Lyra Valkyria
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About
Professional wrestler who, after signing with World Wrestling Entertainment in January 2020, began performing on the NXT brand and became the NXT Women's Champion. She earned the illustrious title after defeating Becky Lynch during Halloween Havoc in October 2023. She began her WWE career performing with NXT UK and moved to the United States to perform with the American brand NXT in 2022.
Before Fame
She initially trained at Fight Factory Pro Wrestling. She premiered in 2015 under the ring name Valkyrie Cain, based on a main character from the Derek Landy book series Skulduggery Pleasant.
Trivia
She was named #73 on the Pro Wrestling Illustrated list of Top 150 Women Wrestlers in 2021. She has earned such victories as the Irish Junior Heavyweight Championship, the Over-the-Top Wrestling Women's Championship, and the Pro-Wrestling EVE Tag Team Championship.
Family Life
Her birth name is Aoife Cusack. She began dating fellow wrestler LJ Cleary in 2014.
Associated With
Over the course of her WWE career, she has defeated opponents such as Nhooph Al-Areebi and Cora Jade.
