AEW’s Mariah May Details Her Road To Pro Wrestling

A new AEW Women’s World Champion has taken center stage, with Mariah May defeating “Timeless” Toni Storm at AEW All In last month. Following her victory, May made an appearance on Barstool’s “Rasslin'” podcast, where she was asked to discuss her entry into the wrestling industry.

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“I just wanted to be a wrestler, and then when I left school I actually worked in accountancy,” May said. “I still really wanted to wrestle, but obviously in the U.K., it’s not as big. It’s harder to find places to train and to actually just work.”

Eventually, May did find a reliable place to train as a wrestler, with an initial goal to one day move to America and be on mainstream television. However, as she began learning more about the industry, May became interested in Japanese wrestling and her goals shifted.

STARDOM caught May’s eye, and although she knew it would be extremely difficult, she decided she wanted to become a champion there. After four years on the English independent wrestling scene, May debuted in STARDOM in early 2023, and won the company’s Goddesses Of Stardom tag team championship with Mina Shirakawa. However, May did not stay in STARDOM for long.

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