Lyra Valkyria: WWE main roster experience ‘suits me a whole lot more’ than NXT
Women’s Intercontinental Champion Lyra Valkyria is “absolutely loving” her experience on the WWE main roster.
It’s been nearly a year since Valkyria was called up to WWE Raw. During an appearance on the Battleground podcast promoting next Monday’s episode, Valkyria compared her time in NXT to her lifestyle on Raw. She feels like the main roster suits her more because there is more travel and the pacing provides more room for creativity.
“I feel like NXT is such a bit — a faster pace. Whereas on the main roster, I feel like I have more, I suppose, more room for creativity,” Valkyria said. “A lot of the time, even just traveling week-to-week, I don’t know, there’s just a lot more space. I feel like in NXT, you’re in the [Performance Center] every single day. So I just feel like the lifestyle of Monday Night Raw suits me a whole lot more. And I get to see so much more of the States. I get to travel. I’m absolutely loving it.”
Valkyria — who is from Ireland — said she’s always loved the journey that wrestlers get to experience, traveling around to different cities and experiencing the energy that different crowds bring.
In NXT, Valkyria held the NXT Women’s Championship one time. She captured her first main roster gold last month by defeating Dakota Kai in the finals of a tournament to become the inaugural Women’s Intercontinental Champion.
An Elimination Chamber qualifying match between Valkyria and Bayley will take place on Raw this coming Monday from Nashville, Tennessee. Liv Morgan is the only participant that has qualified for the women’s Chamber so far.
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