Tony Khan speaks highly of the story with Toni Storm and Mariah May.
Since Mariah May arrived in AEW in November 2023, she has been involved in a dynamic storyline with AEW Women's World Champion Toni Storm. It reached a new level when May turned on Storm after she won the Owen Hart Foundation Women's Tournament. May will challenge Storm for the AEW Women's World Championship at AEW All In.
Speaking with Case the Producer from Q101’s Brian & Kenzie Morning Show, Tony Khan brought up Mariah May's story with AEW Women's World Champion Toni Storm and said it was some of the best work AEW had ever done.
"A good example of somebody who came into AEW and did something very different, kept the same name, but we didn’t see ‘The Glamour’ Mariah May. Mariah came in with a completely different presentation, and that was something that I really believed in from the beginning when we put together this vision for ‘Timeless’ Toni Storm, that she would take on a protege, I thought Mariah would be the perfect person to introduce somebody new, and yes, very established, well-known in the world of professional wrestling, one of the top young talents, Mariah May. I think it was really great to bring her in as a new character because clearly it was leading somewhere, there was a big pay-off here. There’s times when you’re really gonna build to something, and I think the things we’ve been doing with Toni and Mariah recently on AEW television, probably some of the best work we’ve ever done, and I think it’s really exciting. It’s gonna culminate in this huge match, ‘Timeless’ Toni Storm versus Mariah May at Wembley Stadium," Khan said.
Khan later brought the storyline up again and reiterated that he believed that the story with May and Storm was some of the most exciting work they have ever done in AEW.
“There’s been great stories we’ve told, and now we’re telling really great stories. I mentioned ‘Timeless’ Toni Storm and Mariah May. Both of them have come in during this time, and what we’re doing with them is some of the best storytelling and some of the most exciting work we’ve ever done in AEW," Khan said.
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