# Mariah May

Mariah May Mead (born 4 August 1998), better known by her ring name Mariah May, is an English professional wrestler, model, and actress. She is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). She is a former one-time AEW Women's World Champion and the 2024 women's Owen Hart Foundation Tournament winner.
May first started in professional wrestling as a ring announcer in 2018 before becoming a wrestler and debuting in 2019, performing in various independent promotions including Revolution Pro Wrestling and winning various championships on the independent circuit. She was best known for her time in World Wonder Ring Stardom under the alter egos Sexy Dynamite Princess and Fighting Princess from 2022 to 2023. She was a member of Club Venus, where she was a one-time Goddesses of Stardom Champion with Mina Shirakawa.

## Professional wrestling career
### Early career (2018–2022)

Before becoming a professional wrestler, Mead began her career as a ring announcer where she would perform on multiple shows over the course of 2018.
On 2 February 2019, May made her in-ring debut as a professional wrestler under the ring name Mariah May, facing NXT UK's Nina Samuels. While initially unsuccessful in her efforts, the two would have a series of matches crossing over multiple promotions.
As a last minute replacement, May appeared at Progress Wrestling's Chapter 89 show on 26 May 2019 and mark her first appearance with the promotion. With the show playing to an 80s theme, she would perform one time under the fitness instructor-inspired Mariah Eagan persona.
In June 2019, May participated in an unsuccessful three-day WWE try out at the brand new UK WWE Performance Center, where she received coaching from William Regal, Sarah Stock, and others.
On 29 February 2020, May competed against five other opponents at day two of United Wrestling UK's "I Can Do This All Day" event. In front of a sold-out crowd, she won the United Wrestling Championship in the main event to earn her first championship in professional wrestling.
May returned to wrestling following the lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic on 26 June 2021. During the time away, May form a tag team with fellow independent wrestler Zoe Lucas, with the two collectively known as the Dream Dollz. The team had their first match together at TNT Extreme Wrestling.
This partnership would only grow deeper as seen at Revolution Pro Wrestling's "Live from the Cockpit 51" event. After Gisele Shaw defeated Zoe Lucas to reclaim the vacated Revolution Pro Wrestling's Undisputed Women's Championship, May would take to the ring and ambush the new champion during a post-match interview, cementing her arrival on 4 July 2021. A rivalry quickly formed as May challenged Shaw for her newly won title on July 18, 2021. While unable to walk away with the gold, this feud would continue into the promotion's Queen of the Ring tournament later that month. May, along with Shaun Jackson and Kenneth Halfpenny, assisted Zoe Lucas in defeating Gisele Shaw to win the crown and the right to call herself Revolution Pro Wrestling's Queen of the Ring. Shortly after, the newly dubbed Princess of Revolution Pro Wrestling found herself up against the duo of Shaw and Hyan throughout the summer. These bouts culminated in May once again challenging Shaw for the championship on 21 August 2021 at RevPro's 9-Year Anniversary Show in Manchester.
During the remainder of 2021, May continued to find success across multiple independent promotions where she would not only successfully defend her first championship but go on to continue and win two more.
Entering 2022, May found solo success at Revolution Pro Wrestling, picking up victories in singles matches against Chantal Jordan and Laura Di Matteo.
At Ultimate Pro Wrestling's 7-Year Anniversary Show on 30 January, May interfered in the main event, deciding its outcome, and being awarded her forth simultaneous title, the Big League Wrestling Women's Championship.
The following month May began, for the first time, a series of appearances in the United States; beginning with a meet and greet at New Jersey's Garden State Trading Card Show, where she appeared alongside other wrestlers such as former WWE superstars AJ Lee and Kaitlyn, Barbi Hayden, Gisele Shaw, Harley Cameron, and more. She would make her American in-ring debut on 26 March 2022 at Battleground Championship Wrestling's "When Worlds Collide", defeating Lady Frost in Philadelphia's 2300 Arena. The next night she appeared on Combat Zone Wrestling's "All Night Long" show, where she would compete again before travelling to Dallas. Over the next three days, beginning on 31 March, she made make consecutive appearances at WrestleCon while also having matches at both Texas Style Wrestling on 1 April 2022 and New Texas Pro Wrestling's "Cowboys from Hell" event, challenging for the latter's Women's Championship against Raychell Rose on 2 April 2022.
Upon returning to the UK, May travelled across Europe over the following months and wrestle for promotions in both Germany and Italy during April and May, respectively.
On 9 August 2022, May and Harley Cameron united and announced the beginning of their new tag team titled Siren's Fury, though they would never work a match together under this name.
In what would be dubbed the Dreamhouse Deathmatch, May faced off with Harley Hudson, at Sovereign Pro Wrestling's premiere event First Reign on 1 October 2022, in a match with only one rule: "if it's pink, it's legal".
Following this match, May travelled to Pakistan, where over the next week she would be part of a media tour, promoting Ring of Pakistan and visiting survivors of the 2022 Pakistan floods.

