Several former Lucha Underground roster members have reacted to the promotion’s recent social media tease.
On Friday, the official social media account for Lucha Underground, which had been dormant since 2019, shared a short video featuring a lucha mask followed by the word “?Más?” The post was captioned, “soon.”
Since then, former Lucha Underground wrestlers such as Taya Valkyrie, Willie Mack, and Ivelisse have reacted.
“I’m sorry WHAT???!!!” Valkyrie wrote.
“Excuse me?” Vinnie Massaro wrote.
Mack shared a photo of himself, AR Fox, and Killshot (Swerve Strickland) as the Lucha Underground Trios Champions.
Ivelisse shared a video of herself walking down the steps at the old temple in Boyle Heights.
Other wrestlers who were not part of the original Lucha Underground have commented as well, including AEW’s The Butcher, TNA’s AJ Francis and former WWE wrestler Shelly Martinez.
“Yo i want in!!!!” The Butcher wrote.
Francis said he already has a character idea for the show. He wrote:
“Okay hear me out 👂🏽
I have always wanted to wrestle under a mask as ‘El Dinero’ … & the mask is obviously money themed but the attire is different outfits Robert Dinero wore in different movies… starting with Taxi Driver
Yes, I have spent too much time thinking about this.”
The rights to Lucha Underground are owned by a company named Lucha Underground LLC after being transferred from Lucha Libre FMV three years ago. Lucha Underground LLC filed two trademarks related to the brand in January 2025.
More social media posts related to the tease are available below:
— The Burning Cleaver Butch Williams (@andycomplains) April 24, 2026
Okay hear me out 👂🏽
I have always wanted to wrestle under a mask as “El Dinero” … & the mask is obviously money themed but the attire is different outfits Robert Dinero wore in different movies… starting with Taxi driver
Two AEW stars have been announced for future CMLL events at Arena Mexico, both making their promotional debuts.
CMLL posted a video to its digital media channels on Wednesday night announcing AEW International Champion and NJPW NEVER Openweight Champion Konosuke Takeshita for a future appearance at an Arena Mexico show. CMLL runs every Friday night in the legendary building. No date was set for Takeshita’s debut appearance.
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Próximamente… El súper estrella de AEW, NJPW y DDT, Konosuke Takeshita llegará a la Arena México…. pic.twitter.com/W2WQFV9AjQ
Taya Valkyrie is also set to make her CMLL debut, with a date and opponent announced. In a separate video, Valkyrie announced that she will make her CMLL debut on the Friday, March 7 show against Lady Frost in a World Women’s Tag Team title qualifying match. Valkyrie is a former longtime AAA regular.
Valkyrie will be substituting for Red Velvet in the contest after Velvet announced that she is unable to compete due to injury.
#CMLLInforma || ¡La Wera Loca en el CMLL! Taya Valkyrie será quien sustituya a la lesionada Red Velvet para hacer pareja con Lady Frost el próximo Viernes 7 de Marzo en la Arena México.
Takeshita defending the International Championship against Orange Cassidy is also set for the February 26 AEW Dynamite. The winner of that bout will defend the title against Kenny Omega at the AEW Revolution pay-per-view on March 9.
Taya Valkyrie is working to help the Los Angeles community as it continues to deal with devastating wildfires.
On Wednesday night, Valkyrie shared that she and husband Johnny TV (formerly known as John Morrison) had been evacuated from their home due to the fires but were safe. She then tweeted out a follow-up message yesterday thanking everyone who checked in on them. Valkyrie said their house was saved and they are now focused on trying to help others.
“Thank you to everyone who has messaged me and checked in. Our house was saved and now just trying to take care of our neighborhood and community,” she wrote. “It’s not over yet but we are extremely lucky. The sunset fire was pure insanity. Pray for LA, pray for those that have lost it all and do what you can to help them and the first responders. I love this city, it’s my home, my happy place.”
Valkyrie and Johnny TV are both signed to AEW, where Valkyrie is part of a team with Deonna Purrazzo. Johnny TV wrestles in both ROH and AEW.
