00:22And to a great extent, the history between Bailey and Lyra boils down
00:29to one moment in time, that Midsummer Night nightmare at Madison Square Garden.
01:12So here is Bailey, who has spent years away building a legacy and then in recent months
01:18dealing with prices centered on Lyra Valkyrie.
01:22Yeah, so Bailey and Lyra joined together as a team over a year ago now, and two women of
01:29that caliber joining together as a tag team.
01:33There is only one measure of success.
01:36You have to become tag team champions.
01:39If you don't, it is deemed by everybody as a failure.
01:43Now, Joe, if it's a failure, there has to be blame a portion.
01:48So in Lyra's eyes, at least, the blame is a portion squarely at the feet of Bailey, who
01:54simply did not act in a mental capacity in the way that she was supposed to have.
02:00And as a result, this bitterness we see from Lyra Valkyrie having wasted a year of her career
02:06following Bailey around, to me, is quite understandable.
02:10To you would be the bold type and underline, because to most, they would disagree with that
02:17assessment.
02:18They would say that Bailey indeed acted like a veteran leader and a mentor and put Lyra
02:24in the best possible position.
02:26We will see what happens here as they go one-on-one.
02:30Bailey and Lyra Valkyrie.
02:32Now, something of great interest, Wade, going on back in the UK, Zufa Boxing 11.
02:39It takes place this Saturday at Copper Box Arena in London, and it'll be the Zufa promotional
02:45debut of heavyweight Johnny Fisher.
02:49And Johnny Fisher is one of these old-school, rugged British fighters.
02:55He brings it.
02:56He can punch through a brick wall.
02:58He only knows one way, and that is a heavyweight brawling style.
03:04He's a great, exciting addition to Zufa Boxing.
03:08And now he's on the roster, and Zufa Boxing 11 will mark the promotion's continued push
03:14into the UK heavyweight scene.
03:16Tickets are available.
03:17Remember, it's in London at Copper Box Arena.
03:19You can go to Ticketmaster UK.
03:21But you know the British fight fans, they love a fighter like that.
03:24Oh, no doubt about it.
03:26He wears his heart on his sleeve.
03:27He's a big old slugger.
03:29And I'm ready to see him knock somebody out at Zufa 11.
03:35And her opponent, from Dublin, Ireland, Lyra Valkyria!
03:54Hey, by the way, Barrett, did you see the news that happened in the trading card industry?
04:00John Cena's one-of-one WrestleMania-packs autographed trading card.
04:04It sold for $329,400 at auction.
04:09So that smashes the record for the most expensive WWE trading card of all time.
04:16It was said in 2023, there was a card of the rock that sold for $126,000.
04:21But now Cena's one-of-one WrestleMania-packs autographed card, $329,000 plus.
04:28Plus, you can follow at Top Wrestling on social media to stay on top of all the WWE trading card
04:36news.
04:36Can you believe that price at auction?
04:40And I think it's only the beginning of where that marketplace is going.
04:44Yeah, well, I still get PTSD when you bring up the name of John Cena.
04:48But here is a woman who seems to have a severe dose of PTSD.
04:52Oh, boy!
04:53Bayley and the bad blood between these two that reached a peak at Saturday night's main event back in Madison
05:00Square Garden a couple of months ago.
05:03Really forefront of the mind of Bayley right here.
05:06You just had a sense this would be the case.
05:09It is deeply personal.
05:10And you can see Bayley after what happened July 18th at MSG in NYC.
05:17When Lyra made Bayley pass out, Bayley!
05:20And you listen to what Lyra said earlier tonight, saying, maybe I didn't go far enough.
05:24Well, Bayley's getting right to it.
05:25Yeah, well, it's not only the choke-out in that match, it was the beat-down post-match involving those
05:30steel steps and the utter decimation of Bayley.
05:34It took Bayley a full two months to recover.
05:36And, of course, when she did return two weeks ago, cost Lyra Valkyria her money-in-the-bank qualifying matchup.
05:44So, things are not settled, at least in the eyes of Bayley.
05:47And tonight is the moment she intends to settle it for good.
05:50What an early statement being made by Bayley, jumping all over Lyra.
05:56Well, Lyra has been especially vicious, of course, at that Madison Square Garden bloody, brutal brawl that they both have
06:06that Lyra ended up victorious in, albeit with a broken and bleeding nose.
06:10But, oh!
06:12I'll tell you right now, Lyra Valkyria is not done with Bayley either.
06:16These two want to rip each other to shreds.
06:20A mentor and protege relationship that became the most bitter rivals, bitter enemies.
06:27And now looking to settle it here in San Antonio.
06:31The way Lyra sees it, she wasted a year of her career following Bayley around, and it took her career
06:36downhill.
06:37Well, that'll take you downhill in a hurry, too.
06:40Bayley in rare form in this matchup, and Lyra Valkyria does not seem to have an answer.
