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

[8] On September 12, in her first title defense, at an Independent Total event, Taya defeated Cachorra Flores, Faby Apache, Karina Duval, Muneca Sarcasmo and Princesa Metallica in a six-way elimination match.

[9] In her first televised title defense, at the Héroes Inmortales IX event, Forster, now billed as simply Taya, defeated Goya Kong, Lady Shani, La Hiedra and Maravilla (whom she pinned) in a five-way match.

[26][27] After a five-month absence, Valkyrie made her return on the March 1, 2018, episode of Impact!, where she once again attacked Rosemary and renewed their rivalry.

[29] In late-September after another five-month absence, Valkyrie, now working as a face, made her return as she challenged Tessa Blanchard to a title match for her Impact Knockouts Championship.

[31] Three weeks later, Valkyrie received a rematch, which was once again won by Blanchard who attacked the referee and got herself disqualified, retaining the title in the process.

Valkyrie would then successfully defend the Knockouts Championship against Jordynne Grace at Rebellion, and furthermore against Rosemary, Su Yung and Havok in a Monster's Ball match at Slammiversary XVII and then in against Tenille Dashwood at Bound for Glory.

She would lose the title during Impact Wrestling television tapings in Mexico City against Grace, ending her reign at 377 days.

On the January 19, 2021, episode of Impact!, the storyline around finding who shot John E. Bravo ended when Valkyrie was revealed as the culprit.

[38] On October 31, AAA announced the return of Taya as an Impact representative through Facebook Watch called Lucha Capital.

On July 14, they would bring back Havok from the Undead Realm, as she would assume the identity of Jessicka and they would form a team called The Death Dollz.

[56] On the March 16 episode of Impact!, The Death Dollz lost the Knockouts World Tag Team Championship to The Coven (Taylor Wilde and KiLynn King).

[58] During her reign, Valkyrie successfully defended her title against various contenders, such as Brittany Blake,[59][60] Lady Flammer,[61] Trish Adora,[62] Zoey Skye[63] and Billie Starkz.

[67] On the July 26 special episode of EmPowerrr, Valkyrie defeated KiLynn King to become the number one contender for the NWA World Women's Championship, which was held by Kamille.

[68][69] On August 27, Valkyire challenged Kamille for the title during the main event of the first night of NWA 74th Anniversary Show, however, was unsuccessful.

[70] On the September 6 edition of Powerrr, Valkyrie defeated Chelsea Green, Jennacide and King to become the number one contender again for Kamille's title, setting up a rematch between the two at Hard Times 3.

[79] On July 15 at Battle of the Belts VII, Valkyrie unsuccessfully challenged Toni Storm for the AEW Women's World Championship.

[80] On February 10, 2024's tapings of Ring of Honor, Valkyrie entered the inaugural ROH Women's World Television Championship tournament where she defeated Sussy Love in the first round.

[83] In the fall of 2019, Forster shot the role of Regina in the action film Unchained, released on Amazon Prime in July 2021.

[84] In February 2020, Forster was cast in and shot scenes for the ultimately-abandoned fourth season of the Netflix dramedy GLOW; her involvement was only revealed upon the news of the cancellation in October.

[86][87][88] The pair met through the affiliation between AAA and Lucha Underground, with Forster becoming Hennigan's on-screen partner in the latter promotion prior to their real-life relationship.