Lyra Valkyria advances in WWE Women’s Intercontinental title tournament

Lyra Valkyria has made it to the next round of the Women’s Intercontinental title tournament.

Raw on Monday saw Valkyria defeat Ivy Nile and Zelina Vega to advance to the semifinals, earning the victory after she landed the nightwing on Nile. She will now face the winner of a three-way between Alba Fyre, Kairi Sane, and Natalya that has yet to take place. 

After GM Adam Pearce revealed the championship two weeks ago, the tournament to crown the first-ever Women’s Intercontinental Champion kicked off on last week’s Raw. Dakota Kai defeated Katana Chance and Shayna Baszler to become the first to advance. She will face the winner of a three-way between Zoey Stark, Raquel Rodriguez, and Kayden Cater. It currently isn’t known when the finals will take place.

A tournament to crown the first-ever Women’s United States Champion, meanwhile, is winding down. Bayley will face Chelsea Green and Michin will take on Tiffany Stratton this Friday on SmackDown. The winners of those two matches will move on to the finals to crown a champion at this weekend’s Saturday Night’s Main Event.