Major setback for AEW, former champion no longer part of the company

A former champion has reportedly departed AEW. This will prove to be a major setback for the Jacksonville-based company should it turn out to be true.

Mariah May joined the All Elite Wrestling roster last year and was quickly involved in a storyline with Toni Storm. Within a few months, she betrayed Timeless Toni and ended up winning the AEW Women's World Championship at All In 2024. She held the title for 174 days before dropping it back to Storm at Grand Slam: Australia. Following this loss, she competed in one more match at Revolution 2025 and has since not been seen on TV. In recent weeks, there have been reports that Mariah May was planning on leaving the Jacksonville-based promotion after her contract expired, and she was looking to move to WWE.

According to fresh reports from PWInsider, The Glamour was removed from AEW's website this afternoon. This usually happens when a wrestler has left a company. The report also claimed that several WWE sources have stated that she is expected to start in the Stamford-based promotion in the near future.

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It will be interesting to see if the reports turn out to be true, and if so, whether Mariah May jumps ship to WWE in the near future.

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Sunil is a pro wrestling journalist, covering AEW and WWE news stories at Sportskeeda. He holds an MBA degree in Marketing, and has nearly 7 years of experience. A wrestling aficionado since childhood, Sunil used to imitate his favorite wrestlers as a young kid, and started writing professionally about the sport via Sportskeeda’s revenue-sharing opportunity.

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If ever given a chance to change a storyline, Sunil would have booked Roman Reigns to end The Undertaker’s WrestleMania streak instead of Brock Lesnar. According to him, The Tribal Chief needed the victory more than Brock Lesnar, as the latter was already an established performer when he defeated ‘Taker. He would’ve also made that as Taker’s final match.

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Major setback for AEW, former champion no longer part of the company - Reports