Tonight (January 10), Valkyrie is appearing at an event at The Wild in West Hollywood for a Ru Paul’s Drag Race viewing party. Valkyrie and others associated with the event have been working to gather water, granola bars, socks, underwear, feminine hygiene products, toothbrushes and toothpaste, and dog food, which they will be handing out for free tonight. Valkyrie thanked WWE star Chelsea Green for donating to those efforts.
Valkyrie said they will be accepting donations for the American Red Cross at the West Hollywood event tonight.
Toni Storm will be in action on Christmas Dynamite.
A match was set up between Storm and Taya Valkyrie on Saturday after Storm interrupted The Vendetta’s promo. Purrazzo confronted Storm by saying she doesn’t want any part of what she is doing and suggested the match for Wednesday, with Valkyrie adding that she would make Storm forget everything. Storm thanked them for the opportunity before leaving.
Toni Storm is elated to introduce herself to Deonna Purrazzo and Taya Valkyrie, but they would like to introduce her to The Vendetta!
Since returning to AEW following her loss to Mariah May at AEW All In, Storm has gone back to her old persona, seemingly forgetting her AEW run and thinking she is a brand new wrestler in AEW.
Here’s the current lineup for the Christmas edition of Dynamite:
Continental Classic Gold league: Will Ospreay vs. Brody King
Continental Classic Gold league: Darby Allin vs. Ricochet
Continental Classic Gold league: Claudio Castagnoli vs. Komander
Continental Classic Blue league: Kazuchika Okada vs. Shelton Benjamin
Continental Classic Blue league: Daniel Garcia vs. Kyle Fletcher
Willow Nightingale will meet Taya Valkyrie following a confrontation the two had on Saturday’s Collision.
Nightingale was talking to Lexi Nair about how she was feeling following her loss at All Out. She said she was sore, but she was inspired by Yuka Sakazaki’s upcoming title match at Grand Slam next week and would be paying attention. Deonna Purrazzo and Taya Valkyrie interrupted her, with Purrazzo saying if they were friends, Nightingale would have been there for Sakazaki on Dynamite when she was attacked by Mariah May. She also said that Nightingale should be in Sakazaki’s corner, and if she wasn’t, Purrazzo would offer Sakazaki protection, as she’s done the same with Valkyrie.
After Nightingale attempted to interrupt Purrazzo, Valkyrie interjected. Nightingale issued the challenge for Rampage, which was taped immediately following Saturday’s Collision in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Willow Nightingale is trying to stay positive moving forward, but Deonna Purrazzo and Taya Valkyrie offer a lesson in loyalty vs friendship…
This was the first appearance by Nightingale since losing a street fight to Kris Statlander at All Out. She also lost the CMLL Women’s Championship at last week’s 91st Anniversary show to Zeuxis.
On the road to All In, AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm will be in action at Battle of the Belts XI.
AEW has announced that a title eliminator match between Storm and Taya Valkyrie will take place at Battle of the Belts XI this Saturday (July 27). It’s the first match that’s been announced for the Battle of the Belts show. If Valkyrie wins, she earns a future shot at the Women’s World Championship.
Storm confronted Mariah May on Dynamite last night, attempting to get revenge after May’s betrayal. Officials broke up a brawl between the two.
Storm is defending the AEW Women’s World Championship against May at All In on Sunday, August 25. May was Storm’s protege until turning against her in an angle that took place two weeks ago. After defeating Willow Nightingale in the Owen Hart Foundation tournament finals, May attacked Storm and left her bloody.
Battle of the Belts XI begins at 10 p.m. Eastern time this Saturday, airing live on TNT immediately after Collision. Both shows are taking place as part of AEW’s residency at Esports Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
A new match has been added to the lineup for ROH Supercard of Honor.
Johnny TV vs. Dalton Castle in a Fight Without Honor will take place on the show. The news was revealed in a video ROH posted on Sunday involving a backstage confrontation between the two rivals.
— ROH – Ring of Honor Wrestling (@ringofhonor) March 31, 2024
In the above video, Castle is auditioning replacements for the boys he recently lost custody of. While wearing masks, TV and Taya Valkyrie audition for the parts and impress Castle. However, a pull-apart ensued after TV and Valkyrie revealed their true identities. Lynn then entered the scene and made the match official.
ROH Supercard of Honor takes place Friday, April 5 at The Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, PA. It will air live on HonorClub.
