Lyra Valkyria found out she was winning the WWE women’s Intercontinental title just hours before her match
As seen during the January 13th 2025 edition of WWE RAW, Dakota Kai faced Lyra Valkyria in the finals of the tournament to crown the first-ever women’s Intercontinental champion. Lyra won the title with the Nightwing in a competitive encounter.
This week, Lyra discussed her victory in an interview with Chris Van Vliet. Here are the highlights courtesy of ChrisVanVliet.com…
On winning the Women’s Intercontinental Championship:
“[It’s brought me] A lot of confidence, it’s a big responsibility, and there’s a lot of pressure that comes with it. But I think I’m kind of in control once I get in the ring, that’s where I’m like, no matter what outside noise there is, I’m completely in control of what I do here. So that’s kind of where my power is. No one can take that away.”
On when she first heard about winning the title:
“I never was a part of that conversation. I just find out on Mondays what I’m doing. I found out the day of. I was never a part of the decision or the conversation. I just showed up to work.”
How did it feel when you were told that?
“Amazing. I couldn’t believe it. I really couldn’t believe it. But things don’t hit me when I think they’re going to. I always say that it never hits me in the moment. It hit me when I was driving home and taking my bags out of the car on the Tuesday. The title is just sitting in my bag, the zip opens, and I’m like, Oh yeah, that’s the Intercontinental Championship. I won that. I brought that home. That’s when it hits me.”