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00:14The following is a Triple Threat Match,
00:19and it is for the Women's Intercontinental Championship.
00:28Introducing the champion,
00:29the champion,
00:29the winner of the challengers, first from San Jose, California,
00:37Bayley!
00:39You know, Wade, I mentioned three of the four horsewomen a couple of moments ago.
00:44Bayley is the fourth of that group, and she still has a chip on her shoulder to
00:48this day that she was not brought up at the same time as the three women I
00:52mentioned just a few minutes ago.
00:54Bayley has turned that in to an unbelievable career.
00:57She's had an A++ career, future Hall of Famer, as we always tell you about Bayley,
01:03and even the wording of your statement just then.
01:06Bayley is the fourth of the four horsewomen.
01:09To me, that is completely wrong.
01:11This is a woman who has proved it time and time again,
01:14and may well add one more piece of silverware to the cabinet tonight.
01:18Yeah, tremendous resume that will lead her to the Hall of Fame one day.
01:21A four-time world champion, an NXT champion, two-time tag team champion,
01:27Miss Money in the Bank, Royal Rumble winner.
01:30Bayley's done it all except win the Intercontinental Championship.
01:34.
01:36.
01:36.
01:38.
02:21The wings are out tonight.
02:28Next, from Dublin, Ireland.
02:34Lyra Valkyria!
02:36Lyra Valkyria, who says she feels alive when she flies, channeling the Irish God of War,
02:44Morrigan, who decides who lives and who dies on the battlefield.
02:47And for tonight, for Lyra Valkyria, the inaugural Intercontinental Champion, it is about belonging.
02:53She's heard a lot over the past few weeks that she doesn't deserve to be on the same stage as
02:58Becky Lynch and Bayley, but damn it, she's here tonight.
03:02Yeah, well, bow to bow, in ring.
03:05Lyra Valkyria is as good as anyone, and she has been for the past couple of years, to be fair,
03:10but it's really the personality shift over the past several months.
03:15It's that growth from, really, a girl in this industry to a woman, and it was the stabbing in the
03:21back by the Intercontinental Champion, Becky Lynch,
03:25that really peeled a new layer off of Lyra Valkyria.
03:29She means business now, and she has taken a backseat to nobody, not Bayley, and certainly not Becky Lynch.
03:35She understands it's hard to trust anyone in WWE.
03:55Here comes a moment from Dublin, Ireland.
04:00She is the Women's Intercontinental Champion, the man, Becky Lynch.
04:15And we'd be remiss if we didn't mention our great ring announcer here tonight at Evolution, none other than another
04:21trailblazer, Alicia Taylor.
04:23But turning back to Becky Lynch at the first Evolution back in 2018, Wade, she had a last woman standing
04:28match,
04:28where she beat Charlotte.
04:30It has been called one of the greatest matches of all time in WWE, and many believe that was really
04:35the turning point in this entire evolution.
04:38Yeah, undoubtedly, Becky Lynch, absolutely unparalleled when it comes to star appeal,
04:45and in this whole women's revolution, perhaps she was the first woman of them all in the locker room
04:52to get her name, her star value, on a par with the very top men of this industry.
04:58That's why she is the man, that's why she is the champ, and that's why she is box office wherever
05:04she goes.
05:06Big time best.
05:07A box office response from the thousands of WWE fans here tonight for the seventh-time world champion.
05:15Win an NXT title of Tag Team Championship on a couple of occasions for Royal Rumble as well,
05:21and that's what it's all about, the Intercontinental Championship that Lyra Valkyria won back earlier this year
05:28to become the inaugural champion.
05:29Becky Lynch would go on to, will attack Bayley, cost her Bayley a match at WrestleMania.
05:35Then will turn her back in Lyra Valkyria.
05:37And for Becky Lynch, it's about defending the title tonight.
05:40The Intercontinental Championship defended a triple threat match for the first time ever.
05:55They're on their feet in Atlanta.
06:00And again, triple threat rules.
06:02First woman to gain pinfall or submission becomes the Intercontinental Champion.
06:06And just like that, Bayley makes sure it starts off one-on-one with Becky Lynch.
06:12A little inexperience there from Lyra Valkyria, cost her right off the bat.
06:17Do not take your eyes off either of your opponents in a triple threat,
06:21despite the fact that perhaps you hate Becky more than you do Bayley.
06:25Becky Lynch owns a 6-3 record against Bayley in their career.
06:29Becky has a losing record, however, when it comes to Lyra Valkyria.
