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A popular WWE star has shared her honest thoughts on her former AEW character.

Last year, in 2024, Mariah May made her All Elite Wrestling debut following a successful Stardom stint in Japan. Soon enough, she climbed the success ladder and became a top name in the promotion.

After spending almost a year there and winning the Women’s Championship, May made her way into WWE NXT with a brand new character, Blake Monroe. Recently appearing with Bully Ray on Busted Open Radio, the English star shared her honest thoughts on keeping the name ‘Mariah May’ when joining WWE.

“No. If youâ€re familiar with my prior name, I feel like it was the end of a story, and I cherish that. Itâ€s kind of cool that she died and thatâ€s done. Mariah is my real name, and I wish Ihad never used that in wrestling because itâ€s weird. I did it and canâ€t change it. The chance to start something new, and with WWE, weâ€re going to make this new thing and make it a megastar. Week by week, we do that. I love it, and itâ€s a tribute to my niece.

“My niece is Blake. We used to watch WWE together and sheâ€d jump on the bed and be so excited. When they said, ‘How would you feel about the name? Would you be open to changing it?†I said, ‘I absolutely would.†Monroe was the first wrestling name I ever wrote down. I still have it in a book and a screenshot from 2017. I didnâ€t start wrestling until 2020. I wanted to do Monroe as a first name. The more I thought about it, people donâ€t like the name because they think itâ€s boyish, but thatâ€s why I like the name.

I feel if youâ€re in a really intense feud, itâ€s like, ‘Monroe,†while ‘Blake†is more serious. Blake is my niece and itâ€s unisex, and Monroe is so pretty, but a little gimmicky. I thought putting the two together was different. The name was a little controversial, which I like because people are talking about me.â€

H/t Fightful

The 27-year-old was known as Mariah May in both AEW and Stardom, and now cherishes the fact that the character ‘Mariah May’ has died and she has successfully moved on to Blake Monroe.

Blake Monroe Never Considered Joining WWE After AEW Exit

In the same interview with Bully Ray on the Busted Open Radio, Monroe revealed that WWE was never her immediate choice after leaving All Elite Wrestling.

“I had a fantastic experience and I did things that Iâ€m so proud of and cherish. I had a really short contract and when it came to an end, there were positives and negatives. It got to the point in wrestling where, I did have an amazing story, but that was the one thing. I didnâ€t have much else. I just thought, ‘Is this everything I want?â€

I also considered going to Japan, which nobody knows. Itâ€s something I talked to them about. When my deal was up, people were like, ‘Just talk to WWE and see.†I wasnâ€t considering it. Thatâ€s not an insult to WWE. I always just try to focus on one thing at a time and I just hadnâ€t considered it. 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.†I sat and thought about it. It was a really tough decision. 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, and itâ€s time to close that chapter and start a new one.

Getting a new name and a whole new experience. There are so many women here. Womenâ€s wrestling is very important in WWE. As a woman, thatâ€s something I want to be a part of. All these different matches and possibilities, to me, it was a great deal. It was a challenge, and I want a challenge.â€

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