroe has been working as a heel ever since she arrived on Friday Night SmackDown. During a pre-match interview, The Glamour showed disdain for her debut match in a Canadian city, stating that she should have been wrestling in international cities like Paris or Milan. Monroe also claimed that she should have been competing for the WWE Women’s Championship, disparaging the idea of facing Giulia in a standard match.
Canceling her debut match on SmackDown this week was seemingly a strategic way to accentuate her arrogant persona. The fact that Blake Monroe robbed her own match by launching an assault on Giulia was seemingly her way to express that she would never opt to make her in-ring debut in a city like Toronto. Attacking Giulia during her entrance framed The Glamour as an elite heel who views ordinary competition as beneath her.
#3. No plans for a feud between Blake Monroe and Giulia
Blake Monroe made her main roster debut by attacking Giulia on SmackDown two months ago. Since then, fans have been waiting to see a feud between the two superstars. However, it looks like WWE may not have any such plans. Having Monroe attack Giulia before the match indicates that long-term storytelling between the two is not in the plans. Ringing the bell to start a match typically forces a concrete finish that binds superstars together into an extended feud.
However, Triple H may have had no plans to pit the two against each other for whatever reason, which resulted in the match being scrapped. By keeping the encounter as an unbooked ambush, WWE seemingly avoided tying Blake Monroe to a program with The Beautiful Madness. This allowed The Glamour to hit her high-impact moves and make a bold statement while leaving Giulia available for other creative directions on SmackDown.
#2. WWE is saving her debut for a bigger stage
One of the biggest reasons The Glamour’s SmackDown match was called off could be that WWE wants to do her in-ring debut on a bigger stage. Blake Monroe is one of the high-profile imports who made waves in NXT. She arrived on the main roster with red-hot momentum and the WWE Universe was eagerly waiting for her in-ring debut. Doing it on a random episode of SmackDown may have spoiled the grandeur of what could be an iconic moment.
Hence, Triple H is seemingly saving it for a better stage than a weekly show. Holding back her in-ring debut ensures that when Monroe finally competes in a match, WWE can leverage it as a major advertised attraction on a high-profile platform. This would increase fans’ excitement to see The Glamour in action while projecting her as a top-tier name in the women’s division.
#1. To make her first feud look more personal
Blake Monroe was slated to face Giulia in one-on-one action in her debut match on SmackDown. Let’s be real, there was no story between the two stars and this match felt more like an obligation to bring Monroe back to the spotlight. WWE did not even showcase the small link they had, which was that The Glamour made her SmackDown debut by attacking Giulia. The lack of story behind the bout therefore did not create much real excitement behind this clash.
As a result, WWE may have been forced to cancel the match this week and instead show an ambush angle. The company seemingly wants to make this feud look more personal and add layers to it before Blake Monroe and Giulia collide in the ring. This would have developed a rich storyline between the two superstars on SmackDown and given their match a meaningful backstory whenever that eventual showdown happened.
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