Taya Valkyrie is All Elite, and talks about coming in and challenging straightaway for the TBS Championship! She speaks to making her AEW debut in Canada, why the crowd’s huge pop was such a welcome surprise, and what that first match opportunity meant to her. She talks about the talent of the AEW women’s locker room, who she’s excited to wrestle, and the magic of her first Double or Nothing appearance. Taya also shares the lore behind the Taya Valkyrie character including the inspiration behind the name and the furry boots. Plus, she talks training, death matches, mayo on pizza, and her husband’s many last names!
Taya Valkyrie on decision to come to AEW:
“Even though I’ve known so many of the women that are in our locker room for many, many years, there’s so many of them that I’ve never wrestled before. It was finding a new way to challenge myself, and that’s what I’ve started to do in AEW.”
Taya Valkyrie on her AEW PPV debut at this year’s Double Or Nothing in Las Vegas:
“It was so special! It was the first time I got pyro in my entrance! I was living my best life, and I just left it all out there!”