10 Hottest Free Agents In Wrestling In 2023

6. Taya Valkyrie

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If you blinked at any point in 2021, then you probably missed the NXT career of Taya Valkyrie.

As Franky Monet, Valkyrie (and her dog) appeared very briefly for the promotion and wrestled in just six matches.

Monet did, not her dog. That would have been cruel.

In November 2021, Valkyrie was released from her contract as part of the several rounds of "budget cuts" that afflicted WWE during the pandemic years. In actuality, she was let go because of her age. Well, she was 38 at the time. She was practically dead!

Sarcasm to one side, Valkyrie has proven to WWE since she left that age is very much just a number.

She returned to Impact Wrestling and won the Knockouts Championship, as well as winning titles for AAA and MLW. Basically, she's awesome and WWE were idiots.

The idiots formerly in charge of the promotion have now gone, so maybe the door is open for a return. Equally, Valkyrie is doing so well for herself as a free agent, that she could have an exceptional 2023 without WWE.

That is, if she lives that long. Her being a grandma and all... ridiculous...

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Jacob Simmons has a great many passions, including rock music, giving acclaimed films three-and-a-half stars, watching random clips from The Simpsons on YouTube at 3am, and writing about himself in the third person.