Becky Lynch defeats Lyra Valkyria for WWE Women’s Intercontinental title
Becky Lynch has added a new championship to her list of career accomplishments.
At Money in the Bank on Saturday night, Lynch defeated Lyra Valkyria to become the new WWE Women’s Intercontinental Champion. The victory marks the first time Lynch has ever defeated her former protege. Valkyria had a 2-0 record against Lynch heading into tonight.
It was an underhanded victory for Lynch with her holding onto Valkyria’s tights for leverage as she got the pin. Despite cheating to win, Lynch tried to embarrass Valkyria by holding her to her word that she would raise Lynch’s hand if Lynch won. She posed to all four sides of the crowd as a dejected Valkyria held her hand up.
Lynch then forced Valkyria to put the IC title belt around her waist. She did so but was able to get the last laugh by laying Lynch out with a German suplex and Nightwing.
The result was the inverse of what happened at Backlash where Valkyria won that meeting but was attacked by Lynch after.
With the victory, Lynch becomes the second-ever Women’s Intercontinental Champion in WWE history. Valkyria was crowned the inaugural champ this January.
Lynch spent most of 2024 on hiatus from WWE but made her return at WrestleMania 41 this April, initially teaming with Valkyria to win the Women’s Tag Team titles. But the two Irishwomen began their rivalry the next night as Lynch turned against Valkyria with them dropping the tag belts to Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez.