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00:00Becky Lynch, come on.
00:03You see a trail raiser in this business.
00:06Somebody who's been to the mountaintop numerous times in the past,
00:10wants to get back there again.
00:12Is she ready to see somebody else do what she's done?
00:19She's a seven-time world champion.
00:22Once held the NXT Women's title,
00:25would lose that to her opponent tonight.
00:28Won the Royal Rumble, won the tag champs on two different occasions.
00:37It's pretty rare, Cole,
00:39that a superstar at the level of a Becky Lynch
00:42gets an opportunity to add to the cabinet,
00:45add to the silverware that she's already won
00:48with a title she has never held before.
00:51Big opportunity tonight.
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01:21Woo!
01:24Woo!
01:25There it is.
01:26Woo!
01:27Stalled!
01:28Woo!
01:29It's a great answer.
01:30It's a great song.
01:31It's very catchy.
01:32Great song.
01:33Great answer.
01:34It's only mildly ruined by Michael Cole and Pat McAfee.
01:39Woo!
01:40Easy for you to say, Wade.
01:44Yeah, apparently.
01:45Wade, maybe you should have just said,
01:46Woo!
01:47All right, you go.
01:48On beat, of course.
01:49Just like everybody else here in the Intuit Dome.
01:57Right, Wade.
01:58Now.
01:59Woo!
02:00Woo!
02:01I'm missing it all night.
02:02I haven't got the rhythm, that's the problem.
02:04Is that all of England, do you think, or just you?
02:06No, because the Beatles obviously had rhythm.
02:08They did.
02:09Rolling Stones, too.
02:10There's another Oasis.
02:11He certainly had rhythm.
02:12We got some great bands, Blur.
02:14So maybe just missed you.
02:16Custer Closby, apparently.
02:17Custer Closby, apparently.
02:18Lyra Valkyria, Intercontinental Champion.
02:22Our first ever.
02:24I wonder if-
02:25Has carried that title well.
02:26I wonder if Mr. Iguana likes to call him a chameleon.
02:29No.
02:30I forget it.
02:35The following contest, scheduled for one fall,
02:39is for the Women's Intercontinental Championship.
02:52Introducing first, the challenger from Dublin, Ireland.
02:58The man, Becky Lynch!
03:09And look at this, wasting little time.
03:11Lyra Valkyria ticked off at Becky, and taking the fight to the man in this matchup.
03:17And so much bad blood between these two.
03:19Of course, Lyra Valkyria cost Becky Lynch a place in the Women's Money in the Bank ladder match.
03:26In numerous brawls between the pair of women.
03:28Well, let's get this straight.
03:29First, Lyra beat her for the NXT Championship.
03:31Then, at WrestleMania, Lyra and Becky win the Women's Tag Team titles.
03:35The night after they lost to Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez.
03:37Becky turned her back, and Lyra beat the hell out of her.
03:40And that's why we're here tonight.
03:42Well, Lyra Valkyria was the one who lost that tag match and lost the tag gold.
03:47Ruining Becky Lynch's triumphant return to WWE, hence the bad blood.
03:53Lyra Valkyria didn't even get an opportunity to get injured.
03:57Oh, and Becky Lynch dropping her on the floor.
03:59Remember, Champions Advantage tonight.
04:01Becky has to pin her submit.
04:03Lyra Valkyria to win the Intercontinental title.
04:06Valkyria now writhing in agony, grabbing that left elbow,
04:10which took all of that momentum of Valkyria's fall.
04:15Becky smells of desperation right now.
04:18She's never beaten Lyra Valkyria.
04:20She lost to her with the NXT title on the line.
04:22She lost to her back at Backlash for the Intercontinental Championship.
04:26And Lyra is just, she has so much confidence now, Wade.
04:30Becky Lynch, I think, is taken out of her game.
04:33Well, both of those victories by Lyra Valkyria over Becky Lynch were very quick pins out of nowhere.
04:40Nothing decisive in Lyra, but the rivalry this heated.
04:44You need to make a statement by knocking out your opponent or making them say, I quit.
04:49And Becky with a big exploder.
04:50She's been dominating here thus far.
04:52After Lyra Valkyria started the match off quickly.
04:54Cover now for the championship and a kick out by Lyra.
04:57Becky clearly had a plan.
04:58She was going to attack early.
04:59Now she's in charge.
05:01Everybody on the kickoff panel had Becky Lynch winning this match tonight, except for me.