06:33Oh, and a nice back suplex by Bayley, who's taken over early in this matchup.
06:38Let's talk about what Bayley needs to do.
06:39Oh, and Lyra from behind.
06:41What does she need to do to win the title?
06:43I guess the...
06:43Remember, there's another person in the match.
06:45Yeah, absolutely.
06:46I forget the question.
06:47I was so taken by Lyra Valkyria.
06:49You're asking me, but what does Bayley have to do?
06:51Yes, indeed.
06:51Bayley has to solely focus her talent on eliminating one of these women out of the way
06:57so she can focus exclusively on perhaps Lyra Valkyria.
07:02Here we go.
07:02And an airfall kick out at one by Valkyria.
07:05Smartest thing you can do, get one opponent to the floor, drop them.
07:09A one-on-one matchup, and right now with big-time bets.
07:12Oh, temporarily down.
07:14That was the opportunity, and it's gone.
07:15And Becky looking to pin both of these women.
07:17Remember, we ended up in this triple-fetch situation or the double-pin a number of weeks ago
07:21between Lyra and Bayley.
07:22Roll up now on Becky and a kick out by the champ.
07:26And now Lyra Valkyria perhaps looking for Nightwing, and she hit that on both these women this past Monday.
07:33Becky Lynch taking a knee to the temple, then being used as a weapon by Lyra Valkyria.
07:38And Valkyria off the ropes and swung in to Bayley.
07:42So difficult to get any form of momentum this early in a match, Bart.
07:46Body lateral press and a kick out at two by the man.
07:49Valkyria perhaps finally getting a foothold, a month of frustration, rage, and anger outpouring
07:57out of the young Dubliner.
07:59The official in this matchup, Daphne LaShawn, down for the count, shoulders down, and a kick out at two.
08:06Remember, Lyra Valkyria beat Becky Lynch for the NXT Women's title.
08:11Ancient history, Michael Cole.
08:13That was back when no one really knew about Valkyria.
08:17Now word is out, and nobody is taking Valkyria lightly and moves like this are part of the reason why.
08:23Lyra Valkyria torturing Becky Lynch, making Becky pay, and Bayley gonna break things up with a big boot.
08:30Get a little too carried away with a nice submission hold there.
08:33Take your eye off Bayley.
08:35Leave yourself defenseless.
08:38And now one-on-one again.
08:39Up over the top goes Lyra.
08:41She'll roll through.
08:42Nice.
08:43Oh, kick into the corner goes Bayley.
08:45That was an ugly landing for Bayley.
08:47A head and neck snapping back off that bottom turnbuckle.
08:51One thing I've noticed, the maturation of Lyra Valkyria.
08:54The growth she's shown in the last number of months to support from the WWE fans.
08:59And now Valkyria, uh-oh, caught by Bayley and Becky, who work together momentarily.
09:04And now Lyra Valkyria tossed face first into our announce table.
09:07And it looks like it might be another night like last night out here at ringside.
09:11Once again, a little rush of bloods on the head of Lyra Valkyria.
09:15Perhaps got a little overexcited, overestimated her abilities against two of the best who are now throwing down right in
09:23front of us.
09:24And remember, no countouts, no disqualifications under triple threat rules.
09:28It's only pinfall or submission to win this thing.
09:30No champion's advantage for Becky.
09:32It's one of the things she was upset about, having to defend in a triple threat.
09:36Make too many enemies.
09:38It behooves the GM to set up a matchup like this.
09:42You've got to be incredibly careful when you hold gold in WWE.
09:46Baseball slide, drops Bayley to the floor.
09:48Always stuck the deck in your favor, and the man simply hasn't been able to do that tonight.
09:52And Becky, uh, since her return to WWE, uh, eaten up with ego.
09:58And something changed when she was out.
10:00Come on, when you have unmatched finesse like Becky Lynch, you can have all the ego in the world.
10:07Even more so when you're mistreated by youngsters like Lyra Valkyria.
10:11Mistreated.
10:12Wait a minute.
10:12She beat up Bayley, cost her a spot in WrestleMania, and then she turned on Lyra Valkyria to beat the
10:17hell out of her as well.
10:18Valkyria cost body.
10:20Becky Lynch helped Lyra Valkyria win gold at WrestleMania.
10:24And where was the thanks?
10:25Where was the gratitude?
10:26Valkyria went for a tornado.
10:27DDT off the announce table, and she's driven into the steps by Becky.
