Johnny TV — previously often known as John Morrison in WWE — and his accomplice Taya Valkyrie have been married since 2018. Over time, the pair have crossed paths within the ring on a number of events, teaming up in promotions resembling Influence Wrestling (now as soon as once more often known as TNA) and GCW, in addition to being opponents at occasions like AAA Ring Rock StAAArs in 2022. At the moment, Morrison and Valkyrie are signed full-time with AEW, and the duo mentioned not too long ago being paired collectively once more in Tony Khan’s promotion on “AEW Unrestricted.”
“It was 2019 when John left after I was nonetheless at Influence, and we actually hadn’t been on TV persistently collectively since then,” Valkyrie stated. “We would performed a couple of episodes of MLW within the midst of all that, however nothing [like] how we’re doing now, so it is actually been like — we have each needed to get used to one another once more and the way our dynamic is on digicam, by the ring, the whole lot. We have each modified as performers as properly and grown. I am a very totally different individual than I used to be in 2019, and so’s John, so it has been actually cool to rediscover our dynamic as performers. And as a pair too, how we take care of concepts and enjoying off one another.”
Morrison believes he and Valkyrie are one of the best variations of themselves as performers and other people. The previous WWE Intercontinental Champion added that this present interval working with Valkyrie is the one he is having fun with probably the most. Since Valentine’s Day on February 14, episodes of “Johnny Loves Taya” — described as wrestling’s first rom-com — have been uploaded weekly to AEW’s YouTube channel. The previous John Morrison was launched by WWE in 2021 following a brief return to the promotion.
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