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. debut in March 2022 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) members
Mina Shirakawa and
Xia Brookside at
Stardom American Dream 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) (right), later becoming her "understudy" and playing "the part" of Storm's previous persona until betraying Storm in July 2024|left 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. On 3 January 2024 episode of
Dynamite, May made her AEW in-ring debut, defeating
Queen Aminata. After the match, May was confronted by the debuting
Deonna Purrazzo. At
Revolution, May adopted Storm's previous "Rockstar" persona, including wearing Storm's old ring attire and entrance music, and wrestling matches on
Dynamite and
Collision in this persona as a tribute to Storm, who was her mentor. At
Supercard of Honor:
Zero Hour, May made her
Ring of Honor (ROH) debut, defeating
Momo Kohgo. On 11 April episode of
Dynamite, May defeated
Anna Jay. Afterwards, she was saved by her former Stardom tag partner Mina Shirakawa, who shared a kiss and champagne, teasing a romantic storyline between the two. In the weeks leading up to
Forbidden Door, May was the centre of a
love triangle storyline, which saw her torn between supporting Storm and Shirakawa, who was Storm's title challenger at the event. May ultimately remained neutral as the two competed for her affection. After Storm defeated Shirakawa at Forbidden Door on 30 June, May resolved the conflict with a three-way kiss. (left) to win the
AEW Women's World Championship at
All In in August 2024. In June 2024, May participated in the
Owen Hart Foundation Tournament and subsequently defeated
Willow Nightingale to win the tournament on 10 July episode of
Dynamite. With the victory, she also earned an AEW Women's World Championship match against Storm at
All In. Immediately after winning the tournament final, May turned on Storm and viciously attacked her and Storm's on-screen butler
Luther, re-establishing herself as a heel and dubbing herself
"The Glamour" Mariah May. At All In on 25 August, May defeated Storm to win the AEW Women's World Championship for the first time. On 4 September episode of
Dynamite, May successfully defended her title in her first title defense against
Nyla Rose. Ever since winning the title, May yearned for Mina Shirakawa to return and celebrate her title win together. On 16 November episode of
Collision, after successfully defending her title against
Anna Jay, May reunited with Shirakawa once again. At
Full Gear on 23 November, May held her title win celebration with Shirakawa, where May turned on Shirakawa. At
Dynamite: Winter is Coming on 11 December, May successfully retained her title against Shirakawa. After the match, May was interrupted by Storm, who returned after a near four-month hiatus in AEW after losing the AEW Women's World Championship to May, and acted as if she had just joined AEW as a rookie in her "Rockstar" persona. At
Dynamite: Maximum Carnage on 15 January 2025, Storm won a
Casino Gauntlet match to earn a title shot against May. At
Collision: Homecoming on 25 January, during a face-to-face with May, Storm revealed that her act was all a ruse and that she had been "Timeless" the entire time. At
Grand Slam Australia on 15 February, May lost the AEW Women's World Championship to Storm, ending her reign at 174 days. At
Revolution on 9 March, May failed to defeat Storm in a rematch for the title billed as a "Hollywood Ending"
Falls Count Anywhere match to end their feud in what was her final match in the promotion. May departed AEW in May 2025.
WWE (2025–present) NXT (2025–2026) Mead made her surprise
WWE debut for the
NXT brand on 3 June 2025 episode of
NXT as a face, where she confronted
NXT Women's Champion Jacy Jayne and subsequently adopted the ring name
Blake Monroe. Monroe made her televised in-ring debut at
NXT The Great American Bash on 12 July in a tag team match, where she teamed with
Jordynne Grace to defeat
Fatal Influence (Jayne and
Fallon Henley). The following night at
Evolution, Monroe accompanied Grace in the latter's NXT Women's Championship match against Jayne, where Monroe attacked Grace with the title belt, turning heel in the process. The pair traded victories, with Monroe defeating Grace at
NXT Heatwave on 24 August whereas Grace defeated Monroe in a
Weaponized Steel Cage match at
NXT No Mercy on 27 September to end their feud. Immediately after, Monroe set her sights on the
NXT Women's North American Championship held by
Sol Ruca. At
NXT Halloween Havoc on 25 October, Monroe defeated
Zaria, who wrestled on behalf of an injured Ruca, to win the title, her first championship in WWE. In her first title defence at Night 1 of
NXT: Gold Rush on 18 November, Monroe defeated Ruca by
technical knockout after Zaria
threw in the towel on Ruca's behalf. On 16 December episode of
NXT, during a match against
Thea Hail, they botched a pinfall and Monroe lost the title in an unplanned title change, ending her reign at 52 days. On 17 March 2026 episode of NXT, Monroe then began a feud with
Tatum Paxley and stole the title from her after retaining against
Izzi Dame in a Steel Cage match. At
NXT Stand & Deliver on 4 April, Monroe failed to win the title from Paxley. On the following episode of NXT on April 7, Monroe declared herself champion after
The Vanity Project gifted her a custom belt despite losing to Paxley at Stand and Deliver. That same night, Monroe and
Jackson Drake defeated Paxley and
Shiloh Hill in a mixed tag team match following interference from
Brad Baylor and
Ricky Smokes with Monroe pinning Paxley. On NXT: Revenge Night 2 on April 14, Monroe once again failed to win the title from Paxley in a Casket match in what would be her final match in NXT.
SmackDown (2026–present) On 24 April 2026 episode of
SmackDown, a vignette aired teasing Monroe's arrival to the
SmackDown brand, marking her official call up to the main roster. == Professional wrestling persona ==