{"id":120853,"date":"2023-10-25T01:29:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T05:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=120853"},"modified":"2023-10-25T01:29:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T05:29:18","slug":"new-nxt-womens-champion-lyra-valkyria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2023\/10\/25\/new-nxt-womens-champion-lyra-valkyria\/","title":{"rendered":"#AndNEW: Lyra Valkyria Capture NXT Women\u2019s Title from Becky Lynch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Orlando<\/strong>\u2014 <em><strong>NXT<\/strong><\/em> hosted <strong><em>Halloween Havoc<\/em><\/strong> night one, a week before the Halloween holiday, and the main event saw Black and Gold alum and standout <strong>Becky Lynch<\/strong> entering in as the NXT Women\u2019s Champion facing off against a fellow countrywoman in <strong>Lyra Valkyria<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A star is born. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Real_Valkyria?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Real_Valkyria<\/a>, YOU are the new <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWENXT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WWENXT<\/a> Women&#8217;s Champion! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HalloweenHavoc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#HalloweenHavoc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/leK6T7FrJw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/leK6T7FrJw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1717002898456862731?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 25, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">In a match that extended the time of a standard NXT telecast, Valkyria defeated Lynch with a surprising upset after a roll-up reverse of the \u201cManhandle Slam.\u201d Lynch\u2019s loss ends the reign at 42 days, making it the second shortest reign in the history of the championship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">Valkyria, formerly known as Aoife Valkyrie or Lady Valkyrie or Valkyrie Cain, trained under the same umbrella as the likes of her opponent Becky Lynch, and main roster standouts in Judgment Day\u2019s <strong>JD McDonagh<\/strong> (former NXT Cruiserweight Champion) and founder of the Fight Factory Pro Wrestling, <strong>Fergal \u201cFinn Balor\u201d Devitt<\/strong> (Current Undisputed Tag Team Champion) as she became a standout in the British Independent Wrestling scene, fighting for Pro Wrestling: Eve as well as Over the Top Wrestling before signing to WWE as a part of the then-<em><strong>NXT UK<\/strong><\/em> brand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">Lyra would eventually be a part of the mainland NXT show on the 13th of December 2022 edition of the show, making her debut. Valkyria would get several opportunities for the title from the <em><strong>NXT<\/strong><\/em> <strong><em>Stand and Deliver<\/em><\/strong> Ladder Match and competing in the finals of the NXT Women\u2019s Championship tournament losing to Tiffany Stratton at <em><strong>NXT Battleground<\/strong><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">Lyra\u2019s victory makes her the 17th holder of the NXT Women\u2019s Championship, this is Valkyria\u2019s first-ever title under the WWE Umbrella.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/h3>\n<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE content on the\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Network<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Peacock<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orlando\u2014 NXT hosted Halloween Havoc night one, a week before the Halloween holiday, and the main event saw Black and Gold alum and standout Becky Lynch entering in as the NXT Women\u2019s Champion facing off against a fellow countrywoman in Lyra Valkyria. A star is born. @Real_Valkyria, YOU are the new #WWENXT Women&#8217;s Champion! #HalloweenHavoc [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2484,"featured_media":120863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,2192,5,320],"tags":[163,8664,6939],"class_list":["post-120853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-america","category-wrestling","category-nxt","category-wwe-women","tag-becky-lynch","tag-lyra-valkyria","tag-nxt-halloween-havoc"],"modified_by":"Michael Joseph Sugue, Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2484"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}