In a recent interview on Instinct Culture with Denise Salcedo, Mariah May, the AEW wrestler and winner of the Owen Hart Foundation tournament, talked about her experience wrestling in AEW. Here are the highlights:
The impact being in AEW has had on her: “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.”
How AEW feels like home: “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].”
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