Mark Henry has offered a glowing endorsement of Blake Monroe ahead of her imminent SmackDown debut, declaring the former AEW star to have no weaknesses in her wrestling game.
Speaking on Busted Open, Henry was asked about Monroe following confirmation that she will be moving from NXT to SmackDown, with her debut listed as coming soon. Monroe’s fellow NXT talent, Ricky Saints, is set to debut on the blue brand next week.
“What’s even better about Blake Monroe, and I know this sounds so crazy, but she’s one of the boys. Everybody’s gonna love her. She is an old school, throwback wrestler. She’s funny and crass. She said something in AEW in the training room one time, I turned I was like, ‘What did you say?’ She’s just got it. When you like people, you work harder for them and she works hard. You watch her matches and she’ll do anything and everything to succeed. And her wrestling skillset is that she can adapt to everybody’s stuff. She doesn’t have a weakness, and there’s very few wrestlers that can flip and fly, that can grapple, chain wrestle, that can swing them and punch and kick, that can do everything. She can do everything,” Henry said.
Monroe’s call-up to SmackDown was confirmed on the April 24 episode of the show alongside Ricky Saints, with both former AEW stars set to join the blue brand. Fatal Influence members Jacy Jayne, Lainey Reid, and Fallon Henley also made their SmackDown debut on the same episode, immediately making an impact by taking out Paige, Brie Bella, Charlotte Flair, Alexa Bliss, and Rhea Ripley.
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