Thea Hail: Matt Bloom told me to ‘lay it in’ with senton on Blake Monroe
Thea Hail discussed the night she won the NXT Women’s North American Championship during a recent appearance on Busted Open.
Hail defeated Blake Monroe for the title in a botched finish on the December 16, 2025 episode of NXT. Monroe was said to have had the wind knocked out of her after Hail hit a springboard senton, a move she refers to as, “The Boing.”
While Hail stays in-character for the most part during the interview, she says WWE PC head coach Matt Bloom told her before the match to really lay the move in if she hit it on Monroe.
Hail said:
“The Kimura lock is my ‘finisher’ but I got some advice prior to the match and they were like, ‘If you hit that senton, you gotta lay it in. You’ve got to hit that senton. And I was like, ‘hm.'”
“Matt Bloom is probably one of the most insane influential coaches in my career. And he’s one of those people that is like, ‘Thea, you’re little, you gotta hit him.’ And I’m like, ‘Alright, I’m going to hit em.'”
Hail also said she plans to put over “The Boing” now that she’s won a championship with it.
“That was the best Boing I’ve ever executed in my life,” Hail said. “So now, the Boing, you better believe this is going to be hit like that every single time.”
“I am throwing my entire body weight up in the air and then landing on you. I wouldn’t want to take that. I wouldn’t want to be on the receiving end of ‘the Boing.’”
While Hail and Bully never directly acknowledged that the title change resulted from a botched finish, Bully did ask her about the “controversy” surrounding the match. However, Hail says she doesn’t know why some were upset after the match.
“I think people just have a lot to say for no reason, sometimes. Sorry, guys, but Thea Hail won. Thea Hail hit the Boing, 1-2-3, and I think a lot of people were upset about that. I don’t know why. Because I worked really hard, and I think you guys have seen me work really hard. So let a girl win.”
Hail’s full appearance on Busted Open Radio is available below:
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