Valkyrie Valkyrie is a villainous stable of female professional wrestler s who currently compete for the SHINE Wrestling promotion . The faction originally consisted of Rain , Ivelisse , Allysin Kay , Taylor Made , and their manager April Hunter until SHINE 16 on January 24 , 2014 , when Ivelisse was ousted from the faction after she defeated Rain to win the SHINE Championship , and Rain announced her retirement after the event . On the same evening , Serena Deeb established herself as the new leader of the faction . Su Yung joined the faction in April 2014 until SHINE 36 when Su Yung was ousted from the group . at SHINE 29 Allysin Kay left the group and turned face when so cal val ' s own faction join forces with valkyrie . History . Formation ( 2013 ) . At SHINE 6 on January 11 , 2013 , Rain interfered in the main event and caused Amazing Kong to lose to Mercedes Martinez . After the match ended , Ivelisse , Allysin Kay , Taylor Made , and April Hunter all entered and attacked Kong before Rain revealed herself and her cohorts as Valkyrie . At SHINE 7 on February 22 , Valkyrie competed in separate matches for the first time since the stable was formed , all in victorious outings . Kay , Made , and Hunter defeated Mia Yim , Su Yung , and Tracy Taylor in a six woman tag team match , Ivelisse defeated LuFisto , and Rain defeated Kong via disqualification . To date , this was Hunter ' s only actual match for Shine ; she mainly served as a manager for her Valkyrie cohorts . At SHiNE 8 , Valkyrie defeated Yim , Kong , Christina Von Eerie , and Angelina Love in an eight - woman tag team main event match . Road to the SHINE Championship ( 2013 - 2014 ) . SHINE 9 marked the beginning process of crowning the first ever SHINE Champion with four matches for spots in a round - robin tournament . Two of the matches featured Valkyrie members , with Rain defeating Angelina Love to advance , while Ivelisse lost to Jazz in a later match , marking the first loss for Valkyrie . At SHINE 10 on May 24 , Kay defeated Nikki Roxx to advance to the tournament , while Made lost to Leva Bates . In matches not connected to the tournament , Ivelisse defeated the debuting Amber O ' Neal , while the main event originally saw Rain defeat Angelina Love in a rematch from SHINE 9 with assistance from Kay . Due to Kay ' s interference , SHINE VP Lexie Fyfe ordered the match restarted and suspended Kay for 90 days . As for the restarted match , Love defeated Rain ; handing Rain her first loss since serving as leader of Valkyrie . An injury to Jazz would cause a second vacancy in the SHINE Championship Tournament , and it was announced that a pair of four - way qualifying matches would precede the actual tournament at SHINE 11 . Taylor Made was originally scheduled to compete in one of the matches , but she took herself out of the tournament in protest of her partner Allysin Kay ' s suspension . On July 12 , 2013 , Ivelisse took part in one of the matches , defeating Amazing Kong , Angelina Love , and Kimberly to advance . In the first round later that night , Ivelisse defeated Santana Garrett and Rain defeated LuFisto . In the semi - finals , Rain defeated Jessicka Havok via countout after Saraya Knight attacked Havok outside the ring . Later on , Ivelisse lost to Mia Yim after Rain accidentally struck her Valkyrie cohort during the match . In the final match , Rain defeated Yim to become the first SHINE Champion . At SHINE 12 on August 23 , Ivelisse lost to Havok in a # 1 Contender ' s three - way match that also included Yim . Later that evening , Rain defeated Havok to retain the SHINE Championship with the illegal use of the ring ropes . After the match , Rain and Ivelisse ( along with April Hunter ) attacked Havok in ring . before Rain was laid out by Angelina Love . At SHINE 13 on September 27 , Allysin Kay returned and teamed with Ivelisse in a victorious outing against Havok and Kong , while Rain retained the SHINE Championship against Love . At SHINE 14 on October 25 , Kay and Ivelisse were defeated by the Global Green Gangsters ( Kellie Skater and Tomoka Nakagawa ) in a match for the SHIMMER Tag Team Championship . After the match , Jessicka Havok entered and forced Kay into making a choice : either her of Valkyrie . Kay left with Havok and accompanied her during her Last Woman Standing match against Saraya Knight . Kay would attack Havok and cost her the match against Saraya , thus remaining with Valkyrie . Later in the event , Rain defeated Hiroyo Matsumoto to retain the SHINE Championship . At SHINE 15 on December 13 , Taylor Made returned and was defeated by Angelina Love . Kay and Havok fought to a double DQ , and Ivelisse defeated Mia Yim . In the main event , Rain defeated Amazing Kong via countout to retain the SHINE Championship in what was supposed to be her retirement match . After announcing that she would not retire , Rain was informed by Lexie Fyfe that Ivelisse would be the new # 1 Contender for the SHINE Championship . At SHINE 16 on January 24 , 2014 , Made was defeated by Kong , and Kay and Havok fought to a double countout in a No Disqualification Match . In the main event , Ivelisse defeated Rain to win the SHINE Championship , but was attacked after the match by the rest of Valkyrie , thus forcing her out of the faction and turning Ivelisse into a babyface . After Valkyrie was run out of the ring by a number of babyfaces , Serena Deeb attacked Ivelisse from behind , turning her into a villainess in the process . After the attack , Serena established herself as the new leader of Valkyrie , replacing Rain , who announced her retirement from wrestling after the event . Various Feuds ( 2014 - present ) . At SHINE 17 on February 28 , the evil Serena defeated Angelina Love in her first match since joining Valkyrie . Made In Sin participated in the SHINE Tag Team Championship tournament ; defeating The West Coast Connection and The Buddy System in the quarterfinals and semifinals , respectively . Made In Sin were defeated by The Lucha Sisters in the finals after Jessicka Havok distracted Allysin Kay . At SHINE 18 on April 18 , Serena defeated Mercedes Martinez and Kay and Havok faced off to a no contest in an Ybor City Street Fight after a car driven by a mysterious person ran Havok down . At the end of the event , Valkyrie attacked former member Ivelisse after she defeated Saraya Knight . They were joined by Su Yung , who turned into a villainess by aligning with the faction and attacking her tag team partner , Tracy Taylor . At SHINE 19 on May 23 , Valkyrie defeated Ivelisse , The Lucha Sisters , Jessicka Havok , and Tracy Taylor in a ten - woman elimination tag team match . At SHINE 20 on June 27 , Su Yung defeated Justine Silver via submission , and later helped Kay defeat Havok in a Last Woman Standing Match . In the main event , Serena faced off against Ivelisse to a time - limit draw for the SHINE Championship . At SHINE 26 on April 3 , 2015 , Saraya Knight and Su Yung defeated Jessicka Havok and Leva Bates in a No Disqualification tag team match after interference from the debuting Tessa Blanchard , who became the newest member of the faction .