Lyra Valkyria Praises Lola Vice, Says She Was Happy To See Her Become NXT Women’s Champion

Lyra Valkyria was happy to see Lola Vice become champion in WWE NXT.

On April 4, at Stand And Deliver, Lola Vice captured the NXT Women’s Championship in a triple threat match with Kendal Grey and the now former champion Jacy Jayne. Her title win came around four years after first signing with the company, representing the journey from first entering the Women’s Breakout Tournament in 2023. Now, a main roster star has reflected kindly on Vice reaching the mountaintop in NXT.

Appearing on TMZ Sports’ Inside The Ring, Lyra Valkyria praised Lola Vice winning the NXT Women’s Championship.

“I’ve been in the ring with Lola. Obviously, she’s a star. You just look at her and you can see it. We knew it was only gonna be a matter of time before she held that title. She’s been working and grafting down there, she’s in Mexico, she’s everywhere. I was actually quite happy to see her get her moment because she was in the title contention when I was in NXT, and we’re two years on now, so I think that it must’ve meant so much to her to finally conquer the mountain. I’m very happy for her and I hope that I one day see her in the ring again.”

-Lyra Valkyria

While Vice will now focus on her reign as champion, Valkyria will have eyes on WrestleMania 42. This weekend, the Irishwomen will team will Bayley in an attempt to win the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships from The Irresistible Forces in a four-way match.

At Vengeance Day 2024, Lyra Valkyria successfully defended her NXT Women’s Championship against both Lola Vice and Roxanne Perez. Shortly after the end of her 165-day reign ended, Valkyria was called up to Monday Night RAW. Since then, the pair have had a singles match on Main Event, though they will be hoping to step in the ring together on the main roster in the near future.

Speaking of a possible call-up, in a recent interview the new NXT Women’s Champion said she’s ready for a move to RAW or SmackDown. You can read her comments here.

As always, we’ll aim to provide any further updates on the reaction to Lola Vice becoming NXT Women’s Champion as soon as we hear more.

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