Earlier tonight, WWE Royal Rumble 2025 opened its doors with the Battle Royale Female – a match that included the main beginnings, the surprise returns and another victory by Charlotte Flair. Along the way, the first challenger in the WWE Intercontinental WWE of Lyra Valkyria may perhaps been solidified because it was eliminated by Ivy Nile from American Made. After elimination, the Nile made the universal gesture of title belts towards Valkyria, while the champion looked with a shock and a horror in his sudden elimination.
Valkyria entered the rumble at number four, followed by the Nile in seventh position. Immediately after entering the match, the Nile began to target Valkyria, although the two were then separated for a while before eliminating the champion.
Earlier this week, the Nile faced Valkyria on “Wwe Raw”, informing her that she had her eyes on the title. This is not the first interaction between the two, because Valkyria won a triple threat in December which also presented Nile and Zelina Vega to progress during the first round of the tournament to crown the first female intercontinental champion. In addition, the two fought on a short match in single on “WWE NXT” in 2023, with Valkyria winning to win a WEM NXT Women’s Women’s Championship.
Valkyria became the first women’s intercontinental champion last month by beating Dakota Kai in the second episode of “WWE Raw” to broadcast live on Netflix. Before that, Valkyria overcome Iyo Sky in the second round of the tournament.
As for the Nile, she had only one match between her loss of triple threat in December and the rumble of tonight. She beat Natalya in an episode of “WWE Main Event” last month, the match lasting a little less than five minutes.