ROH Supercard of Honor 2024 announced lineup —
ROH World Champion Eddie Kingston defends against Mark Briscoe
ROH Women’s Champion Athena defends against Hikaru Shida
ROH TV Champion Kyle Fletcher defends against Lee Johnson
ROH Women’s TV Championship tournament finals: Queen Aminata vs. Billie Starkz
Fight Without Honor: Dalton Castle vs. Johnny TV
Mina Shirakawa, Maika, & Mei Seira vs. AZM, Tam Nakano, & Saya Kamitani
ROH’s road to crowning an inaugural Women’s World Television Champion continues tonight.
A quarterfinal match between Queen Aminata and Taya Valkyrie headlines tonight’s edition of Ring of Honor television. The episode airs on Honor Club starting at 7 p.m. Eastern time.
Aminata advanced past the opening round of the tournament with a victory over J-Rod two weeks ago. Valkyrie defeated Sussy Love in the first round last Thursday.
Also tonight, Dalton Castle and Johnny TV face off with custody of The Boys on the line. NJPW star Taiji Ishimori will also be in action against Jacoby Watts.
Tonight’s matches were taped before AEW Collision in Springfield, Missouri last Saturday.
Here’s the announced lineup for the episode:
ROH Women’s World TV Championship tournament quarterfinal match: Taya Valkyrie vs. Queen Aminata
Dalton Castle vs. Johnny TV for custody of The Boys
Lee Johnson vs. Mike Sydal
Komander vs. Blake Christian
Taiji Ishimori vs. Jacoby Watts
We’ll hear from Athena, Billie Starkz & Lexy Nair
After a rundown of the card, the show kicked things right off with a ROH Women’s World TV Title Tournament Quarterfinal match.
Queen Aminata defeated Taya Valkyrie – ROH Women’s World TV Title Tournament Quarterfinal match
Valkyrie and TV were definitely TV ready as they headed to the ring. Aminata followed suit and after a Code of Honor these two got things moving. After trading headlocks, Aminata used her height advantage to send Valkyrie to the corner for some hard chops. Aminata controlled things early on, but Valkyrie’s experience was a definite advantage as she slid to the outside to recover.
Valkyrie knocked Aminata into the arms of TV outside the ring, causing enough of a distraction for Valkyrie to swing the momentum in her favor. Valkyrie sent her into the barricade and hit a suplex on the outside. Valkyrie engaged in some light mocking, a move that hurt Aminata’s feelings more than her body.
Back in the ring, a cocky Valkyrie locked in a modified STF. Aminata managed to grab the ropes to break the hold. Aminata landed a German suplex to stun Valkyrie, slowing the momentum of the match. Aminata tried for a pin but only got a two-count. Valkyrie answered back, using her size advantage to attempt pin, but Aminata would not let it go further than two. Finally after a series of hard strikes, Aminata got a surprise pin on Valkyrie and advances to the “Round of Four” in the tournament!
-Later Aminata cut a promo talking about her tough victory. She promises to be the one woman left standing at the end of the tournament.
Lee Johnson defeated Mike Sydal
Sydal (brother of Matt) came to the ring and showed off his yoga skills. This was of no consequence to Johnson who was looking for his 6th singles victory in ROH. Both competitors were equal sized, so each man was looking to find an edge. After a long series of holds exchanged back and forth, Sydal tried a pin, but barely got a one-count. The match slowed to a crawl and the crowd was absolutely silent. Sydal hit a side split slam and nearly got a three-count, but Johnson wasn’t done. Sydal made the first mistake of the match, and Johnson capitalized with a series of lariats. Johnson tried a blue thunder bomb, but Sydal wasn’t giving up. Johnson planted Sydal with a side slam and managed to pull out the win.
Komander defeated Blake Christian
Komander got a nice cheer from the crowd who up to this point had been sitting on their hands. Christian looked for an early advantage by sucker-punching Komander during the Code of Honor. That fired things up, and Komander and Christian exchanged a series of speedy moves. Komander slowed things down by working over Christian in the corner. Christina’s quasi-luchadore style was a good match for Komander who laid him out with a springboard moonsault.