### World Wonder Ring Stardom (2022–2023; 2024)

At Stardom's Dream Queendom 2, May made her debut in Japan accompanying Mina Shirakawa to the ring, alongside a returning Xia Brookside. Shirakawa and Unagi Sayaka represented Cosmic Angels to defeat Donna Del Mondo's Mai Sakurai and Thekla in a tag team match. Following the match, a victorious Shirakawa would both verbally and physically confront Sayaka and announce the formation of her own trio featuring herself, May, and Brookside with the three to be known as Club Venus.
In a match against Super Strong Stardom Big Machine at New Blood Premium, with Shirakawa in her corner, May officially became the newest member of Club Venus, going by a masked alter ego by the name of Sexy Dynamite Princess, and came out on top in singles competition. The following night on 26 March, May would enter the Cinderella Tournament 2023, picking up a win against Rina. Her time in the tournament would ultimately come to an end in the second round via an over-the-tope-rope elimination from Mai Sakurai. In addition to competing at All Star Grand Queendom, as a last-minute addition to the English language broadcast of the event, May joined the commentary team and provided her insight for the duration of the show.
Following May and Shirakawa's victory over Ami Sohrei and Mirai at Korakuen Hall, the two Club Venus members issued a challenge to The New Eras for the Goddesses of Stardom Championship. Uniting under the name of Rose Gold, May and Shirakawa would receive their championship match at Sunshine 2023. Proving successful in their endeavor, they would bring championship gold back to Club Venus and becoming the 28th Goddesses of Stardom Champions, also marking May's first championship in Stardom. Outlasting 18 other opponents in a last chance Rumble match, alongside Hanan, May qualified to participate in the 5 Star Grand Prix 2023, where she competed as part of the Blue Stars block. On 30 September, she faced her fellow last chance Rumble winner Hanan in her final match of the tournament, which would coincide with and double as May's farewell match from Stardom.
On 4 April 2024, May temporarily returned to Stardom at Stardom American Dream 2024, teaming with fellow Club Venus members Shirakawa and Brookside in a losing effort against Mayu Iwatani, Momo Kohgo, and Tam Nakano.

### All Elite Wrestling / Ring of Honor (2023–present)
#### Understudy of "Timeless" Toni Storm (2023–2024)

On the 8 November 2023 edition of Dynamite, May was announced as the newest signing to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). May was introduced in a segment by RJ City as a superfan of AEW Women's World Champion "Timeless" Toni Storm, establishing her as a heel. In the following months, Storm adopted May as an "understudy" and protégé. On the 3 January 2024 episode of Dynamite, May made her AEW in-ring debut, defeating Queen Aminata. After the match, May was confronted by the debuting Deonna Purrazzo. At Revolution, May adopted Storm's previous "Rockstar" persona, including wearing Storm's old ring attire and entrance music, and would begin wrestling matches on Dynamite and Collision in this persona as a tribute to her mentor Storm. Despite both Storm and May still being heels, fans started embracing them both with cheers, thus turning them both into tweener. The following weeks, Storm and May started wrestling faces and heels. At Supercard of Honor: Zero Hour, May made her Ring of Honor (ROH) debut, defeating Momo Kohgo. On the 11 April episode of Dynamite, May defeated Anna Jay. Afterwards, she was saved by her former Stardom tag partner Mina Shirakawa, who shared a kiss and champagne, teasing a romantic storyline between the two. May would later reveal that the Shirakawa and herself were told they could not display romantic affection by AEW agents. Later down the line, May would quietly turn babyface along with Storm. In the weeks leading up to Forbidden Door, May was the centre of a love triangle storyline, which saw her torn between supporting Storm and Shirakawa, who was Storm's title challenger at the event. May ultimately remained neutral as the two competed for her affection. After Storm defeated Shirakawa at Forbidden Door on 30 June, May resolved the conflict with a three-way kiss.

