Lyra Valkyria talks Becky Lynch.
On the WWE RAW After WrestleMania 41, Becky Lynch would turn on Lyra Valkyria following the pairing's loss of the WWE Women's Tag Team Championships to Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez. On last week's edition of RAW, Lynch would once again blindside Lyra ahead of their WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship bout at WWE Backlash on May 10th.
While speaking to SI The Takedown's Zach Heydorn in a new interview, Lyra spoke about how much Lynch liked being the idol.
"She liked being the idol. Even as far back as NXT, she was very helpful and gave a lot of advice. And then when she came down to NXT later, she liked being the one that was in the higher position. And then I came up to the main roster and that advice and that warmth just disappeared. And then I started to do a lot of cool things and she took some time off. I defended this title more than she's been at work this past year. But look, Becky's great. She's talked herself into every opportunity she's ever had, no matter who that hurts. That's what she's always been good at. I don't think she likes that I'm now on the same platform and you saw on Monday that I'm not going to be stood on. I'm not here to be a super fan. I've learned I'm not here to be humble. I'm not here to be 'okay, yeah, whatever you think is best.' Like, I don't care. I've seen people try. I've seen how people get ahead and I'm not having it. So at Backlash, I'm going to prove that."
Valkyria continued, noting that Becky is the one who broke all of the glass ceilings for Irish women in pro wrestling, noting that the idea of what she'd be like and the Becky she has known have been different.
"She's the one that broke all the glass ceilings. Like an Irish girl that went and didn't just succeed, but she smashed the ceilings and did it all. So, I kind of had an idea of what she'd be like and it's been quite different. But, there's also a learning experience in that. Like, even the people you look up to most, they're not going to always be exactly as you expect them to be. So that in itself is a learning process. I also think that works for me, because I've always been the best with trial by fire, so having to stand up for myself and really put myself on the map, there's a learning experience in that as well."
Becky Lynch is scheduled to call out Valkyria on tonight's edition of WWE Monday Night RAW. You can check out our full preview for tonight's show here.