05:06That's why...
05:08I think Lyra needs to really fight back here.
05:10But Becky's executing a game plan that Hall of Famers would put together.
05:14I'll tell you right now, you mentioned that...
05:16This is your champion for about five more minutes.
05:19Valkyria over Becky Lynch.
05:21I would argue that Becky Lynch took Lyra Valkyria too lightly.
05:25She wasn't aware how much Valkyria has grown and developed over the past six months.
05:29This is a very different Becky Lynch tonight.
05:32This is game day Becky Lynch.
05:34Big time backs here to make a statement against the young pretender.
05:38Yeah, this is a different Lyra Valkyria than the one she remembers to be.
05:43The young girl.
05:44Next slide by Lyra.
05:45Kilders down.
05:46Rep Jessica Carr in perfect position.
05:48This is Intercontinental Champion.
05:49Oh!
05:50Oh!
05:51Went for the manhandle slam.
05:52Great counter by Lyra for the win and a kick out by Becky.
05:54Really nice reversal there.
05:55So, how technically a scoop Lyra Valkyria is.
05:58Yeah, that was a great...
05:59Great counter by Becky into the cover.
06:01Kick out at two.
06:02Lyra was going for Nightwing.
06:03Her finishing maneuver.
06:05Lyra's been the only woman to hold the Intercontinental Championship.
06:08She won the inaugural tournament back in January.
06:11140 days as champion.
06:13Becky Lynch, of course, has never held the Intercontinental title.
06:16Would like to add that to her resume tonight.
06:18How nerdy and timid did Lyra Valkyria used to come across
06:23in her early days here on the Raw and SmackDown roster.
06:26Oh!
06:27A new side of her brought out by Lynch.
06:28Leg drop, cover.
06:29Hooks the leg.
06:30Almost in here.
06:31All that time by Becky.
06:33It was often that wake up moment for young superstars
06:37when they break in at the very top level.
06:39You have to realize the guys and the girls that you watch,
06:42the guys and the girls that you studied, the greats,
06:45they ain't your friends anymore.
06:46They have to stop being your heroes.
06:48It's dog-eat-dog at the very top of this game.
06:51Becky Lynch is frustrated.
06:53And I think she's a bit desperate as I said before.
06:56In her last five matches for a championship,
07:00Becky Lynch is old for five.
07:02Has not been able to get it done.
07:04And the more that streak goes on, Pat,
07:05the more it gets in the back of your head,
07:07that maybe you can't win the gold again.
07:08You may just start getting a little bit emotional about it,
07:10which we've certainly seen out of Becky over the last couple of weeks.
07:13When you call it emotional, I call it a sore loser.
07:16Do you know who else shares that trigger been a sore loser?
07:19Pretty much every Hall of Famer we have in WWE.
07:23It's a good thing at the top.
07:25Yeah, certainly not used to it.
07:26Lyra ducks underneath.
07:28Spitting neck breaker to Becky and both women down.
07:33Lyra's not familiar with losing as well.
07:36Seems like all she does is win, certainly since she got here to Monday Night Raw.
07:39Yeah, confidence is just growing.
07:41She's everywhere in media around the world.
07:44Metro UK interview this week.
07:48She talked about learning it's fight or flight.
07:51Do it or don't.
07:53She was featured in Muscle and Fitness for her CrossFit routine.
07:57The world is beginning to learn more about Lyra Valkyria.
08:00And the more times she has five-star matches like she had at Backlash
08:03and perhaps here tonight, the more people are going to appreciate
08:06what this young woman can do.
08:08It's nothing but a great sign when a superstar absorbs more spotlight
08:12and gets better and better like Lyra Valkyria has done.
08:17But this is a real test tonight because Becky Lynch has the bit between her teeth
08:22and is out for blood.
08:23Yeah, but now Lyra Valkyria starting to come back a bit in this match.
08:26Oh!
08:27Down goes Becky for the win now.
08:30Becky barely kicks out at two and a half.
08:34Top tier durability shown by Lyra Valkyria.
08:38So far not a surprise that Becky Lynch has that same level.
08:42And remember what else is at stake here.
08:44Becky loses, she'll never get an opportunity at the Intercontinental title
08:48as long as that young woman Lyra holds the championship.
08:51However, if Becky should win, then she wants to embarrass Lyra
08:55about forcing Lyra to hold Becky's hand in the air
08:58as Becky celebrates her victory.