10:33Becky Lynch, as resilient as they come.
10:37So much accomplished in her career here in WWE.
10:41Talk about a woman who never paid attention to barriers in her career.
10:46A barrier came in quite handy right there for Becky Lynch.
10:50Now torturing the body of Bayley, the former friend.
10:54Now the big sploder under the barricade, and Bayley, uh, her right knee,
11:00may have tweaked as she came down, and Becky now realizing she may have an opportunity.
11:04Yeah, that's really interesting.
11:05You hit that barricade, you think it's a back impact.
11:08Inside.
11:09Leg hook gonna kick out at two, but Bayley is in trouble.
11:12Her arm, her knee as well.
11:14Let's take a look back at what we just saw here as Lyra Valkyria going high-risk.
11:20Oh!
11:20Blattening Bayley on the outside.
11:22But this was the moment the knee of Bayley got tweaked against that barrier,
11:28and Bayley really hasn't looked the same since.
11:30Bayley, who was a part of the first Evolution in 2018, a six-woman tag team match.
11:35Bayley, we're gonna win a championship here, the second Evolution.
11:39Bayley now delivers the forearms to Becky,
11:41and a kick right back to the midsection by Lynch.
11:43She's pretty much been dominating so far.
11:46They really pick apart Bayley.
11:47Bayley's movement has been hampered by that knee issue, and oh!
11:50Oh, and hanging Becky up on the second rope.
11:53There's the caliber of Bayley, that durability, fighting through a pain barrier,
11:58managing to get back on top, but always thinking, always with a plant up her sleeve,
12:04is Becky Lynch.
12:05And Becky now with the axe handle off the top rope,
12:08and Becky quickly into the cover, looking to retain her championship.
12:11Bayley kicks at two.
12:12So much disdain between Becky Lynch and Bayley.
12:15A lot of that has to do with the competitiveness.
12:17The work came up at the same time in the Performance Center as part of NXT.
12:20Volkers, you know, fighting to get to the top, the top level at NXT.
12:24And then Becky, of course, coming to WWE a bit sooner than Bayley.
12:28It's been a competitive ever since.
12:31The dog-eat-dog world at the very top.
12:35There simply aren't no friendships.
12:36Oh!
12:37It's all transactional.
12:39And the sooner you realize that, the better it is for your career,
12:43and perhaps for her generation, big-time Bex recognized it before anybody else.
12:50Again, Becky has been controlling Bayley in what has turned into a one-on-one matchup
12:55after Lyra was driven spine-first to the steps.
12:59Becky!
12:59Becky!
13:01Becky!
13:02Becky!
13:03Becky!
13:05Becky!
13:08Becky!
13:09Dragged Bayley up to her feet.
13:10Bayley fighting back, however.
13:11A couple of well-placed elbows.
13:14The attempt to really pick up the pace when it's one-on-one in a triple threat matchup.
13:18One opponent down.
13:19Get the pinfall if you can.
13:22Get the submission if you can.
13:24But this is a scramble in the ring now.
13:26Ooh!
13:26Went for Roseplant.
13:28Becky looking for Disarmor.
13:30Roll up by Bayley.
13:31Kick out.
13:31And looking in the background, Lyra Valkyria managing to pick herself up.
13:35Keep an eye on that one.
13:37Went for the manhandle slam.
13:38Lyra with a double-crossed body off the top rope.
13:41And Lyra is so fun to watch.
13:43For two or three minutes to shake it off, get back in there,
13:47and looks like a brand-new woman.
13:49And Lyra unloading with that unorthodox offensive style,
13:54but Becky using Lyra as a weapon.
13:57And now went for the manhandle slam.
13:59Nice roll-through fight.
14:00Lyra Valkyria cover for the win.
14:02And a kick out at two.
14:03Fast-paced matchup.
14:04Triple threat action.
14:05The reflexes of Lyra Valkyria may be the best in the industry right now.
14:10That was superb.
14:11Great suplex.
14:12Roll through, though.
14:13Becky.
14:14Caught.
14:16Again, for a fisherman's buster there.
14:19And shoulders are down.
14:20Is it enough?
14:21Bayley with an elbow off the top rope.
14:23From a bridging Lyra Valkyria.
14:26That is one way to snap your neck, Lyra.
14:28Take another look at this.
14:32Completely prone is Valkyria executing that pin,
14:35and that is a horrible amount of abuse for any spine to absorb,
14:39but Bayley ain't gonna care about that.
