Lyra Valkyria Says NXT Women’s Title Win Feels Like A Payoff After Years Of The Grind

Lyra Valkyria reflects on winning the NXT Women’s Championship.

In the main event of last week’s NXT, which served as night one of Halloween Havoc, Becky Lynch put her NXT Women’s Championship on the line against fellow Irish talent Lyra Valkyria, with Jade Cargill watching on.

In the end, Lyra was able to stack Lynch long enough for a surprise three count, dethroning “The Man” and winning her first championship in WWE. 

While speaking to the Irish Mirror, Lyra spoke about her recent championship victory.

“It definitely feels like the payoff after years of the grind. I have imagined this so many different ways. The things that you think about are who would I beat? How would I do it? What would I say after? How would that feel holding that title up? What would I be thinking? It’s like an out-of-body experience because all the times I imagined that and then when it happened it’s just sheer shock so I’m still processing,” 

“All the ways I imagined it happening that wasn’t one of them because it never seemed within the realms of possibility Becky who has gone on to main event Wrestlemania, one of the most decorated women in WWE I couldn’t imagine that she could have been NXT Champion in 2023, what were the odds and how could I see that happening and for me to be the one to dethrone her. It’s a picture that is so perfect I couldn’t have painted it,”

Lyra Valkyria

We exclusively reported that Becky Lynch went into the matchup a little banged up, but it was not believed to be a factor in the decision for Lyra to become champion.

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