Blake Monroe Defeats Giulia In Street Fight On SmackDown

Blake Monroe picked up a win over Giulia in a Street Fight on WWE SmackDown, with the October 23 brawl spilling well beyond the ring and lighting up social media in the process.

The match leaned into every bit of bad blood the two have built up, with both women using weapons and taking the fight backstage at points during the bout. By the time it was over, fans online were calling it one of the more memorable women’s matches SmackDown has put on this year, praising the physicality and the willingness of both competitors to go all-in on a stipulation that demanded exactly that kind of chaos.

Street Fights are still a relatively rare sight in WWE’s women’s divisions, and when they do happen, it’s usually a sign that creative sees real heat in the pairing. Monroe and Giulia clearly have that. Giulia arrived in WWE with a reputation built over years in Japan as one of the most dangerous and stylistically varied workers in the sport, and she’s spent her SmackDown run looking to translate that aura into a signature rivalry stateside. Monroe, for her part, has been positioned as a rising act with an edge, and a hard-fought, weapons-heavy win over someone with Giulia’s resume is exactly the kind of result that can elevate a performer’s standing on the roster.

What happens next for both of them is the real question. A Street Fight finish is rarely treated as the final word in a WWE feud — it’s more often the blow-off to one chapter that opens the door to another, whether that’s a rematch down the line, a shift into multi-woman or title programs, or simply new pairings for both as SmackDown continues to reshuffle its women’s division heading into the fall. Given how much buzz this particular match generated, it wouldn’t be surprising if WWE looks to keep at least one eye on a follow-up, even if it’s not immediate.

For Monroe specifically, a win of this magnitude, against this level of opponent, in this type of high-stakes match, is the sort of moment that can define a wrestler’s year. For Giulia, even in defeat, the performance itself does plenty to reinforce why WWE brought her in with such fanfare in the first place — a hard-hitting, bloody Street Fight is the kind of showcase that can matter just as much as the result.

Either way, the two delivered the kind of match that gets people talking well after the show goes off the air, and that reaction alone suggests this won’t be the last audiences see of Monroe and Giulia squaring off.