Mariah May Praised As “Total Package” By WWE Legend
A legendary women’s wrestler is already a huge fan of WWE newcomer Mariah May.
There was a shocking debut on the June 3rd edition of WWE NXT as the NXT Women’s Champion Jacy Jayne was in the ring, surrounded by other women who claimed they would take the title from her. That’s when a spotlight was shown on the podium in the WWE Performance Center, and Mariah May made her official WWE debut.
After working for AEW for two years and being heavily featured as a former AEW Women’s World Champion, May decided it was time to move on and signed with WWE after her AEW contract expired.
During her NXT promo, May said that she had finally arrived, and she said you can call her the next NXT Women’s Champion. May added that the best women’s division in the world just got a lot more glamorous because she has been nicknamed “The Glamour” in the past.
Natalya is a future WWE Hall of Famer who has been a part of the company for the past 18 years. As a Busted Open Radio co-host, Natalya spoke on the show about May joining WWE.
“I’m excited for her and I think this is gonna be fun chapter for her and again, going back to — you know, we were talking about Stephanie (Vaquer) last week and so, Mariah has a similar journey where like, she went out and explored the world before coming to WWE. She was a fan. She loved it.
You know and realize, okay, she was a fan, then she wanted to pursue this, then she moved to Japan and she basically became a student of the game and so while she’s very beautiful and some people might go, oh, she was a model that wanted to do this or — she is beautiful but she also — I can tell that she really fought for this and that she really worked hard for this… I like the way she tells stories.
I like even the way she handles herself on social media and the way that she has told stories in the past. She’s a good, little storyteller and so I’m excited to see the stories that she’s gonna tell with the women at NXT. I’m excited to see her and Jacy Jayne mix up and tear it up with these two different styles because Jacy Jayne, brand-new champion. Mariah May saying I’m gonna take that title from you… I’m excited to see the story they’re gonna create and then watch it go down in a match and see all the elements that are gonna come out but, Mariah has what I think is the total package.
She can speak, she looks amazing. She looks the part and she can go in the ring. She’s put the time in, she’s put the work in. Listen, we don’t want the blood but if sometimes, as we know and this happens in what we do, if you get busted open in the ring and she’s shown that she can work through it. I remember Trish Stratus, one of the things that won Trish Stratus over so much with the audience was when she broke her nose.
She broke her nose in a match and then she just kept wrestling and she kept going and then she continued to wrestle after that. She put on the faceguard and I think Mariah May has that grit about her where she’s like, f*ck it, I’m beautiful, and I’m gonna work through it. I’m going to show you that I’m not just another pretty face.
I just think that people are all of a sudden now going — and that’s what’s exciting when you get somebody new in the division going, oh, I wanna see Mariah versus Tiffany (Stratton), I wanna see Mariah against this person or that person. I’m excited to see what she’s gonna do at NXT but I’m also like, thinking, mhm, maybe we’ll get Mariah at Evolution.”
Mariah May Likely To Receive New Name In WWE
As she continued, Natalya went on to praise Mariah May for her AEW rivalry with Toni Storm.
“And she has done amazing work in the past. I mean, she wouldn’t be in WWE had she not done great work prior. Her stuff with Toni (Storm) was some of my favorite stuff. It was just so fun. They had a fun story. But I think that it’s all about building, it’s all about growth, it’s all about new challenges.”
Regarding the future, it is expected that Mariah May will get a new name in WWE. It’s similar to when Ricky Starks signed with WWE to become Ricky Saints. That is something that happens for a lot of wrestlers because WWE wants to own the intellectual property of wrestlers who work for them.
Fans will likely see Mariah May with a new name on the June 10th edition of NXT.