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
- 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
- Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
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)