06:45I mean, just look at the expression on the face of Bayley as she gets flipped over.
06:50She's reaching for her left knee.
06:52Yeah, monkey flip, but caught the turnbuckle on the rotation, and that could have done some major damage to the
06:58knee of Bayley here.
06:59And Lyra is not giving her a chance.
07:02Peripatea!
07:03That high leg drop off the top rope, the Peripatea, so sudden with it.
07:09Well, take another look at this.
07:10She's won so many championships around the world with this move, including NXT UK, but Bayley just about with enough
07:17left in it to kick out.
07:18But questions about the health of Bayley, especially that knee.
07:22How about the height that Lyra just got there?
07:25Drive down all that weight with the leg drop.
07:27We're at the Frost Bank Center here in San Antonio.
07:30Of course, everything boiled up and over with these two at Madison Square Garden this summer.
07:37So from one legendary NBA venue to another, now it comes here into the deep heat of Texas.
07:44Yeah, you were never going to get anything technical between these two tonight.
07:48Just a pure brawl between two of the most highly motivated opponents you could imagine.
07:57Look at the state of Lyra Valkyria.
08:00That is what spending a year with Bayley can do to a person.
08:04You're out of your mind here with your assessment on that and the role that Bayley played.
08:08And Lyra's in complete control.
08:11I mean, you look at the career of Lyra Valkyria prior to the link-up with Bayley.
08:16She was winning tag championships.
08:18She was the inaugural intercontinental champion.
08:21And then what she won since linking up with Bayley, Joe Test.
08:24How about look at the career of Bayley and the blessing to have somebody like that with that resume
08:29enter your life at this stage of development for Lyra Valkyria?
08:33Yeah, well, that should in theory be beneficial.
08:35It didn't work out that way for Lyra.
08:37And Lyra is livid about the fact that she hooked her wagon onto Bayley and it did not pay off.
08:46Lyra trying to go up and meet Bayley.
08:49And now Bayley with that flying elbow drop.
08:54Oh, just about kick out.
08:57What a battle we have here.
08:59Deeply personal.
09:01Bayley and Lyra.
09:02Another elbow flies in.
09:07Look at Bayley going to work.
09:09Bullseye on every single one.
09:22Bayley managing to get a foothold in this matchup.
09:26I'm still concerned about the knee of Bayley.
09:28She seems to have shaken off the worst of it.
09:30Of course, I think every body part on both women is now hurting after what we've seen in the opening
09:35minutes of this one.
09:36Oh, Bayley's got her lined up.
09:38She's sitting there at the end of the exit ramp, but she scouted it, knew it was coming, and took
09:46care of that knee again.
09:47Oh, and that pendulum swing there from Lyra crushing the head of Bayley against the steel post.
09:56This is eerily reminiscent of what happened post-match at Saturday night's main event, and things are getting increasingly ugly
10:04here.
10:05And then dropping her right to the floor.
10:08And now the confidence bubbling up with Lyra.
10:14I think both women knew they were in for a war this evening, and both women were certainly up for
10:20that war.
10:21But it looks like now Bayley is starting to flag somewhat, given the abuse sent her way.
10:29Of course, not giving up the fight.
10:31Multiple-time world champion is Bayley, and part of the reason for that is that durability of the role model.
10:46Bayley, looking at Riley back, she gets tripped up by Valkyria, who then delivers another running leg drop this time.
10:52Into the cover and hooking the leg.
10:55Well, I'll tell you right now, Jotess, we've talked about this spiral into madness of Lyra Valkyria, this disheveled look.
11:02But her mind is clearly razor-sharp, as she went on the attack there against Bayley.
11:12Now looking to once again go for that neck of Bayley.
11:16Of course, it was the neck attacks at Madison Square Garden that did all the damage, ultimately leading to that
11:22choke-out.
11:24Perhaps that's the strategy now settling in here for Lyra Valkyria.
11:40Bayley's smart to hang on to that top rope.
11:43Well, Bayley clinging on for dear life there.
11:44It seemed to work, though.
11:46You're right, Jotess.
11:47Here we go!
11:47Oh!
11:49What impact.
11:50Yeah, he caught a move, driving the skull of Lyra Valkyria directly into the mat.
11:56And that is one way to swing momentum around.
12:03And it's the Bayley show, all of Ace Sudden.
12:13Bayley and Lyra, they know each other so well.
12:16The tendencies, the counters, the weaknesses.
12:19And perhaps where the emotional wounds remain after what happened this summer and continued on here to San Antonio.
12:30And now Lyra Valkyria looking to take complete control.
12:35Yeah, extreme levels of physicality throughout this matchup.
12:38It's going to take something pretty damn special to keep Bayley down.
12:42We might be about to see it.
12:44Bayley rolls out of the way, Wade.
12:46Yeah, smart veteran right there laying in wait until the exact moment.
