At AEW WrestleDream, Mariah May kept her reign as AEW Women's World Champion alive with a hard-fought victory over Willow Nightingale. Nightingale won the opportunity to face May in a four-way on Dynamite, though this was not the original plan. Nightingale had been scheduled to face Britt Baker for a shot at the gold, before Baker was pulled from the show due to ill health.
At the post-AEW WrestleDream media scrum, May was asked who she plans to face next. The Glamor addressed Baker's illness and admitted that she's grown tired of the current crop of challengers to the AEW Women's World Championship.
I line them up, I’m ready to shoot them down. I’ve really beaten everybody. Britt Baker went out and got strep throat so she didn’t have to wrestle me. Schiavone, who should I wrestle? I’m bored.
One woman fans are eager to see back in the ring with May is 'Timeless' Toni Storm, who hasn't been seen in AEW since her title loss to The Glamor at All In: London 2024. Storm has shared that she is ready to wait until AEW Grand Slam: Australia in February 2025 before she has a championship rematch with her former protege. AEW's first event in Australia would certainly be fitting, given that May won the gold in her home country, and Storm will have the chance to regain the title in hers.
In the meantime, Mariah May will continue to defend the AEW Women's World Championship, even if the list of potential opponents is hardly exciting the champ. Stay tuned to SEScoops for all the latest on Mariah May and her reign as the top woman in All Elite Wrestling.