Aoife Valkyrie

WWE NXT UK and NXT (2020–2024) Prior to signing with the company, Cusack participated in a WWE tryout in London in June 2019. Cusack was reported to have signed with WWE on 20 January 2020, and was assigned to the NXT UK brand. She competed in her first match on 13 February episode of NXT UK under the ring name Aoife Valkyrie, defeating Amale. In February, Valkyrie toured with NXT for the first time, wrestling on two house shows in Florida. Valkyrie defeated Aliyah on 14 February in Tampa, followed by teaming with Mia Yim and Rita Reis (later known as Valentina Feroz) to defeat Jessi Kamea, MJ Jenkins and Taynara in a six-woman tag team match on 15 February in Fort Pierce. She made her return to television on 17 September episode of NXT UK in a winning effort against Isla Dawn. She remained undefeated until losing to Meiko Satomura on 29 April 2021 episode. Later that year, Valkyrie suffered a torn ACL and was sidelined for a year. defeating Amari Miller in her debut match on 13 December episode of NXT. At the NXT Stand & Deliver pay-per-view on 1 April 2023, Valkyria competed in a ladder match for the NXT Women's Championship, which was won by Indi Hartwell. She took part in an eight-woman single-elimination tournament for the vacated title, losing to Tiffany Stratton in the finals on 28 May at NXT Battleground. After defeating Hartwell and Roxanne Perez in a triple threat match proposed by champion Becky Lynch, Valkyria bested Lynch at Night 1 of NXT: Halloween Havoc on 24 October to win the NXT Women's Championship. She made her first successful title defense against Xia Li on 21 November episode. At NXT: New Year's Evil on 2 January 2024, she retained the title against Blair Davenport. After the match, Tatum Paxley, who had been obsessed with Valkyria since December, stopped Lola Vice from cashing in her Breakout Tournament contract. At NXT Vengeance Day on 4 February, Valkyria retained the title against Perez and Vice, who cashed in while the match was in progress to make it a triple threat. On 5 March at NXT: Roadblock, Valkyria and Paxley failed to win the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship from The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane) after Valkyria inadvertently kicked Paxley. After the match, Perez attacked Valkyria and injured her arm. At NXT Stand & Deliver on 6 April, Valkyria lost the NXT Women's Championship to Perez by submission, ending her reign at 165 days. Paxley turned on Valkyria the following week and subsequently revealed that her obsession with Valkyria was only because she had the NXT Women's Championship. Valkyria wrestled her final NXT match at Week 1 of ''Spring Breakin on 23 April, where she failed to regain the title from Perez in a triple threat match also involving Paxley.

Raw (2024–present) On Night 2 of the 2024 WWE Draft, Valkyria was promoted to the Raw brand. On 6 May episode of Raw, Valkyria made her on-screen debut, saving then-Women's World Champion Becky Lynch from a beatdown by Damage CTRL's Dakota Kai, Iyo Sky and Kairi Sane, before defeating Kai in the first round of the Queen of the Ring tournament in her main roster in-ring debut. She then defeated Zoey Stark and Sky en route to the finals, where she lost to Nia Jax at King and Queen of the Ring on 25 May, marking her first loss on the main roster. Valkyria competed in the women's Money in the Bank ladder match at Money in the Bank on 6 July, which was won by Tiffany Stratton. In December, Valkyria entered the tournament for the inaugural Women's Intercontinental Championship, defeating Kai in the finals on 13 January 2025 episode of Raw to become the inaugural champion. At Royal Rumble on 1 February, she entered her first women's Royal Rumble match at number 4, but was eliminated by Ivy Nile. Over the following months, Valkyria successfully defended her title against Kai in a rematch, Nile, Raquel Rodriguez, and Bayley.

On 11 April episode of SmackDown, Valkyria and Bayley won a gauntlet match to face Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship at Night 2 of WrestleMania 41 on 20 April. Prior to Night 1, Bayley was taken out backstage and was unable to compete. The following night, Becky Lynch returned from an eleven-month hiatus as Valkyria's new tag team partner, defeating Morgan and Rodriguez to win the titles, making Valkyria a double champion. They lost the titles in a rematch the next night on Raw, ending their reign at only one day, marking the shortest reign in the title's history. Immediately after, Lynch turned on Valkyria. On 10 May at Backlash, Valkyria defeated Lynch to retain the Women's Intercontinental Championship but was subjected to a post-match assault by Lynch. She lost the title to Lynch in a Last Chance match on 7 June at Money in the Bank, ending her reign at 145 days. After the match, per stipulation, Valkyria acknowledged Lynch as the better woman and raised her hand, but attacked her afterwards. At Evolution on 13 July, she failed to regain the title from Lynch in a triple threat match also involving Bayley. The next night on Raw, Valkyria defeated Bayley in a two-out-of-three falls match to earn a rematch against Lynch for the title at SummerSlam. At Night 2 of the event on 3 August, Valkyria failed to win the title in a no disqualification Last Chance match, therefore being unable to challenge for the title as long as Lynch is champion and ending their feud.

Following the event, Valkyria and Bayley began working as a tag team again. At the Royal Rumble on 31 January 2026, she entered the women's Royal Rumble match at number 26, eliminating Giulia before being eliminated by Brie Bella. On 18 April at Night 1 of WrestleMania 42, Valkyria and Bayley unsuccessfully challenged The Irresistible Forces (Nia Jax and Lash Legend) for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship in a fatal four-way match also involving Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair and Brie Bella and Paige, who won the titles. On 22 June episode of Raw, after failing to win the titles from Bella and Paige, Valkyria attacked her partner Bayley, turning heel for the first time in her WWE career. At Saturday Night's Main Event XLV on July 18, Valkyria defeated Bayley by submission.

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Personal life Since 2014, Cusack has been in a relationship with fellow professional wrestler LJ Cleary.

Championships and accomplishments Fight Factory Pro Wrestling Irish Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Over the Top Wrestling OTT Women's Championship (1 time) Pro-Wrestling: EVE Pro-Wrestling: EVE Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Debbie Keitel WWE''' WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship (1 time, inaugural) NXT Women's Championship (1 time) WWE Women's Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Becky Lynch WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship Tournament (2025)