Taya Valkyrie will defend the MLW World Featherweight Championship at MLW Blood & Thunder.
Major League Wrestling has announced that Valkyrie will defend the title against Zoey Skye at the MLW Fusion taping on January 7 at the 2300 Arena. Valkyrie became the inaugural MLW Women’s World Featherweight Champion when she defeated Holidead at MLW Kings of Colosseum on May 13.
The press release, courtesy of MLW, is as follows:
(PHILADELPHIA) — Major League Wrestling today announced a Women’s World Featherweight Championship: Taya Valkyrie vs. Zoey Skye at MLW Blood & Thunder on Saturday, January 7 at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia.
Tickets start at $15 at MLW2300.com and the 2300 Arena box office.
The card is a FUSION TV taping, airing on beIN SPORTS nationwide on cable and dish, streaming on Pro Wrestling TV, and in over 60 countries around the world.
A championship bout has been inked for January 7th as the reigning Women’s World Featherweight Champion Taya Valkyrie will make her third defense as the inaugural champion.
One of the most dominant luchadoras of the last decade, the Canadian-born Valkyrie is on a conquest to cement her legacy as the best of her generation. Standing in the way is the latest threat to Valkyrie’s World Featherweight Championship: Zoey Skye.
Skye, a decorated athlete, is a technical threat who leverages her size to create a lethal, compact fighting style, often throwing off larger adversaries.
Standing just 5’ and weighing 99 lbs., Skye is the smallest female athlete in the division, but next to the champ, the most experienced.
Will the scrappy Skye evade the physicality the reigning Women’s World Featherweight Champion?
Find out LIVE Saturday night, January 7th at MLW Blood & Thunder in Philadelphia!
Major League Wrestling returns to Philadelphia’s 2300 Arena on Saturday, January 7. Buy tickets at http://MLW2300.com.
WrestleZone will have coverage of MLW Blood & Thunder as it becomes available.
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