Lyra Valkyria Reveals Where She Originally Got Her ‘Valkyrie’ Ring Name From

Lyra Valkyria reveals where she originally got her independent wrestling ring name.

Prior to signing with WWE, Lyra Valkyria was known simply as Valkyrie on the independent wrestling scene before signing with WWE as Aoife Valkyrie and later becoming Lyra after her transitioning to the main WWE NXT brand. Now, years later, Lyra has explained where she took inspiration from the name from.

While speaking to Nerdtropolis in a new interview, Lyra Valkyria was asked what she never leaves the house without on her travels, noting that she never leaves the house without a book before explaining where her Valkyrie name came from.

“Oh, like a book. Yeah, it’s an Irish book called The Skullduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy. It’s actually where I got the Valkyrie name from.”

Elsewhere in the same interview, Lyra spoke about what fans may have connected with during her story on WWE: Unreal season 2. You can read more about that here.

Elsewhere in another recent interview, Lyra stated her belief that Becky Lynch is lying about being on her final WWE contract. You can read more about that here.

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