#### "The Glamour" (2024–present)

In June 2024, May participated in the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament and subsequently defeated Willow Nightingale to win the tournament on the 10 July episode of Dynamite. With the victory, she also earned an AEW Women's World Championship match against Toni Storm at All In. Immediately after winning the tournament final, May turned on Storm and viciously attacked her and Storm's on-screen butler Luther, thus re-establishing herself as a heel and dubbing herself "The Glamour" Mariah May. At All In on 25 August, May defeated Storm to win the AEW Women's World Championship for the first time. On the 4 September episode of Dynamite, May successfully defended her title in her first title defense against Nyla Rose. Ever since winning the title, May yearned for Mina Shirakawa to return and celebrate her title win together. On the 16 November episode of Collision, after successfully defending her title against Anna Jay, May reunited with Shirakawa once again. At Full Gear on 23 November, May held her title win celebration with Shirakawa, where May turned on Shirakawa. At Dynamite: Winter is Coming on 11 December, May successfully retained her title against Shirakawa. After the match, May was interrupted by Storm, who returned after a near four month hiatus in AEW after losing the AEW Women's World Championship to May and acted as if she has just joined AEW as a rookie in her "Rockstar" persona. At Dynamite: Maximum Carnage on 15 January 2025, Storm won a Casino Gauntlet match to earn a title shot against May. At Collision: Homecoming on 25 January, during a face-to-face with May, Storm revealed that her act was all a ruse and that she had been "Timeless" the entire time. At Grand Slam Australia on 15 February, May lost the AEW Women's World Championship to Storm, ending her reign at 174 days. At Revolution on 9 March, May failed to defeat Storm in a rematch for the title in a "Hollywood Ending" Falls Count Anywhere match to end their feud.

## Other media

Outside of professional wrestling, Mead is also a model and has worked with WWE Shop as well as British fashion brands Misspap, Miss Bardot, and more.
On 16 January 2017, Mead launched her YouTube channel, featuring a look into her world of wrestling, fashion, gaming, and fitness. On 14 June 2020, she launched her Twitch channel, where she streams, chats, and plays games with her fans, whom she refers to collectively as House May.
In 2022, Mead modelled for Freddy by Livify Clothing and at Calgary's Cowboys Music Festival. She also starred as Roxy in the ITV2 wrestling comedy miniseries Deep Heat and had a small role in the short horror comedy film Granny DJ.

## Personal life

Mead is a supporter of Arsenal F.C..

## Championships and accomplishments

* All Elite Wrestling
** AEW Women's World Championship (1 time)
** Women's Owen Hart Cup (2024)
* Apex Pro Wrestling
** Apex Women's Championship (1 time)
* ESPN
** Ranked No. 5 of the 30 best Pro Wrestlers Under 30 in 2024 Pro Wrestling Illustrated
** Ranked No. 9 of the top 250 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Women's 250 in 2024
* Slammasters Wrestling
** Slammasters Women's Championship (1 time)
* Ultimate Pro Wrestling UK
** Big League Wrestling Women's Championship (1 time)
* United Wrestling UK
** United Wrestling UK Championship (1 time)
* World Wonder Ring Stardom
** Goddesses of Stardom Championship (1 time) – with Mina Shirakawa