There are not too many female wrestlers who were born in Ireland that made it to the biggest wrestling promotion in the world. The two wrestlers are Becky Lynch and Lyra Valkyria.
The Man, after over a decade in WWE had finally been able to capture the NXT Women’s Championship. She is the first Irish woman to do so. Now, she will be defending her newly acquired championship against a fellow Irish woman, Lyra Valkyria, this Tuesday at night one of NXT Halloween Havoc.
During one of the most recent episodes of the Busted Open Radio podcast, Lyra Valkyria mentioned how much this match means to her.
“‘NXT’ was always the stage I wanted to get to. And Halloween Havoc, wrestling Becky Lynch for the ‘NXT’ Women’s Championship, that’s just not something I even thought about being in the realms of possibility. Because Becky, she’s one of the most decorated women in all of WWE and I couldn’t have imagined that 2023, she would be the ‘NXT’ Women’s Champion and this would be my stage to show what I’ve got. I just can’t believe it. I can’t put it into words,” Lyra Valkyrie said. [H/T Wrestling Inc]
Valkyria has immense respect for Becky Lynch.
“I’ve told the world that now, but it’s going to be very different at Halloween Havoc because we’re opponents now and that has to go out the window. I can’t think that way anymore because it’s not about how much of an inspiration she was to me anymore. She’s got something that I want now. I wasn’t working all these years to be worthy to stand across the ring from her. I’ve been working all these years to become someone who can beat Becky Lynch.” [H/T Wrestling Inc]
Who’s your pick to win their match?