14:42This crowd is red hot tonight at State Farm Arena in Atlanta.
14:46Well, they are getting a show from these three women,
14:49three of the absolute best,
14:51and Bayley now looking to close in on victory.
14:55Bayley with a blow to the back.
14:57It's interesting to see how the deterioration of the relationship between these two is done.
15:03Turned into a brutal slugfest.
15:05I love it.
15:06We've got high flies.
15:07We've got tough missions in there.
15:09Becky now from behind.
15:10Look at a steal one on Bayley.
15:11Bayley rolls through, catches it with a knee to the nose.
15:14And the nose might have been the temple either way.
15:16It has wobbled the man, Becky Lynch.
15:18Up over the top.
15:19Sunset flip bomb.
15:20Becky into Lyra Valkyria.
15:23Bayley to win the Intercontinental Championship.
15:25And a kick out at two.
15:27That right there was the sweet spot in a triple threat match like this.
15:32A double whammy.
15:33Two for the price of one.
15:34Take out both your opponents in one foul swoop.
15:37That springboard elbow to Lyra Valkyria.
15:40Bayley trying to win again.
15:41Hooks the leg.
15:42Shoulders down.
15:43Lyra manages to power at two.
15:44And at what point, Wade, does Bayley start to get a bit frustrated?
15:48Well, it's right now, apparently, looking at the face of Bayley.
15:51She knows full well she has some real steam.
15:54Real momentum.
15:55And this was the moment she thought she'd score victory.
15:58And this late kick out from Valkyria.
16:01What else do you have in store here, Bayley?
16:03Got to move fast.
16:04And the problem is Becky Lynch, the champion's outside the ring.
16:07She does not have to be involved in the decision to lose the title.
16:10Bayley has turned this into a one-on-one matchup momentarily with Valkyria.
16:15That is exactly why champions avoid this predicament at all costs.
16:20If they've got any sense, Becky Lynch backed into a corner here.
16:24And that championship may be slipping away.
16:27Becky back up to the apron, though, and catches Bayley there before she can deliver any more offense.
16:33I've done a lot of this from Becky Lynch.
16:35Not a woman who had an easy ride to the top.
16:38And she's not going to give up her spot at the top of the intercontinental ranks to anybody easily.
16:44Well, again, neither of these, any of these women have had an easy ride to the top.
16:49I'll work the butts off to get here.
16:51Becky now superplexed to Bayley.
16:53Bayley quickly into the cover.
16:55Bayley gets the shoulder up now.
16:57Looking for the disarmer.
16:59This is the arm, an arm bar, though.
17:01And that's extended out the elbow.
17:04Bayley unable to block it, but nice reversal.
17:06Turns it into a counter and a kick out by Becky.
17:10Becky with an arm bar.
17:11Now going for the disarmer.
17:12That's her finishing move.
17:13And that was blocked well by Bayley, who knows full well the danger.
17:16Might be trying to rose blunt here.
17:18Oh, my God, the Peri Patea off the top rope.
17:22And Lyra Valkyria is an opportunity to win the intercontinental title.
17:27Kick out by Bayley at two.
17:29Another near fall.
17:31Well, this woman, Lyra Valkyria, made a huge name for herself in NXT UK.
17:36And it was this move, the Peri Patea, that scored her gold after gold over there.
17:42Wasn't quite enough, despite hitting it so cleanly on two opponents here at Evolution.
17:47All three women down in the ring.
17:49Triple threat match for the Intercontinental Championship to kick us off tonight on Evolution
17:54from the State Farm Arena in Atlanta.
18:02I've been singing the praises to Lyra Valkyria for many months now.
18:07The future of WWE, there's no doubt.
18:10Becky Lynch, though, wants to continue to hold on to the gold.
18:13And the reason Lyra Valkyria has done so well in this game is really because she's used
18:18the career of Becky Lynch as the blueprint to get to the top.
18:23Becky with the DDT and an inverted DDT.
18:26He's going to cover Lyra here.
18:27Has barely rolled out of the ring and Lyra able to stay in it.
18:30Another one of those double whammy.
18:32Two for the price of one moves from the veteran, Becky Lynch.
18:37Think quick.
18:38I don't agree with you on the point.
18:40Lyra Valkyria hasn't gone on anybody's coattails to get to where she is today.
18:45No, just used her career as the blueprint.
18:47That's her idol.
18:48That's the woman she followed in the footsteps of.
18:50Two young women from Goblin.
