WWE’s Top Women Dish Out Real Talk for NXT’s Next Wave at Stand & Deliver
Sarah Johnson
April 19, 2025
Brief
Lyra Valkyria aims for double WWE gold at Stand & Deliver, while NXT’s women’s division heats up with tag team rivalries and inspiring advice from top stars.
Lyra Valkyria isn’t just living her wrestling dream—she’s out here collecting championships and giving pep talks. Just a year after lighting up NXT’s Stand & Deliver, she’s now hitting the Las Vegas stage with a shot to become a double champ. Already holding the women’s intercontinental title, Valkyria is teaming up with Bayley this Sunday to snatch the WWE women’s tag team championship from Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez. Talk about a weekend hustle.
With the spotlight swinging to this year’s Stand & Deliver, Valkyria has some words for the next generation of NXT women hoping to carve their own path to WrestleMania 42 in New Orleans. "Give everything you have every single time you step in the ring," she told Fox News Digital. She’s keeping a close eye on the tag match, especially since her old NXT buddy Tatum Paxley is in the mix. If fate delivers Valkyria another title, there’s a good chance the two will be throwing down in the ring again—awkward reunion, anyone?
Meanwhile, the tag team scene is buzzing. Paxley’s now paired with Gigi Dolin, and they’ll be battling it out in a four-way tag match on the Stand & Deliver kickoff show. Their competition? Roxanne Perez and Cora Jade, Meta-Four’s Lash Legend and Jakara Jackson, plus Jacy Jayne and Fallon Henley. Whoever emerges on top will get a crack at the women’s world tag team championship. That’s quite a talent pileup—honestly, it’s almost enough to make you wish wrestling had a traffic cop.
Former two-time NXT tag champ Dakota Kai also chimed in with advice, drawing from her own journey from Future Star of NXT to main roster mainstay. "The women’s division is so stacked right now in NXT. I think it’s just, 'Don’t forget why you do this—for the love of it,'" she said. With all the ups and downs, she insists that passion is the real secret weapon in the ring.
Fans can catch Stand & Deliver on Saturday at 1 p.m. ET, live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. It’s set to be a showcase of rising stars, hungry veterans, and maybe a little friendly rivalry—because what’s WWE without a little drama?
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Editor's Comments
If ambition were a wrestling move, Valkyria would have already pinned it twice. Watching these women juggle titles, tag teams, and emotional pep talks is almost as dizzying as the actual matches. Let’s be honest, the only thing more unpredictable than a four-way tag match is trying to keep up with who’s friends and who’s frenemies backstage.
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