Komander tried to lay out Christian in the corner, but Christian dodged and Komander caught his shoulder on the ring post. This gave Christian an opening and he landed a dropkick on a dazed Komander. Komander slid out of the ring, and Christian followed him with a swan dive over the top rope. Christian DDT’d Komander onto the floor from the top step and seemed to do as much damage to himself as he did his opponent.
Back in the ring, Christian landed a huge elbow from the top rope on a prone Komander, but it only resulted in a two-count. Komander’s back gave out as a result of the elbow and Christian took the opportunity to do more damage with a back breaker. Komander powered up though and hit a hurricanrana from the ring apron, sending Christian to the outside. Komander quickly threw him back in the ring and hit a 450 splash from the top rope. “This is awesome” chants broke out from the crowd as these two writhed in the ring.
Komander climbed to the top rope as Christian moved to the outside. Komander hit a moonsault on the outside. He throw a dazed Christian back in the ring and climbed to the top rope for a Roadblock Shooting Star Press to win the hard-fought match.
-Lexy Nair appeared at the top of the ramp to introduce Athena and Billie Starkz. Athena addressed her minions, and told them that she’s been reading what people are saying online and it’s time to address the problem: Lexy Nair. Athena chastised her for chasing Dalton Castle around and told her to cut it out. Nair was sad.
Athena changed gears to address her match last week with Nyla Rose. She respects Rose, but it was great “yeeting her into next week” in their match. Starkz grabbed the mic and wanted to talk about her wins in the ROH Women’s TV Title Tournament. Athena was unimpressed. She asked the Minion Mafia if they think Starkz can win. They did, and Athena told Starkz that she better win, or else.
Athena declared this the Year of The Fallen Goddess, Minion Overlord and inspiration for every women’s division. She was talking about herself if that wasn’t apparent. She warned everyone to step up or step out and the trio exited.
Taiji Ishimori defeated Jacoby Watts
Ishimori arrived for his first ROH match in five years while Watts waited in the ring. The former TNA X-Division and three-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion was all over Watts from the bell. After several high-flying moves, Watts was able to grab Ishimori out of the air to slow his momentum. A hard lariat almost led to an upset for Watts, but Ishimori kicked out at two.
Ishimori delivered a handspring superkick that stunned Watts and gave Ishimori an opening to land an around the world armbar lock, causing the much-larger Watts to tap out.
A fast match, but the crowd loved seeing Ishimori get the win.
Johnny TV defeated Dalton Castle
Castle had been looking for this match for weeks, with TV only agreeing under the stipulation that if he won, he and Taya Valkyrie would take custody of The Boys.
Castle was joined by the Iron Savages on the entrance ramp who gave him some of The Sauce. Castle immediately perked up and sauntered to the ring. Ref Aubrey Edwards raised the hands of The Boys, as if they were a championship to be won.
Castle went right for TV, chasing him all over the ring while TV dodged and weaved. Castle eventually got a single-leg take down. TV kicked it off and slid out of the ring to regroup with Valkyrie. Back in the ring, TV managed to get a few shots in on Castle before he also slid out. The Boys fanned him and Valkyrie called him a loser. This infuriated Castle and he hammered TV with some chops in the centre of the ring. TV caught Castle looking though, and pulled down the top rope, sending him out.
Outside the ring, TV and Valkyrie tried to take a selfie with The Boys, which infuriated Castle. They brought the action back into the ring with Castle in control. The crowd chanted “For the boys” while Castle laid in some hard chops, sending TV back outside.
Back in the ring, Castle landed five straight suplexes, wearing down TV. It only resulted in a two-count though as Valkyrie got the crowd behind TV. Castle still had the advantage though and TV reversed a Bangarang attempt into a two-count of his own. Castle tried to dump TV out, but only got halfway, causing TV to get his boys crushed on the top rope.
TV struggled to pull himself to his feet but managed to catch Castle with a big kick. Castle aught TV in mid air and drove him headfirst into the mat in a terrifying move. TV was dazed and confused as Castle moved in for the kill. TV dodged a big knee and Valkyrie grabbed Castle’s leg, giving TV a chance to put Castle into a sleeper. As he shook it off, she slipped in the ring and nailed Castle, giving TV an opening to hit Starship Pain and win the match and custody of The Boys.
