Deonna Purrazzo has long been enjoying her time as a dual champion. Now she has found a suitable opponent in the form of a former Knockouts Champion for the next PPV event waiting for the promotion. Taya Valkyrie has returned to Impact Wrestling, this past week and booked herself for a big title match.
This past weekend’s Multiverse of Matches event at WrestleCon saw AAA Reina de Reinas Champion and ROH Women’s World Champion Deonna Purrazzo retain her AAA title by defeating Faby Apache in a Champ-Champ Challenge.
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Following her win, Deonna Purrazzo was cutting a promo on new ROH Interim Women’s World Champion Mercedes Martinez, who defeated Willow Nightingale at ROH Supercard of Honor XV to win the belt. Taya Valkyrie then made her return to interrupt the promo amid big cheers from the audience.
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.@thetayavalkyrie is back in @IMPACTWRESTLING and will face @DeonnaPurrazzo at #Rebellion!?!
WATCH NOW: https://t.co/WGrSww2v9I#MultiverseOfMatches #IMPACTWRESTLING pic.twitter.com/ztMSxKOYUp
— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) April 2, 2022
Deonna Purrazzo is a dual champion holding two promotions belts
Following a confrontation, Valkyrie has been booked against Deonna Purrazzo and she would be coming after the AAA Reina de Reinas Title. The match was confirmed for the Impact Rebellion pay-per-view on FITE TV, later this month. Purrazzo will also compete against Martinez for the Undisputed ROH Women’s World Title but there’s no update on when that match will take place.
Both Valkyrie and Deonna Purazzo have been superstars under the WWE NXT banner. Valkyrie spent more than three years with Impact until leaving in January 2021. Last year in February, she signed with the WWE NXT brand as Franky Monet, only to be released in November. She had the longest Knockouts World Title reign in Impact history which lasted for 377 days. Purrazzo has also been a two-time Knockouts Champion who dominated the division for the past couple of years.
The 2022 Impact Rebellion pay-per-view will take place on Saturday, April 23 from the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, NY. The card for the night goes as follows,
Impact World Title Match
Josh Alexander vs. Moose (c)
Impact Knockouts World Title Match
Rosemary vs. Tasha Steelz (c)
Triple Threat for the Impact X Division Title
Ace Austin vs. Mike Bailey vs. Trey Miguel (c)
Eight-Team Elimination Challenge for the Impact World Tag Team Titles
The Good Brothers vs. The Motor City Machine Guns vs. The Decay vs. Willie Mack and Rich Swann vs. Rhino and Heath vs. Jay White and Chris Bey vs. Honor No More vs. Violent By Design (c)
AAA Reina de Reinas Title Match
Taya Valkyrie vs. Deonna Purrazzo (c)
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Jonah
ROH World Champion Jonathan Gresham vs. Eddie Edwards