12:53Bait your opponent in.
12:54Make them go big.
12:55Make them crash and burn.
12:57Just a perfectly executed moonsault.
13:01Except for the fact your opponent, Bayley, had simply moved out of the way just in the nick of time.
13:06What a scene here in San Antonio.
13:10Bayley and Lyra.
13:12As we have said, it has gotten so deeply personal since what happened back in July at Madison Square Garden.
13:19And what Lyra has said.
13:21Even going so far earlier, saying, maybe I didn't go far enough.
13:23Well, both women feel betrayed in different ways.
13:27Both feel like they were taken advantage of in different ways by people they trusted.
13:33And this is the end result of that.
13:37Oh, my.
13:38Lyra, what athleticism.
13:40What skill.
13:40Yeah, brilliant, nimble footwork from Lyra Valkyria.
13:45Just again, getting the advantage over the veteran, Bayley.
13:49And again, going for that choke.
13:51Yeah, she's going for what she terms the last breath.
13:53Get out the way, referee.
13:56Hitting our official for just a moment.
13:58Looking for some separation.
14:02Oh, man.
14:03Oh, man.
14:04The impact.
14:04Shoulders down.
14:05And the kick out by Bayley.
14:07Feels like a modified gut wrench power bomb that landed high on the back of the neck and shoulders of
14:12Bayley.
14:13She just about able to kick out.
14:14I don't know what Lyra was planning there, but it was devastatingly effective.
14:20And again, she mentioned time and time again, she wants to end the career of Bayley.
14:25Well, that is certainly one way to do it.
14:27And again, the attack on the neck.
14:29We're going to choke out that last breath of the career of Bayley.
14:34Bayley, so desperate to fight back any way she can.
14:38Fighting for survival at this point, Joe.
14:40It's not just a match.
14:41It's not just about winning or losing.
14:43It is about your health.
14:46Each competitor has taken damage.
14:49Bayley looking to rally back.
14:50Oh!
14:51She does.
14:52Bayley to belly.
14:53One, two, three.
14:55Quick as a flash when Bayley is under attack.
14:59Just hugs the arm.
15:01Pops those hips.
15:02Slams down Valkyria hard.
15:04And almost scores the win.
15:06But both women now hurting in a big way.
15:09You can see how much has been taken out of them.
15:13Of course, there has been an emotional toll as well in recent months.
15:17You see it on the face of the veteran.
15:19Well, that emotional toll is what is now driving both these women.
15:23Look out, Bayley.
15:24Crazed woman behind you.
15:27Oh, she's trying to get the last breath hooked in.
15:29And Bayley's smart to get to that top rope.
15:33And now, looking for Rose playing.
15:36And jumped out of the ring hard there by Lyra Valkyria.
15:40And what a scramble this is now turning into.
15:42You do sense the referee starting to lose control.
15:45Oh, uh-oh.
15:46Get out of the way, Joe.
15:47Watch out.
15:47Watch out.
15:48Oh, she sets her flying.
15:51She just got dumped right over the announce desk.
15:54Well, we've talked about the deranged look in the eyes of Lyra Valkyria.
15:58Now, sharing that look is Bayley, who has simply snapped here.
16:02Oh, Bayley is clearing the table.
16:05Bayley wants to do serious damage to Lyra Valkyria.
16:10Well, completely ignoring the referee at this point.
16:12Washington, the referee in no hurry to get out here.
16:16Now, watch out, Wade.
16:17You don't have to tell me twice, Joe Tess.
16:21And right now, things starting to look very bleak indeed for Lyra Valkyria.
16:27But no one's going to save you now, Lyra.
16:30She's putting her in position.
16:33Lyra's able to escape.
16:35Yeah, scarpering away just in the nick of time, saving herself in the process.
16:43But Bayley is still stalking her prey.
16:47On defense now is Lyra Valkyria, who is simply getting brutalized by a highly enraged Bayley.
16:59Bayley right back to work.
17:02Oh, she slips right through her legs.
17:04Oh, wow.
17:07Shoulders down.
17:13Here is your winner, Lyra Valkyria.
17:20Well, Bayley is so enraged there, unloading a Lyra Valkyria.
17:25Lyra using the ropes to attack the neck of Bayley.
17:29And I think she may even have had a handful of tights on that pin, too.
17:36Take another look at this.
17:38This was Bayley really going in for the kill on Lyra.
17:40A kick Lyra Valkyria.
17:42You sense Bayley had lost the plot at this point.
17:44But watch this move from Lyra.
17:46Neck first into the middle rope.
17:48The roll-up.
17:49Grabbing a handful of tights there.
17:51I think she might get a good shot at that the first time around.
17:53But understandably, absolutely living now is Bayley.
17:58Lyra gets the victory.
18:00But everything between these two is a three-count.
18:03Truly finishing anything.
18:04Look at the emotion.
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