Taya Valkyrie
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Valkyrie (second from the left) in 2013.
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| Birth name | Kira Renee Forster |
| Born |
October 22, 1983 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Kira Forster Taya Taya Valkyrie |
| Billed height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Billed weight | 66 kg (146 lb) |
| Billed from | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
| Trained by | Lance Storm |
| Debut | 2010 |
Kira Renee Forster (October 22, 1983) is a Canadian professional wrestler and former model currently performing for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) and Lucha Underground under the ring name Taya. She is the current and longest-reigning Reina de Reinas Champion in her first reign. She also wrestles on the independent circuit under the ring name Taya Valkyrie.
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.
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 promotions under the name Taya Valkyrie, most notably ECCW.
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 and continued wrestling in Canada for the rest of the 2011.
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. 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.
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