The storyline is nearing its apex.
The storyline involving Mariah May and AEW Women’s World Champion ‘Timeless’ Toni Storm is nearing its peak as the friends turned enemies are set to clash at All In at Wembley Stadium.
Looking back at the road to get where things are present day, Mariah told Busted Open that she came to AEW because company President Tony Khan presented her with said storyline. She felt it was not a situation of she was simply being signed because she had some buzz, but rather AEW had actual plans for her. Mariah then credited R.J. City for helping craft the storyline and called him a ‘talented writer.’
Growing up as a wrestling fan, I was always attracted to the big storylines. You don’t really remember the matches. You just remember the moments. So I’ve always been really big on that and the reason that I chose AEW is because Tony Khan came to me with this story. So it was like, okay, I’m not just being signed to a company because she’s got a bit of momentum or anything like that. It’s like, we have a real plan for you and it was something to sink my teeth into. I’ve got to work closely with R.J. City. He’s such a talented writer on this whole character and this whole story and then when it came to the video package, I feel that they have ideas for me and then it’s great because I can contribute my own thing and make it feel more me and yeah, but I do stab people in the head with shoes on a regular basis so it was pretty easy to pull into.
Before May joined AEW, she was a member of the STARDOM roster. She feels her run in the promotion helped make her a complete wrestler.
So I kind of had ‘The Glamour’ going for a while on the indies and then when I went to STARDOM, I kind of started from scratch because as you guys saw, we have Mina Shirakawa. She was my ‘original’ mentor in STARDOM and she taught me so much and I feel like when I went to Japan and I kind of just started again, I was still so early in my career and I just thought I had such a great opportunity with the dojo and with the schedule they have. I mean, they wrestle like three to four times a week and I just had an opportunity to literally forget everything I know and kind of just start again as a wrestler and kind of grow and it’s weird because obviously, I don’t speak Japanese but I learned so much about promo skills and facials and body language and so many ways to communicate with the audience because you can’t speak to them directly. So, STARDOM I feel like really made me as a wrestler. It didn’t change who I am as a person because I’ve always been this way but, it definitely made me very complete as a wrestler.
As of this writing, there are nine matches on the bill for All In and Storm versus May is one of seven championship matches being advertised.
If the quotes in this article are used, please credit Busted Open with an H/T to POST Wrestling for the transcriptions.