09:00That humiliation is just as bad as the prospect of losing the goal to Valkyria.
09:05Now by Becky looking to win the title this way.
09:07Lyra Valkyria able to reverse, shoulders down, kick out.
09:11So talented.
09:15Becky, so smart.
09:18Becky DDT stands Lyra up on the top of her head.
09:21Becky closing in on the title.
09:23Hook of the leg for the win.
09:25Near fall again for the man.
09:26Every disc in the neck of Lyra Valkyria just got compressed
09:31by this spike DDT.
09:35All of the power and momentum right on the top of the cranium.
09:40And Valkyria is looking like she's in a mess now.
09:43There's levels to this game.
09:46And this we are witnessing is called Unmatched Finesse from Becky Lynch.
09:51Becky into the corner, launched out to the apron by the champion.
09:56Right hand by Becky, stuns Lyra.
09:58Becky just been a step quicker I think here tonight so far.
10:01Becky calls this city home.
10:03Managed to knock the stuffing out of Lyra Valkyria who has dropped down the gears
10:08and is desperately now trying to get back into the fight.
10:12Yeah, Becky had a completely different game plan tonight than she did last month at Backlash.
10:17And that again shows you the level of Becky Lynch.
10:20Someone can change it up.
10:21Look at the power of Valkyria from the top rope!
10:24Lyra!
10:26Look at it put Becky away!
10:29Oh, down goes Becky!
10:32Cover!
10:33On that Fisherman's and a kick out by Becky at 2.
10:36And it really shows you how evenly matched these two R's.
10:40We take another look at this suplex from the very top by Valkyria
10:44who's stacked it with his Fisherman suplex.
10:46Devastating combo there.
10:48But neither woman has really had an extended period of superiority in this match.
10:54Thus far it's been back and forth aside from 20 seconds here.
10:5720 seconds there.
10:59Absolutely.
11:00Wade, you said evenly matched and you're right.
11:04The last couple of matches they had could have gone either way.
11:07And Lyra came out on top.
11:09Which helped this amazing confidence build in this Intercontinental Champion.
11:16Yeah, Lyra Valkyria over the last couple of weeks has been talking the same game that she's been walking.
11:21Which is the top of the WWE.
11:23Went for the moonsault.
11:24Lends on her feet.
11:25Becky runs into a heel kick.
11:28That turned Becky inside out.
11:30Valkyria now with an opportunity.
11:32Becky turns it around.
11:36Into an armbar now.
11:38Becky in an armbar.
11:39On Lyra.
11:40Lyra's in trouble.
11:41Lyra taps.
11:42Becky's the champion.
11:43Lyra's eyes popping out of her head.
11:45Realizing that...
11:48Great move by Lyra.
11:50So smart to get out of the fire and back on the offense.
11:53Just like that guy.
11:55And now Valkyria knee to the back of the neck.
11:57Look at the way that Becky Lynch's legs are bending here.
12:01Modified half-busting crab.
12:03And why the hell are you taking this now, Lyra?
12:05Lyra's so innovative for such a young superstar.
12:08Yeah, punishing Becky Lynch.
12:10Technical masterclass from one of the Dubliners in this match.
12:15It's been like this since the beginning.
12:17She is so talented.
12:18Yeah, Becky, uh...
12:20Gonna force a break.
12:21A five count.
12:22And that's really frustrating if you're Valkyria.
12:25You know you've got the game-winner in your hands.
12:27And Lynch escapes from your clutches,
12:30but straight back on the offense.
12:32Cross-body by Lyra out to the floor.
12:35Yeah, Valkyria's not taking her foot off the gas.
12:38You simply cannot do that against someone the caliber of a Becky Lynch.
12:42You can't give him a window.
12:44Becky Lynch is scrambling now,
12:46trying to get that distance that it's worked.
12:48Yeah, Becky, uh...
12:49Lying over the hood of the Spanish announce table.
12:53Lyra Valkyria comes out to bring the fight to Becky.
12:56Becky, though...
12:57There we go.
12:58Elbow to the midsection.
13:00It's all about the...
13:01What?!
13:02Intercontinental...
13:03What?!
13:04Lyra Valkyria...
13:06...punting Becky Lynch.
13:08Becky Lynch looking like she's got nothing left in the tank at this point.
13:12She's been outgunned over the last couple of minutes by Lyra Valkyria.
13:16Lyra now gonna climb up on the top of the Spanish announce table.
13:19Becky Lynch is prone.
