5 things you didn't know about Franky Monet (Taya Valkyrie)

#4. Franky Monet is a former ballet dancer

Franky Monet grew up doing ballet

Franky Monet grew up doing ballet. The 37-year-old Canadian walked the same path as her parents as a child. Monet's parents did dance and gymnastics, and she had to train in both.

Lil LOCA Big LOCA https://t.co/yK8zlCKeAp pic.twitter.com/L0Y2jKAzgr

— Taya Valkyrie (@TheTayaValkyrie) February 24, 2021

Monet preferred ballet over gymnastics. She told that story in an interview with Wrestling Travel:

"I did ballet when I was growing up as a really young kid in Canada at about seven or eight years old. My parents did dance and gymnastics, I was very small growing up and my gymnastics teacher really wanted me to go every day, I picked ballet over gymnastics and I always wanted to be a performer and put on a show."

Monet would later make her way into wrestling training with former WWE Superstar Lance Storm at Storm Wrestling Academy in Canada. She competed in several Canadian promotions after changing her real name Kira Renee Forster to Taya Valkyrie.

💥 Lunes, Monday #WWEraLOCA pic.twitter.com/itTTjFakUH

— Taya Valkyrie (@TheTayaValkyrie) April 12, 2021

In 2012, Monet moved to Mexico to join Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide. She started competing in Lucha Underground in 2016. Nearly a year and a half later, she made her debut for Impact Wrestling.