Taya Valkyrie Leaving Impact Wrestling For WWE?

Huge rumours surrounding the record-breaking Knockout's future.

by Andy H Murray
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Impact Wrestling

Could Impact Wrestling's record-breaking Knockouts Champion Taya Valkyrie be on the verge of swapping the Anthem-helmed promotion for WWE?

That's today's big slice of wrestling speculation, with Cageside Seats noting the chatter in their daily Rumor Roundup column.

The bullet-point writeup notes talk that Valkyrie is currently in the process of wrapping up with Impact. WWE has been pinpointed as a potential landing spot, given that her husband, John Morrison, recently returned to SmackDown.

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(MAJOR SPOILERS from the latest set of Impact Wrestling tapings follow. If you don't want 'em, navigate away from the page now.)

Taya became the longest-reigning Impact Knockouts Champion ever last year, with her 377 days on top beating Taryn Terrell's old record of 279. She dropped the strap to Jordynne Grace at Impact's latest set of tapings in Mexico City, though the match is yet to hit the airwaves, with said tapings also establishing her as Tessa Blanchard's first Impact World Championship challenger.

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Valkyrie, 36, rose to prominence during her time in Lucha Underground before transitioning to Impact in 2017. She also has considerable experience in AAA and on the Mexican indies, and would make a solid addition to WWE's talent pool.

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Andy has been with WhatCulture for six years and is currently WhatCulture's Senior Wrestling Reporter. A writer, presenter, and editor with 10+ years of experience in online media, he has been a sponge for all wrestling knowledge since playing an old Royal Rumble 1992 VHS to ruin in his childhood. Having previously worked for Bleacher Report, Andy specialises in short and long-form writing, video presenting, voiceover acting, and editing, all characterised by expert wrestling knowledge and commentary. Andy is as much a fan of 1985 Jim Crockett Promotions as he is present-day AEW and WWE - just don't make him choose between the two.