TV and Valkyrie literally dragged The Boys up the entrance ramp as a Castle wailed in the ring. Edwards gave him one of the Boys’ fans, and a disbelieving Castle began to cry, devastated by the loss of his Boys.
Next Week: More Quarterfinal action in the ROH Women’s World TV Title Tournament
On Valentine’s Day, a new series will debut on AEW’s YouTube channel.
It was announced today that “Johnny Loves Taya” will premiere on AEW’s YouTube channel next Wednesday (February 14). After that, new episodes will be uploaded every Wednesday. It’s being promoted as wrestling’s first romantic comedy.
The scripted series stars AEW/ROH wrestlers and real-life married couple Johnny TV (former WWE wrestler John Morrison) and Taya Valkyrie.
The trailer is available to watch below:
Coming to #AEW's YouTube channel on Valentine's Day, it's Johnny Loves Taya! Watch the debut of wrestling's first romantic comedy on Wednesday, February 14th, with new episodes every week 💕@TheRealMorrison | @TheTayaValkyriepic.twitter.com/KbAT3nYOwa
Johnny TV (real name John Hennigan) and Valkyrie (Kira Magnin-Forster) have been married since 2018. Outside of the ring, both have had experience in acting.
Hennigan debuted for AEW in May 2022 and later signed a contract with the company. AEW announced the signing of Valkyrie in March 2023. She’s a former champion for Impact Wrestling, Lucha Libre AAA, and MLW and also previously wrestled for WWE NXT.
Valkyrie wrestled on AEW Dynamite last week, losing to Deonna Purrazzo.
Hennigan and Valkyrie are currently paired together on-screen in ROH. They will both be in action on the ROH television episode that airs on HonorClub tonight (February 8).
Ring of Honor has announced several matches for this week’s show on HonorClub.
Tag team matches pitting Willie Mack & Blake Christian vs. The Outrunners, and Angelico & Serpentico vs. Cole Karter & Griff Garrison are booked for the show.
Also scheduled for tonight is a trios match with Taya Valkyrie, Leila Grey, and Diamante teaming up against Lady Frost, Kiera Hogan, and The Infantry’s Trish Adora.
Matches for this week’s ROH TV were taped on Saturday at the Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis. Spoilers from the show are available here.
Ring of Honor TV advertised lineup for Thursday, January 25, 2024:
Willie Mack & Blake Christian vs. The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum)
Ronda Rousey returned to the ring on Thursday night.
Rousey attended Lucha VaVOOM Area 51 at the Mayan Theater in Los Angeles. She ended up involved in an impromptu match on the show and teamed with her long-time training partner, Marina Shafir. The two Four Horsewomen of MMA members wrestled Taya Valkyrie and Brian Kendrick in a tag team match.
Rousey picked up the win for her team by making Kendrick tap out to an ankle lock. She posted footage of the match to Instagram on Friday.
@luchavavoom was honestly the best Lucha/burlesque hybrid show I’ve ever had the pleasure of jumping into unannounced. Anyone who doubted me and @marinashafir could make magic in a ring is an idiot – thank you @thetayavalkyrie and @mr.briankendrickfor being down to get down with us
In the days leading up to the show, Lucha VaVOOM teased that something big was planned, writing, “Let’s just say this very simply for the record. We can’t tell you who it is. But if you miss this tonight, you’ll be kicking yourself tomorrow. Don’t say we didn’t warn you. Seriously.”
The promotion runs the second night of the two-night Halloween-themed event on Friday from the same venue. It is unknown if Rousey will be back at the show.
Britt Baker has commented on her match against Taya Valkyrie last month.
Baker defeated Valkyrie on the July 26 AEW Dynamite in Albany, New York. Many fans have been critical of the match and Baker was asked about the negative response during a recent interview with DAZN.
“I was really surprised by it,” Baker replied. “I think I’ve had way worse matches on AEW live TV. I’ve had better matches, of course, but I was really surprised. I think a lot of it came from people who just don’t like me on social media and I feel bad that Taya kind of got dragged into it.”
At one point during the match, Baker and Valkyrie had timing issues on a Road to Valhalla. Valkyrie can be seen having a bit of a laugh after they failed to execute the move properly.
