Mariah May feels like her life is complete now.
Mariah May had a successful run in STARDOM before she signed with AEW. She made her AEW debut in November 2023, and she became a featured part of AEW programming as she aligned with Toni Storm. Over the next several months, her storyline with the AEW Women's World Champion continued to evolve while she steadily rose to stardom herself. May then won the Owen Hart Foundation Women's Tournament and turned on Storm, breaking out on her own in the process.
Speaking with Denise Salcedo for Instinct Culture, Mariah May was asked to comment on the impact that AEW has had on her life.
“It’s just made my life, I wouldn’t even say changed. I feel like my life is just complete now. I feel so settled as a person and I have my own apartment and I have this whole life I’m building for myself. It is really difficult, of course I love my family, I miss my family so much. But I did always feel a little bit out of place living [in the UK], and I always felt quite alone because I had this dream, and it was crazy. Even living in Japan, I will always love Japan, I would love to go back there, but even living there didn’t feel 100% right, I was very lonely. Whereas AEW just feels like my home, it just feels like the place I’m supposed to be, the opportunities it’s presented me already and getting to be a part of this storyline, which is so creative, which is what I’ve been so hungry for because I used to do acting. I love that. Of course, I’m very physical in the ring, but I love that whole side of wrestling, and I just feel like I have this amazing family at AEW with all the wrestlers and everyone backstage and all these people who truly care about you and want to see you win and want to work with you on other things. It’s just so nice to be around creative and like-minded people, and to be able to live in America because that was really my dream, and I did the American dream [laughs]," May said.
During the interview, May discussed turning on Toni Storm and earning a shot at the title at AEW All In. Check out her comments here.
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