Blake Monroe Reveals How ‘The Glamour’ Builds on Mariah May, Makes It Bigger

Mariah May Mead’s dream was always to wrestle for WWE, and after six years, and an unsuccessful tryout early in her career, she’s finally there, now under the new name of “The Glamour” Blake Monroe. The name may have changed, but the performer is still her best self. In a recent interview with Scott Fishman of TV Insider, she reveals that those who came to know her as Mariah May in AEW need not worry: what we’re going to see now is the biggest and best version of herself.

Here are a few highlights:

On WWE running with her ideas:

“I loved my character in ‘The Glamour’ when I spoke to WWE. They loved ‘The Glamour’ too and recognized my work and what was important to me. They wanted to take that and make it bigger. My first vignette if you remember was me in a bath. That’s something I wanted to do for about a year. I always wanted to do that vignette. The very next week that’s what we did. Wrestling is different everywhere and very special, but in WWE it’s huge. There is so much access. I’m just trying to be a sponge and take everything in at the PC [Performance Center] and being around all these Hall of Famers and amazing writing and production team. I try to make the most of it all because I don’t take anything for granted. Just to be here is amazing.”

On Blake Monroe being an evolution of Mariah May:

“Blake Monroe is continuing to evolve from the things I’ve already done. It’s not different. It’s not wiping something clean and starting again. It’s taking these parts of me and growing them and nurturing them.

As you saw my introduction was ‘The Glamour’ and was very big on that whole pop star vibe with my entrance and the vanity and all these incredible things. We’ve been able to evolve the character. Then you saw me at No Mercy in the steel cage match. You saw a different side of me. Someone who was a bit merciless and a bit unhinged. I think it has been so exciting to evolve something.”

On living the gimmick at a grander scale:

“Definitely in public more I think that I can’t be out looking a little sloppy because you can get recognized anywhere. I’d normally go to Publix and think I have to look a little bit cute because I’m ‘The Glamour.’ It is definitely bigger than anything I’ve experienced. It’s amazing, but a lot to process. ”

About that Marilyn Monroe-style finger bite:

“I have a background in theater. That has always been the part I loved. The presentation, the promos, the in-between, the theatrics. I’ve always been over-the-top, and as my confidence grows, you’re able to see that. I was working on my entrance and thinking about something that nobody was doing, but people could copy. Wrestling has been around for so long, so everything feels like it has been taken. Every gesture or hand sign I felt you could do, so I thought what if you bit my finger.

I know there are photos of Marilyn Monroe and whoever else doing it. I saw that and thought I was going to do this. I was playing around with a few people and thought let’s just see if I bit my finger. I’ve done it before, but recently in NXT, it has caught on. I think people find it so funny. There is that running joke with people doing it. There is even Megan Thee Stallion, these super famous people, and people are saying they are doing the Blake Monroe. That they are copying me, which is fun.”

Be sure to check out the entire interview. Blake Monroe will face Sol Ruca at NXT Halloween Havoc for the NXT North American Women’s Championship, Saturday, October 25, 2025, at the Findlay Toyota Center in Prescott Valley, Arizona. The event will be broadcast on Netflix. Expect Monroe’s violent side to come out in force.