Mariah May has already won the AEW Women’s Championship in her rookie year.
Making her AEW debut last year in 2023, Mariah May has already established herself as one of the hottest prospects in wrestling. Learning from her time under Toni Storm, May rose to prominence and defeated Storm at All In 2024 to become the AEW Women’s Champion in her first year.
During her recent interview with Niko Exxtra, May opened up on her plans in AEW, before addressing a potential career in acting or modeling. Describing the Jacksonville-based promotion as a “baby”, May claimed she wants to be a part of the promotion in its journey forward.
I mean, for me, right now, no pun intended, I’m all in with AEW. They gave me my life here in America, and that was always my dream as a kid. I knew I wanted to be an entertainer. I wanted to be a wrestler, which kind of felt impossible, but clearly it’s not. But it was always my dream to come here, and they’ve given me that, and on my rookie year, to kind of give me the opportunities and the platform they have, and yes, I’ve delivered, but they’ve also given me that chance.
I’m very committed to AEW and committed to kind of making a legacy and for me, it was tough. I did kind of have this crisis. I’m like, I’m in my first year in the company, I won the title in my home, on my our biggest show. So now where do I go? But I think the exciting thing is we forget that AEW is a baby. It’s such a new company. I think because it’s so big we forget that this wasn’t here five years ago. It’s just crazy.
So for me, I think it’s exciting because we’re gonna have so many firsts and we’re gonna create history, and to be a part of that legacy and that growth, that’s something that I’m kind of looking to spend the next couple of years doing. Never been TBS Champion, and we have Mercedes prancing around with all these belts, so I think there’s a lot of story there. I think every single new girl that comes through that door, there’s stories to tell, and I’m excited to be a part of that.”
Addressing her plans for exploring a career in acting, she shared:
If I ever did want to do a TV show or a film or anything like that, [Tony Khan] will allow you to do those things. We have such a stacked division that, I mean, if I went, it would be a great loss, but it’s like, okay, let’s give another girl a chance to make a name for herself so I can come back to something. So I think that is the exciting part about AEW is they want the best for you.”
H/t Fightful
Mariah May is set to defend her Women’s Championship against Thunder Rosa at the Worlds End PPV on 28th December 2024.
Thunder Rosa Calls Out Mariah May Ahead Of Their AEW Women’s Championship Match
Speaking on The Busted Open Radio, Thunder Rosa called out Mariah May after her recent jabs and comments on the December 18th episode of Dynamite. The inaugural champion responded strongly to May’s recent comments about Rosa’s father.
Our family’s going through a lot, especially with my father — my father was just diagnosed with a serious disease. She’s a skank, a full-on skank — like you don’t talk about my — you got no right to talk about my dad!”
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