13:23Over the barricade.
13:24Lyra now!
13:25Lay dropped to the back of the neck of Lynch,
13:27and Lynch just collapses!
13:29Lyra Valkyria!
13:31That's a high risk there from Valkyria.
13:34Landed nastily on her own tailbone,
13:36but shrugging it off.
13:37Clearly the worst for wear.
13:39Now Becky Lynch!
13:41Lyra Valkyria ready to risk it all.
13:43She said she feels alive when she can fly,
13:45and that's what Lyra's gonna do here.
13:47Becky though.
13:48Carter stacks her up for the win,
13:50and the championship!
13:51And a kick out at two!
13:52I don't know if that was reflexes from Lynch,
13:55or just playing possum and sucking...
13:57Suckering, excuse me.
13:59Lyra Valkyria into this one after this kind of offense.
14:04Just superb stuff from Becky Lynch,
14:07almost pulling out the victory at the death.
14:10This has been an incredible match tonight
14:14for the Women's Intercontinental Championship.
14:16Did not disappoint.
14:17Becky Lynch, the challenger.
14:19Lyra Valkyria, the champion.
14:21Both women down, center of the ring.
14:24We are sold out tonight in Los Angeles.
14:26At the Intuit Dome in front of 17,374 WWE fans
14:33who have been vocal all night long.
14:35Becky Lynch certainly did not get an easy ride
14:38to the top of this industry,
14:40and she has not given anyone else one either.
14:43Certainly not.
14:44Lyra Valkyria.
14:46You wanna climb?
14:47You wanna go somewhere here?
14:48You gotta get past this version of Becky Lynch,
14:51the acid test.
14:54Lyra Valkyria is ready to say,
14:56I am already past you.
14:58I am the Intercontinental Champion.
15:00It is me who will carry Ireland going forward.
15:09Lyra, ready for the moment, ready for the pressure,
15:11ready for the spotlight.
15:12Is she ready to put Becky Lynch away?
15:17Now, Carrier with Becky on her shoulders.
15:19Oh, manhandle slam by Becky from the second row for the title,
15:28and Lyra kicks out at two!
15:31And Becky can't believe it!
15:34How cold!
15:36A super manhandle slam!
15:38And all the color draining from the face of Lynch,
15:44all the Hulk fading with it!
15:47That was the ultimate nuclear weapon from Becky Lynch!
15:51And more than equal to it was Lyra Valkyria!
15:56And the tank has fully run dry!
15:59And Becky Lynch now trying to figure out,
16:01what do I do?
16:02I haven't ever been able to beat Lyra Valkyria.
16:05I had an opportunity,
16:06with a massive manhandle slam from the second rope,
16:09and I still couldn't get the job done!
16:11How does she beat Lyra?
16:13Well, your best shot,
16:14and you came up blank!
16:16You're in big trouble,
16:17and Becky Lynch is about to come unglued!
16:20Ooh, big slap from Lyra!
16:22Lyra just never gives up!
16:24Oh!
16:25And she might now!
16:26Whipped head and spine first!
16:28Manhandle slam outside!
16:30Onto the floor,
16:31but Becky's gotta get her back in the ring
16:33in order to win the championship!
16:34A five count by our official Jessica Carr!
16:38Becky Lynch tapping into a new level of savagery here!
16:42And Lyra Valkyria,
16:43as Becky's trying to,
16:45and she's gotta get in the ring to,
16:46to force the,
16:47to count to be broken!
16:49Wise veteran move by Becky!
16:52Also by Lyra!
16:53Lyra though!
16:54Nightwing!
16:55Nightwing!
16:56Nightwing!
16:57Outside the ring to the floor!
16:58Both women are down with the title up for grabs!
17:03Nightwing onto the floor!
17:05Lyra Valkyria!
17:07Just a blink of an eye!
17:09Reactionary moment!
17:10And this may be a double count out here, Coach!
17:13Count of seven now!
17:14Double count out means Lyra keeps the championship!
17:16We are now at a count of eight!
17:18Both women are struggling here!
17:21And now Becky and Lyra both beat the count in a count of nine!
17:24Thank God!
17:25A double count out there would have solved absolutely nothing!
17:30Thankfully for all of us, this match lives on!
17:32Well, Lyra still would not have a loss to Becky Lynch!
17:34Yeah, but let's talk about it!
17:36So, the hand of Becky Lynch would not have been raised!
