It is June and that means for the whole month the LGBTQ community get to celebrate extra hard about being ourselves every day! And because of that, every day here throughout the month, we are going to spotlight one LGBTQ+ wrestler. These names are not going to be in any order. So, this won’t be a countdown but more of just a highlight to celebrate.
- June 1 – Toni Storm
- June 2 – Sonny Kiss
- June 3 – EFFY
- June 4- Mercedes Martinez
- June 5 – Sandy Parker
- June 6 – Anthony Bowens
- June 7 – Cassandro
- June 8 – Gisele Shaw
- June 9 – Piper Niven
- June 10 – Kidd Bandit
- June 11 – Alex Kane
- June 12 – Shayna Baszler
- June 13 – Fred Rosser
- June 14 – Katarina Waters
- June 15 – Nyla Rose
- June 16 – Veny
- June 17 – Kiera Hogan
- June 18 – Sandra Moone
- June 19 – Trish Adora
- June 20 – Sonya Deville
- June 21 – Diamante
- June 22 – Mike Bailey
- June 23 – Jamie Senegal
June 24 goes to Max the Impaler.
Max, who also has gone by the moniker “The Warlord of the Wasteland” is a non-binary and transmasculine wrestler who uses they/them pronouns. They are currently signed to the NWA promotion and they have done work on the indies, ROH, OVW, and in Japan with TJPW and ZERO1. Max has been wrestling since 2018.
Max has won a number of championships so far in their career. They are a former OVW Women’s Champion, ZERO1 USA Women’s Champion, and has won both the NWA World Television Championship along with the NWA World Women’s Television Championship. They have also won gold in TJPW.
In 2024, Max landed on the Top 500 wrestlers list for PWI, regardless of gender. They found themselves at number 50.