Xia Li will be the next to challenge Lyra Valkyria.
In a post on X, NXT shared a video of Lyra Valkyria watching footage of Li with trainers when one mentioned that she would be defending the NXT Women’s Championship next Tuesday on NXT. Valkyria then got a text message from Li inviting her to a warrior’s tea ceremony for this coming Tuesday’s show.
On last week’s NXT, Li came out as Valkyria was talking about winning the NXT Women’s Championship from Becky Lynch, demanding she get a title match. The two ended up having to be separated by security. Li ended up taking out one of the security guards with her spinning roundhouse kick.
Li defeated Indi Hartwell on Monday’s Raw, with the referee stopping the match after Hartwell was taken out by one of Li’s kicks. Becky Lynch, who had been taken out the week prior, made her return and announced that she would face Li on next week’s Raw.