Lyra Valkyria will defend the NXT Women’s Championship against former champion Roxanne Perez at this weekend’s WWE NXT: Vengeance Day pay-per-view event.
On a recent edition of the “Busted Open Radio” podcast, Valkyria discussed her upcoming title defense against Perez.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On Roxanne Perez’s newfound aggression: “It’s definitely not something I’ve taken lightly. There’s definitely a very obvious change in Roxanne since she’s lost the title and had to pull herself back up from that loss. And I think you can very clearly see a difference in her. She’s more aggressive. She’s…I don’t know if you saw what she did to Arianna Grace a couple of weeks back, but that was a violent Roxanne that I hadn’t seen before. So that’s definitely on my mind going into Vengeance Day.”
On having a lot of competition: “I feel a little grizzled. I’ve got a lot of competition. I’ve got a lot of people who would stab me in the back to step up and take my title. I’ve got Lola Vice looking at me with that contract right now. She’s not one to play with knives. So yeah, I’ve had to step up, become more serious, and take my role more seriously as champion.”