“I think probably every week since then there’s been mistiming and miscommunications and messed up spots on every wrestling show and no one else got quite that much blowback and that’s fine,” she continued. “But these social media trolls need to realize who they are dealing with. I’m the DMD, I’m the face of the division for a reason.”
“You’re just gonna motivate me to be even bigger and better and that’s fine. I don’t think anybody should ever have to go through the bullying that these trolls do, and it’s not just me, it’s everybody. I think every wrestler goes through it. Everything from what you look like, to what you wear, to what your hobbies are, to then you’re wrestling and you don’t deserve the spot you’re in and it’s someone else’s spot. Something’s always your fault and you might not even have anything to do with it but because they don’t like you they automatically assume it’s your fault. It’s so frustrating because you want to just shout from the mountaintop, ‘Hey, this is the real story and now you guys can line up to apologize to me’ but you also have to think what’s best for business. It takes a lot of patience and self-control.”
Baker vs. Valkyrie didn’t receive a star rating from our own Dave Meltzer but currently holds a rating of 2.42 out of 10 on Cagematch. It’s the fourth lowest rating Baker has received on the website, only better than matches she’s had against Big Swole, Madi Wrenkowski, and a tag match with Rebel against Nyla Rose and Vickie Guerrero. It’s the second-lowest rating Valkyrie has received on the website, only beating out a gauntlet match at Impact Slammiversary in 2020.
Baker’s highest-rated match from Meltzer and Cagematch was her Lights Out bout against Thunder Rosa. It received four and three-quarter stars from Meltzer and 8.72 out of 10 from Cagematch. Valkyrie’s highest-rated match according to both Meltzer and Cagematch was 2015’s Aztec Warfare in Lucha Underground, which received four and one-quarter stars and 9.10 out of 10.
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including online criticism of the women’s match last night, Bryan’s thoughts on booking, the Dynamite report, update on a couple of injuries and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~!
A first time ever matchup in the women’s division has been added to AEW Dynamite as Britt Baker will take on Taya Valkyrie.
Valkyrie defeated Skye Blue on Saturday’s AEW Collision and then took to the microphone to share some thoughts: one of them being a match against Baker.
Valkyrie dismissed Baker’s win on last Wednesday’s Dynamite over Kayla Sparks and challenged the former AEW Women’s Champion to a match this Wednesday.
Valkyrie has won three of her last four and is 9-5 in her early AEW run while Baker has struggled to gain any real momentum in the last few months, losing in the first round of the women’s Owen Hart Foundation tournament to rival Ruby Soho.
While this is their first match, they did share the ring for a multi-woman match for Warrior Wrestling in February 2020.
Here’s the current card for Albany, New York:
AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy vs. AR Fox
Darby Allin vs. Swerve Strickland
Britt Baker vs. Taya Valkyrie
PAC vs. Gravity
MJF & Adam Cole promo
Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Best Friends vs. Lucha Brothers
One week after Ricky Starks defeated CM Punk in the finals of the men’s Owen Hart Foundation tournament, both men will appear on Saturday’s AEW Collision.
Starks will be on hand in Newark, New Jersey, to celebrate his victory while, according to Excalibur on AEW Rampage, Punk has said he will be in Newark “and looking for a fight.”
Following their staredown with title challengers Adam Cole & MJF on Wednesday, AEW Tag Team Champions FTR will have some comments ahead of their title defense next Saturday on Collision.
The men that failed to wrest the titles from FTR last Saturday — Bullet Club Gold’s Jay White & Juice Robinson — will take on Action Andretti & Darius Martin as they look to get back on the winning track.
In a similar situation, Taya Valkyrie will look to rebound from her loss to AEW Women’s Champion Toni Storm last Saturday as she takes on Skye Blue.
The new additions join the previously announced Trios title match between champions House of Black and The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn.
Here’s the full lineup:
Taya Valkyrie vs. Skye Blue
CM Punk and Ricky Starks appearances
FTR appearance
Action Andretti & Darius Martin vs. Bullet Club Gold (Jay White & Juice Robinson)
AEW Trios Champions House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King & Buddy Matthews) defend against The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn
