Taya Valkyrie

Taya Valkyrie

Valkyrie (second from the left) in 2013.
Birth name Kira Renee Forster[1]
Born (1983-10-22) October 22, 1983
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada[1]
Residence Los Angeles, California, U.S.[2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Kira Forster[3]
Taya[3]
Taya Valkyrie[3]
Billed height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Billed weight 66 kg (146 lb)[1]
Billed from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Trained by Lance Storm[1]
Debut 2010[1]

Kira Renee Forster[1] (October 22, 1983) is a Canadian professional wrestler and former model and fitness competitor currently performing under the ring name Taya for Mexican wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración. She was originally signed to a developmental contract to World Wrestling Entertainment in 2011. Forster also worked for Perros del Mal. She works outside of AAA under the ring name Taya Valkyrie.

Early life

Forster was a classically trained ballerina. She had trained in gymnastics and studied dance since age four and went on to study at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. In 2005, began competing in fitness competitions and doing fitness modeling. Placing 1st in CBBF Canadian Championships 2010, 2nd in the Arnold Amateur in 2011 and featured in several fitness magazines and calendars over her fitness career.

Professional wrestling career

Training (2010)

In 2010, Forster began training with Lance Storm at his Storm Wrestling Academy and graduated from it in September 2010. She was a part of Lance's Canadian reality series World of Hurt and also season two of the show with Rowdy Roddy Piper. From there, Forster would then go on to compete at various Canadian feds under the name Taya Valkyrie, most notably ECCW.

WWE (2011)

In October 2011, she was signed to a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) after a tryout with them.

After not making any officially-recorded debut in WWE or its other programs, Forster returned to wrestling on the independent circuit. She continued wrestling in Canada for the rest of the 2011 year until March 2012.

Mexico (2012–present)

Forster moved to Mexico and began wrestling for various promotions within the country. She was originally supposed to stay in the country only for six weeks, but was convinced to stay by El Hijo del Perro Aguayo, who offered her a spot in his Los Perros del Mal stable.[1] On April 1, Forster debuted in Perros del Mal. She wrestled for PDM for most of the year before moving on to work for other promotions including LEGEND Promociones, Universal Wrestling Entertainment, Invasion RCH and International Wrestling League.

Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion (2012–present)

Forster made her in ring debut for the Mexican promotion Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion under the ring name Taya Valkyrie on November 3, 2012, competing in a six–person mixed tag team match, teaming with Gran Apache and Mari Apache in a winning effort against Cuervo, Faby Apache and Lolita. Throughout 2012 and the beginning of 2013, Taya competed in several tag team matches ending up in both winning and losing sides. On March 3, 2013, Valkyrie defeated Jennifer Blake to advance in the finals of a tournament for the vacant AAA Reina de Reinas Championship. Two weeks later, on March 17, at Rey de Reyes, Valkyrie competed in a four–way elimination match against Faby Apache, LuFisto and Mari Apache but was unsuccessful in winning the vacant Reina de Reinas Championship.[4]

On June 4, 2014, Valkyrie defeated Cynthia Moreno, La Jarochita, La Magnifica, Mari Apache, Sexy Lady and Sexy Star in a seven–woman elimination match to become the number one contender to Faby Apache's Reina de Reinas Championship.[5] Month later, on August 17, at Triplemanía XXII, Valkyrie defeated Faby Apache to win the Reina de Reinas Championship, winning her first championship.[6] On September 12, in her first title defense, at an Independent Total event, Taya defeated Cachorra Flores, Faby Apache, Karina Duval, Muneca Sarcasmo and Princesa Metallica in a six–way elimination match.[7] She went on make her first defense of the title at an AAA Event at Héroes Inmortales IX. She faced off against Goya Kong, Lady Shani, La Hiedra and Maravilla in a 5 - Way Match. Taya pinned Maravilla, to win the match and make her second successful defense of the championship.[8]

Lucha Underground (2016–present)

Valkyrie debuted in Lucha Underground on the February 24, 2016 episode, as the valet of Johnny Mundo.[9] She made her in-ring debut on the March 9 episode, losing to Cage in a no disqualification match.[10] Taya competed in Aztec Warfare II, on the April 12, 2016 Episode, her first Title match at Lucha Underground. She Entered at Number 9, and eliminated Cage, but was later pinned and eliminated by Fénix.[11][12]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 López Escalona, Arturo. "Sexy canadiense". Estadio Deportes (in Spanish). Retrieved September 1, 2015.
  2. ↑ Meltzer, Dave (August 1, 2016). "August 1, 2016 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Brand split week one, Brock Lesnar and the WWE Wellness Policy". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Campbell, California: 45. ISSN 1083-9593. Fenix has moved to San Diego and is trying to mostly work in the U.S. and only go to Mexico for major shows, similar to Taya who has moved to Los Angeles.
  3. 1 2 3 "Taya Valkyrie Profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
  4. ↑ Beltrán, William (March 17, 2013). "¡Faby Apache vence a @LuFisto y se convierte en la nueva Reina de Reinas AAA! – #ReyDeReyes" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  5. ↑ Boutwell, Josh (June 7, 2014). "FEATURE: VIVA LA RAZA! LUCHA WEEKLY FOR 6/7/14". SuperLuchas. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
  6. 1 2 Cano Vela, Eduardo (August 17, 2014). "Taya Valkyrie nueva Reina de Reinas". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved August 17, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Title Reigns « AAA Reina de Reinas Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  8. ↑ "AAA: Resultados "Héroes Inmortales IX" – 04/10/2015 – Lic. Antonio Peña, siempre recordado; El Patrón Alberto sigue como megacampeón". Superluchas. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  9. ↑ Peeples, Jeremy (February 24, 2016). "LUCHA UNDERGROUND RESULTS: JOHNNY MUNDO VS. CAGE; TAYA VALKYRIE DEBUTS". F4WOnline. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  10. ↑ Dehnel, Joel (March 9, 2016). "3/9 Lucha Underground TV Report – Muertes defends LU Title, Cage-Mundo feud, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  11. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Lucha Underground #2.09 - Aztec Warfare II « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Lucha Underground Results: Aztec Warfare 2, Rey Mysterio Debuts, New Champion, More - WrestlingInc.com". WrestlingInc.com. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Taya: Luchadora del 2014". Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (in Spanish). Retrieved January 13, 2015.
  14. ↑ Meltzer, Dave (January 11, 2016). "January 11, 2016 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Cena out with shoulder injury, New Japan stars to WWE". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Campbell, California: 59. ISSN 1083-9593.
  15. ↑ "Ironman Heavymetalweight Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
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