Taya Valkyrie will challenge Tessa Blanchard for the Impact World Championship this week. The history making match on Impact Wrestling will see two women compete for the company's top title for the first time.
Valkyrie, 36, real name Kira Hennigan, recently visited the UK to grapple for Rev Pro and British Empire Wrestling. Before the action got underway, Mirror Sport's Scott Felstead sat down with the Canadian pro wrestling star for a revealing chat.
The longest reigning Impact Wrestling Knockouts champion followed in the footsteps of her heroes Trish Stratus and Tori Wilson in pursuing fitness competitions as a means of entering the business, but it would be Mexico where she really began to make a name for herself.
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