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1991-08-04 · London · Female

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Mariah May Mead (born 4 August 1998) is an English professional wrestler. As of June 2025, she is signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Blake Monroe. She is a former one-time NXT Women's North American Champion. She is also known for her tenure in All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where she performed under her real name, stylized as Mariah May.

Mead first started as a professional wrestling ring announcer in 2018 before debuting as a wrestler in 2019, after which she performed for independent promotions such as Revolution Pro Wrestling. She moved to Japan to make her World Wonder Ring Stardom debut in 2022 and became a Goddesses of Stardom Champion with her Club Venus teammate Mina Shirakawa. She then joined the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) from 2023 to 2025, where she was a one-time AEW Women's World Champion. After departing from AEW, she signed and made her debut with WWE in June 2025.

Early life

Mariah May Mead was born in London on 4 August 1998, and grew up in Islington.

Professional wrestling career

Early career (2018–2022)

Before becoming a professional wrestler, Mead began her career as a ring announcer and performed on multiple shows over the course of 2018. On 2 February 2019, she made her in-ring debut under the ring name Mariah May, facing WWE NXT UK wrestler Nina Samuels in a losing effort. As a last-minute replacement, May appeared at Progress Wrestling's Chapter 89 show on 26 May 2019 in her first appearance with the promotion. The show, styled with a 1980s theme, saw her only appearance as a fitness instructor character called Mariah Eagan.

In June 2019, May participated in an unsuccessful three-day WWE tryout at the new UK WWE Performance Center in Enfield, where she received coaching from William Regal and Sarah Stock, among others. On 29 February 2020, she competed against five opponents in the main event of United Wrestling UK's I Can Do This All Day event, winning the United Wrestling Championship to earn her first professional wrestling championship.

After COVID-19 lockdowns, May returned to wrestling on 26 June 2021. She formed a tag team with fellow independent wrestler Zoe Lucas known as the Dream Dollz. The team had their first match together at TNT Extreme Wrestling. This partnership grew deeper at Revolution Pro Wrestling's (RevPro) "Live from the Cockpit 51" event; after Gisele Shaw defeated Lucas to reclaim the vacated RevPro Undisputed Women's Championship, May took to the ring, where she ambushed the new champion during a post-match interview, cementing her arrival on 4 July 2021. A rivalry quickly formed as May challenged Shaw for her newly won title on 18 July 2021. This feud continued into the promotion's Queen of the Ring tournament held later that month. May, along with Shaun Jackson and Kenneth Halfpenny, assisted Lucas in defeating Shaw to win the crown and the right to call herself Revolution Pro Wrestling's Queen of the Ring. Shortly after, May began calling herself the "Princess of Revolution Pro Wrestling" and found herself up against the duo of Shaw and Hyan throughout the summer. These bouts culminated in May once again challenging Shaw for the championship on 21 August 2021 at RevPro's 9-Year Anniversary Show in Manchester.

During the remainder of 2021, May continued to find success across multiple independent promotions, where she successfully defended her first championship and went on to win two more. In 2022, she found success at RevPro, 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, May interfered in the main event, deciding its outcome and being awarded her forth simultaneous championship with the Big League Wrestling Women's Championship.

The following month, May began her first tour in the United States, starting with a meet-and-greet at New Jersey's Garden State Trading Card Show alongside wrestlers AJ Lee, Kaitlyn, Barbi Hayden, Gisele Shaw, Harley Cameron, and more. She made her American in-ring debut on 26 March 2022 at Battleground Championship Wrestling's When Worlds Collide event, defeating Lady Frost at Philadelphia's 2300 Arena. The next night, she appeared on Combat Zone Wrestling's All Night Long show, where she competed again before travelling to Dallas, Texas. Over the next three days, she made consecutive appearances at WrestleCon while wrestling 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.

Upon returning to the UK, May travelled across Europe over the following months and wrestled for promotions in Germany during April and Italy during May. On 9 August 2022, May and Cameron formed a tag team called Siren's Fury, though they never end up wrestling a match together. In what was hailed a "Dreamhouse Deathmatch", May faced off against Harley Hudson at Sovereign Pro Wrestling's premiere event First Reign on 1 October 2022, with the stipulation being that anything pink colored could be used as a weapon. Following this match, May travelled to Pakistan for a week-long media tour promoting Ring of Pakistan and visiting survivors of the 2022 Pakistan floods.

World Wonder Ring Stardom (2022–2024)

At World Wonder Ring Stardom's event Dream Queendom 2, May made her Japanese debut by accompanying Mina Shirakawa to the ring alongside a returning Xia Brookside. Shirakawa and Unagi Sayaka represented the Cosmic Angels to defeat Donna Del Mondo members Mai Sakurai and Thekla in a tag team match. Following the match, a victorious Shirakawa verbally and physically confronted Sayaka and announced the formation of Club Venus, a trio featuring herself, May, and Brookside.

May officially became the newest member of Club Venus in a match against Super Strong Stardom Big Machine at New Blood Premium, with Shirakawa in her corner, where May began using 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 entered the Cinderella Tournament 2023, picking up a win against Rina. Her time in the tournament ultimately came to an end in the second round following 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 for the duration of the show.

Following May and Shirakawa's victory over Ami Sohrei and Mirai at Korakuen Hall, the two Club Venus members issued a challenge to The New Eras for the Goddesses of Stardom Championship. Uniting as a Club Venus sub-group called Rose Gold, May and Shirakawa received their championship match at Sunshine 2023 and picked up a victory to become the 28th Goddesses of Stardom Champions, which also marked May's first Stardom championship. Outlasting 18 other opponents in a last chance Rumble match, alongside Hanan, May qualified to participate in the 5 Star Grand Prix 2023, where she competed as part of the Blue Stars block. On 30 September, she faced her fellow last chance Rumble winner Hanan in her final match of the tournament, which also served as May's farewell match from Stardom.

On 4 April 2024, May temporarily returned to Stardom at Stardom American Dream 2024, teaming with Club Venus members Shirakawa and Brookside in a losing effort against Mayu Iwatani, Momo Kohgo, and Tam Nakano.

All Elite Wrestling (2023–2025)

On 8 November 2023 edition of Dynamite, May was announced as the newest signing to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). May was introduced in a segment by RJ City as a superfan of AEW Women's World Champion "Timeless" Toni Storm, establishing her as a heel. In the following months, Storm adopted May as an "understudy" and protégé. On 3 January 2024 episode of Dynamite, May made her AEW in-ring debut, defeating Queen Aminata…