Taya Valkyrie

**Kira Renée Magnin-Forster** (born October 22, 1983) is a Canadian professional wrestler, fitness competitor, and model better known by the ring name **Taya Valkyrie**.

She is best known for her time in IMPACT Wrestling, where she is a former and longest reigning IMPACT Knockouts Champion, and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, where she is a three time AAA Reina de Reinas Champion. As well as her time in WWE on the NXT brand under the ring name **Franky Monet**.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ *Guera Lock* (Cross-legged STF)
	+ *La* *Lanza* (Double foot stomp, preceded by a Northern Lights suplex)
	+ *Road to Valhalla* (Elevated double chickenwing wheelbarrow facebuster)

* **Signature moves**
	+ Backbreaker stretch
	+ Belly-to-back suplex
	+ Big boot
	+ Boston crab
	+ Camel clutch
	+ Corner foot choke
	+ Clothesline, sometimes while flying
	+ Cross armbreaker
	+ Dragon suplex
	+ DDT
	+ Diving crossbody, sometimes to the outside
	+ Diving moonsault, sometimes to the outside
	+ Double foot stomp
	+ Double leg drop, to an opponent's groin
	+ Double leg takedown, with multiple punches
	+ Double knee facebreaker
	+ Drop toe hold, into a Lou Thesz press
	+ Forearm smash
	+ Forehand chop
	+ Front dropkick, followed by a swinging side slam
	+ Full nelson
	+ German suplex, while releasing
	+ Guillotine choke
	+ Gutwrench suplex
	+ Handspring stunner
	+ Headscissors takedown
	+ Hip attack, into the corner
	+ Low-angle front dropkick, preceded by a snapmare
	+ Moonsault, sometimes while springboarding to the outside
	+ Northern Lights suplex
	+ One-armed powerbomb
	+ Over-the-shoulder Single leg Boston crab
	+ Package piledriver
	+ *Pandemonium* (Snap German suplex, while opponent is prone on the ropes)
	+ Pendulum backbreaker
	+ Powerbomb, sometimes from the top rope
	+ Punt kick, to the inside thigh of a cornered opponent
	+ Reverse STO
	+ Running back elbow, into the corner
	+ Running crossbody
	+ Running double knee smash, to a cornered or rope-hung opponent, sometimes followed by a spinning facewash
	+ Running powerslam
	+ Saito suplex
	+ Samoan drop
	+ Sharpshooter
	+ Snapmare, followed by a soccer kick or sole toe kick to the opponent's back
	+ Snap DDT
	+ Snap suplex, into the turnbuckles
	+ Spear
	+ Sitout full nelson atomic drop
	+ Sitout rear mat slam
	+ Sitout powerbomb, sometimes with a pop-up variation, sometimes to a cornered opponent, followed by a powerbomb into a corner
	+ Sitout spinebuster
	+ Slingshot suplex
	+ Spinning toe hold, into a Reverse figure-four leglock
	+ Swinging side slam
	+ Surfboard stretch
	+ Superkick
	+ Surfboard into curb stomp
	+ Tilt-a-whirl DDT
	+ *TKO* (Fireman's carry cutter)
	+ Tornado DDT, sometimes from the top rope
	+ Turnbuckle powerbomb

* **Managers**
	+ John E. Bravo
* **Wrestlers managed**
	+ *Los Perros del Mal*
	+ Johnny IMPACT

* **Nicknames**
	+ "*La Perra del Mal"*
	+ "*La Güera Loca" (The Crazy Blonde)*
	+ *"La Reina de Lucha Libre"*
	+ "Lucha Royalty"
	+ **"Wera Loca"**

* **Entrance themes**
	+ **Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide**
		- "Perros" by Cartel de Santa (used as a member of *Los Perros del Mal*)
		- "Started from the Bottom" by Drake
		- "See Your Hands" by Viceversah
		- **"Viva la Wera Loca (Taya Valkyrie)"** by Wrestle and Flow
	+ **Lucha Underground**
		- "Blitz & Glam" by Jetboy
		- "Welcome to Slamtown" by Johnny Mundo
	+ **IMPACT Wrestling**
		- "Taya" by Dale Oliver
		- "See Your Hands" by Viceversah
		- "Viva la Wera Loca (Taya Valkyrie)" by Wrestle and Flow
		- "Death Dollz" by Stefon Galifianakis (used as a member of Death Dollz)
	+ **NXT**
		- "I'm a Star" by def rebel Feat. Naomi Fox
	+ **All Elite Wrestling**
		- **"Viva la Wera Loca (Taya Valkyrie)"** by Wrestle and Flow

## Championships and accomplishments

* **DDT Pro-Wrestling**
	+ Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (1 time)
* **Future Stars of Wrestling**
	+ FSW Women's Championship (1 time)
* **Heavy on Wrestling**
	+ Heavy on Wrestling Women's Championship (1 time)
* **IMPACT Wrestling**
	+ IMPACT Knockouts Championship (1 time)
	+ IMPACT Knockouts Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Rosemary (2) and Jessicka (1)
	+ IMPACT Year End Awards
		- Knockout of the Year (2019)
		- Knockout Tag Team of the Year (2022) – with Jessicka and Rosemary
* **Ironfist Wrestling**
	+ Ironfist Women's Championship (1 time)
* **Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide**
	+ AAA *Reina de Reinas* Championship (4 times, current)
	+ Women's Lucha Capital (2018)
	+ Luchadora of the Year (2014, 2015)
* **Major League Wrestling**
	+ MLW Women’s Featherweight Championship (1 time, current)
* ***Pro Wrestling Illustrated***
	+ Ranked **#15** of the top 100 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Women's 100 in 2019
	+ Ranked **#126** of the top 150 female wrestlers in the *PWI Women's 150* in 2021
* ***Sports Illustrated***
	+ Ranked **#5** of the top 10 women's wrestlers of the year in 2019
* **Xtreme Pro Wrestling**
	+ XPW Women's Championship (1 time, current)
	+ XPW Women's Championship tournament (2022)