A new AEW Girls’s World Champion has taken heart stage, with Mariah Could defeating “Timeless” Toni Storm at AEW All In final month. Following her victory, Could made an look on Barstool’s “Rasslin'” podcast, the place she was requested to debate her entry into the wrestling business.
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“I simply wished to be a wrestler, after which after I left faculty I really labored in accountancy,” Could stated. “I nonetheless actually wished to wrestle, however clearly within the U.Ok., it isn’t as massive. It is more durable to search out locations to coach and to truly simply work.”
Ultimately, Could did discover a dependable place to coach as a wrestler, with an preliminary objective to sooner or later transfer to America and be on mainstream tv. Nevertheless, as she started studying extra in regards to the business, Could grew to become serious about Japanese wrestling and her targets shifted.
STARDOM caught Could’s eye, and though she knew it might be extraordinarily troublesome, she determined she wished to change into a champion there. After 4 years on the English unbiased wrestling scene, Could debuted in STARDOM in early 2023, and gained the corporate’s Goddesses Of Stardom tag crew championship with Mina Shirakawa. Nevertheless, Could didn’t keep in STARDOM for lengthy.
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Mariah Could Joins AEW
Whereas Could’s curiosity in Japanese wrestling grew, she by no means overlooked her preliminary objective of transferring to america. In early 2023, Could was supplied an AEW deal, with an in-depth storyline already laid out for her. Nevertheless, having simply debuted with STARDOM, Could did not really feel prepared to maneuver on.
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“There have been nonetheless private issues I wished to do and obtain,” Could continued. “And simply to enhance as properly, as a result of they’ve a dojo there, so it is actually intense coaching.”
After spending some extra time in STARDOM, Could made her AEW debut in late 2023 and wrestled her first match for the promotion on January 3, 2024. Requested if she was shocked at her degree of success, Could displayed nothing however sheer confidence concerning her fast ascent.
“I at all times knew from the beginning,” Could stated. “Once I began coaching, there [were] no women, so I bought just a little little bit of a profit. I do not look in-bred, so I [got] just a little little bit of the profit there, too, which numerous women in wrestling aren’t good wanting.”
Requested to make clear her assertion, Could then added a qualifier by stating that she was solely speaking about ladies on the unbiased scene, as lots of the ladies on TV are athletes and fashions.
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