18:52One made it to the top.
18:53The other one, Valkyria said if she can do it, so can I.
18:56No big-time backs.
18:58No Lyra Valkyria.
18:59Becky now begging Lyra to make it back to her feet.
19:01Looking for the manhandle slam.
19:02Lyra able to turn it around into a pinning combination here.
19:04Another near fall.
19:05Becky turns it into a pin over on.
19:07Lyra Valkyria out at two.
19:10Oh, Lyra face first.
19:12And Becky Lynch now.
19:14Manhandle slam with authority.
19:16Here's the cover.
19:18Bayley saves the matchup.
19:20Perfect timing from Bayley.
19:22This one ain't slipping away from me.
19:24Not tonight.
19:26There is fire in the eyes of the role model now.
19:30Two women down.
19:31Pick your poison, Bayley.
19:37And Becky and Bayley now.
19:40Complete disdain for one another.
19:42And it shows.
19:48And Becky better there.
19:50Gloves off.
19:51Technique out the window.
19:52Who can hit hardest?
19:53Who can take the harder hit?
19:55And who's going to drop first?
19:59Oh, Bayley felt it coming.
20:01Caught her with a back elbow.
20:02And now Bayley with Becky up on her shoulders.
20:06And Becky takes down.
20:09Oh, Bayley with a...
20:11Oh, Becky counters.
20:11But Bayley actually got the better one into it.
20:14Bayley to Bayley.
20:15Cover.
20:17Rob and Valkyria breaks things up now.
20:19Oh, man.
20:20All three women have now had multiple opportunities to put this one away.
20:25But have been denied by the fact that the third competitor in the match is simply two on the ball
20:31this evening.
20:32That's triple threat rules for you.
20:34First woman to gain pinfall or submission wins the title.
20:39Now Valkyria was in control of Bayley.
20:42Bayley with a slap.
20:46And that just fired Lyra off with an enziguri.
20:49Dropping Bayley.
20:51Oh, the worst thing Bayley could have done there is simply reawaken.
20:55Night wing.
20:55Night wing by Lyra.
20:58And Bayley's got to break it up again.
21:00Lyra hit her finishing move.
21:02But Bayley's saving the matchup.
21:04Oh, man.
21:05That could not have been any later from Bayley.
21:08That's almost a photo finish.
21:10But this referee completely sharp.
21:13Pulling that hand away.
21:15A millimeter from the mat.
21:17And a millimeter away from a three count.
21:24Bayley begging for more.
21:26Lyra as well.
21:29Bayley now looking for the rose plant.
21:31Lyra jackknife covered.
21:32Shoulders down.
21:33Is it an up kick out by Bayley?
21:36Now looking for a night wing on Bayley.
21:38Bayley fighting out of it.
21:40Roll up again.
21:41May have her here.
21:42Lyra able to capture Bayley into a pinning combination of her own.
21:46All three of these women have been so fast-thinking, so fast-moving, so resourceful.
21:52Rose plant finally.
21:55Bayley stacks up Lyra.
21:57Becky from behind.
21:58A backslide.
22:00A backslide.
22:00Becky retains.
22:01Becky retains.
22:04Here is your winner, and still, the women's intercontinental champion, the man, Becky Lee.
22:19What an incredible way to kick off evolution as Becky retains their intercontinental championship.
22:25Much of the sagran of both Bayley and Lyra Malkyria.
22:28Oh, man, it was like buying a lotto ticket.
22:32That could have gone anywhere several times in this matchup.
22:35All three women brought that absolute A game tonight.
22:39And there was nothing in it.
22:42A manhandle slam there from big-time backs, and Bayley just was not allowing it to go down like that.
22:48And this was the Bayley to Bayley, and Bayley's big moment to capture the goal.
22:53But Lyra Malkyria was there with the denial.
22:56Yeah, and then Lyra Malkyria looking to put Becky Lynch away with what she calls Nightwing.
23:01Lyra had an opportunity.
23:03Bayley had other things in mind.
23:06Could not have been any closer.
23:07But this, when the rose plant finally hit, I'll tell you right now, this is the coolest pig I have
23:13ever seen in my entire time watching wrestling.
23:16And it did it tonight for Becky Lynch, who successfully retains the Women's Intercontinental Championship in a classic.
23:25And what a big battle.
23:28Becky Lynch is still the champion.
23:30The intercontinental champion.
23:35You ever do it!
23:37You ever do it!
23:39Becky Lynch!
23:40You ever do it!