Mariah May

Mariah May Mead (born 4 August 1998), best known by her ring name Mariah May, is an English professional wrestler, model and actress, currently signed to All Elite Wrestling.

She is best known for her time in World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she was a member of Club Venus.

May is a former one-time Goddess of Stardom Champion.

She is also known for her work with various independent promotions including Revolution Pro Wrestling and has won championships in multiple promotions.

Before officially stepping into the ring, Mead began her career as a ring announcer where she would perform on multiple shows over the course of 2018.

On 2 February 2019, she 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 3-day WWE tryout 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 main event and earned her first championship in professional wrestling.

The Glamour returned to wrestling following the lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic on 26 June 2021.

During the time away, Mariah 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, Mariah 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 The Glamour challenged Gisele 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 Gisele Shaw and Hyan throughout the summer.

These bouts culminated in May once again challenging Gisele for the championship on 21 August 2021 at Rev Pro'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, the Glamour 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 Mariah 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 traveled 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'.

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 traveled 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.

At Stardom's Dream Queendom 2, May made her debut in Japan accompanying Mina Shirakawa to the ring, alongside a returning Xia Brookside.

Mina and Unagi Sayaka representing Cosmic Angels took on Donna Del Mondo's Mai Sakurai and Thekla in a tag team contest.

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 Mina 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 and 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.