A 20-woman battle royal to determine the No.1 Contender for Lyra Valkyria’s NXT Women’s Championship is set to take place on next week’s edition of NXT. It’s worth mentioning that the match will see a twist.
Lyra Valkyria captured the NXT Women’s Championship after defeating Becky Lynch at Halloween Havoc. Since then she has defended her title against Xia Li and most recently against Blair Davenport at NXT Years Evil. Well, a new challenge is on the horizon for the Irish superstar.
Lyra Valkyria announces the No.1 contender’s battle royal
Last night, Valkyria announced that a battle royal will be held and the twist is that once it is down to the final four competitors, the match will become a fatal four-way match. The winner of that match will become the No.1 contender and will face Valkyria for her title at Vengeance Day on Sunday, February 4.
During the same segment, Lola Vice and Elektra Lopez had a confrontation and eventually attacked Valkyria until Tatum Paxley came to the rescue. As a result, a tag team match pitting Vice and Lopez against Valkyria and Paxley has been also booked for next week.
This turned into CHAOS! @TatumPaxley saves @Real_Valkyria once again ?#WWENXT pic.twitter.com/Jf5DPv2EGy
— WWE (@WWE) January 10, 2024
Meanwhile, The Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic will continue on next week’s show as a couple of quarterfinal bouts have been scheduled. Carmelo Hayes & Trick Williams will face Malik Blade & Edris Enofe in one quarterfinal match, while Chase U’s Duke Hudson & Riley Osborne take on LWO’s Cruz Del Toro & Joaquin Wilde in the other.
Here is the lineup for the next week’s NXT episode:
- NXT Women’s Championship number one contender’s battle royal
- Lyra Valkyria & Tatum Paxley vs. Lola Vice & Elektra Lopez
- Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic quarterfinals: Carmelo Hayes & Trick Williams vs. Malik Blade & Edris Enofe
- Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic quarterfinals: Duke Hudson & Riley Osborne vs. Cruz Del Toro & Joaquin Wilde