Taya Valkyrie discusses the issues with being a Canadian talent in pro wrestling.
Over the years, Taya Valkyrie has wrestled for promotions all over the world, including runs in TNA, WWE and AEW. However, before she was able to make it in the United States, the Canadian pro wrestler spent her time in Mexico and competed in other wrestling hotspots such as the UK and Japan.
While speaking to Job'd Out Wrestling at WrestleCon during WrestleMania weekend, Taya was asked about being a Canadian wrestler and the issues surrounding obtaining US work visas.
"Well, I think that this happens to a lot of Canadian talent in general. We can't just come to the States and wrestle and be doing a bunch of indies because it's illegal. You need a work visa. That work visa is so hard now. Work visas are very hard to get, especially back then. So a lot of Canadian talent, you know, it's hard because our country is so big and it's 12-hour drives between shows and there's just not a lot of indies in Canada. So you either have to go to Mexico, you have to go to Japan, or you have to go to the UK if you can't get your your work visa in order. So I mean, it was definitely one of those things where if I wanted to get to the next level, I had to make a choice. I chose to - I had the opportunity to come to Mexico and I was invited by Konnan to come and train for five weeks and stayed five years. Now I have a 13, 14 year career that has taken me all over the place, which all started there. So brilliant."
Taya is currently signed to AEW/Ring Of Honor, and has been featured on both AEW and ROH programming.
Late last month, it was announced that Taya had suffered an injury. You can read more about that here.
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