17:40The opportunity for Becky Lynch to never challenge again for that Intercontinental Championship!
17:45A double count out!
17:47None of that matters!
17:49We need a conclusion tonight!
17:52And we're gonna get one!
17:54Lyra and Becky now, fighting!
17:57Again, just no love lost between these two!
18:00Lyra Valkyria used to idolize Becky Lynch!
18:04Grew up wanting to be just like her!
18:06Becky became a mentor before she turned her back on Valkyria!
18:09And now Becky, into the ropes, roll up now by Lynch!
18:13Becky Lynch!
18:14Lyra able to turn it around into a pitting combination of her own before Becky kicks out!
18:19Look at the wounds of Valkyria's back!
18:21Lyra now, rolls through, shoulders down!
18:24Will she beat Becky again that way?
18:26Becky Lynch now!
18:27Becky!
18:28Oh!
18:29And listen, wait a minute!
18:30From our point of view, I can see Becky at the tights!
18:33Here is your winner and new women's Intercontinental Champion!
18:42The man, Becky Lynch!
18:48Becky Lynch wins the Intercontinental Championship after a tremendous reign by Lyra Valkyria!
18:54And I'm wondering if we got a camera angle on the other side of the ring because Becky Lynch clearly, from our vantage point, had pulled the tights of Lyra Valkyria, giving her the opportunity to pick up the win!
19:05I don't know what you're talking about, Michael!
19:06Becky Lynch!
19:07Becky Lynch!
19:08This is what I'm talking about!
19:09Right there!
19:10Becky's got the tights!
19:11Becky's got the tights!
19:12And she picked up the win over Lyra!
19:14Wasn't a clear angle as far as I'm concerned, but what is a clear angle is Becky Lynch with some newly acquired gold, and there's still a little bit of business to take care of now in the aftermath, isn't there, Michael Cole?
19:31Lyra has to lift Becky's hand!
19:36And Becky knew where the ref was!
19:37I assume is what Becky would say!
19:39Hand on the tights for sure!
19:40I saw the same thing you did, but it doesn't matter now!
19:44The man is Intercontinental Champion!
19:47And Lyra's gotta pay up!
19:49A deal is a deal!
19:51Well, Lyra Valkyria, a very proud woman, a very proud champion!
19:56She'll uphold her into the bargain, there's no doubt about that!
20:03I mean, it's a tough time, she's humiliated and embarrassed for having to do this, but...
20:08Lost her most prized possession to her most hated rival, here we go!
20:13Oh, come on, you gotta give Lyra credit, true sport there!
20:25Acknowledging the Queen of Dublin's Fair City, Becky Lynch!
20:32All four sides!
20:34Oh, come on!
20:35Yep!
20:36Give the people that money's worth!
20:38Lyra did what she was supposed to do, Wade!
20:40And it was never agreed upon, it's always in the details!
20:45Do it with gusto, that's it! Do it like you mean it, Lyra!
20:48Thank you!
20:49Why do this to this poor woman?
20:50Without victory!
20:51Without making a statement, Cole!
20:52Oh, yeah, I gotta complete the deal, she's saying!
20:53You gotta strap it around my waist!
20:54Oh, I don't know if they talked about that!
20:55Crowning the new champion here, if we do it, we do it right!
20:56Well, first she cheats to win, then she's gotta put on this public display of humiliation for the former champion Lyra
21:02Valkyria.
21:03Valkyria needs to know her place in the pecking order, and this is it!
21:06Directly beneath!
21:07The Intercontinental Champion!
21:08The Intercontinental Champion!
21:09The Intercontinental Champion!
21:10Oh, look at this!
21:11No!
21:12Yeah!
21:13Yeah!
21:14at first she cheats to win
21:17then she's got to put on this public
21:19display
21:21of humiliation
21:22to the former champion Lyra Valkyria
21:25Valkyria
21:27needs to know her place in the pecking
21:29order and this is it
21:31directly beneath
21:33the intercontinental champion
21:35big time
21:36Lyra Valkyria
21:41has had enough
21:42German
21:43Nightwing
21:44well Becky deserved that way
21:50Lyra lived up to her
21:52part of the bargain
21:53and then some
21:55Lyra Valkyria is a sore loser
21:58if you ask me it's one thing I really hate
22:01it's a sore loser
22:02listen at the end of the day if she held up the
22:04arm once and left
22:06no problem, Becky's the intercontinental champion
22:09Lyra though
22:09got a little payback
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