WWE crowns Women’s Intercontinental title number one contender
There is a new number one contender to the WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship.
Dakota Kai was victorious over Ivy Nile on Monday’s WWE Raw on Netflix to earn a future Intercontinental title shot at current champion Lyra Valkyria. The title match is set for next week’s Raw.
The title match will be a rematch of the finals to crown the inaugural Women’s Intercontinental Champion last month where Valkyria defeated Kai. That match took place on the January 13 Raw.
Valkyria has not defended the title since winning it, but took part in the women’s Royal Rumble match won by Charlotte Flair, and lost an Elimination Chamber qualifying match to Bayley on last week’s Raw in Nashville.
Kai has never held singles gold in WWE, but has twice held the WWE Women’s Tag Team titles. She also held the NXT Women’s Tag titles on two occasions. The NXT Women’s Tag titles were unified with the WWE Women’s Tag titles in June 2023.
An F4WOnline Editor since 2019, Ethan has been covering wrestling and MMA since 2011. He has hosted The Wrestling Life Podcast since 2014, and is a former Baltimore Sun TV/Tribune Media contributor. He is also a Baltimore Ravens and Baltimore Orioles fan.