Nia Jax made historical past to turn out to be the second-ever Queen of the Ring in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, defeating Lyra Valkyria at WWE’s King & Queen of the Ring occasion. The match performed out very a lot in the best way it was billed, Valkyria the bodily outmatched underdog in opposition to the “Irresistible Pressure” and needing to depend on explosive counter offense and agile maneuvers. There have been moments all through the match when the newly-minted “WWE Uncooked” star regarded to pluck the victory, however Jax endured and rebounded each time, lastly the An-Nia-Latorh within the nook to counter Valkyria’s tried powerbomb and choose up the win by pinfall.Â
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Jax put away a who’s who of former girls’s champions within the 2024 Queen of the Ring match earlier than successful tonight’s ultimate, eliminating Naomi and Bianca Belair within the first spherical and semi-final respectively. She scraped by means of the quarter-final in opposition to Jade Cargill on a technicality after bringing a metal chair into the combo as Cargill wrestled the weapon off of her and used it in view of the referee. Lyra Valkyria, then again, had a clear flush on her option to the ultimate as she eradicated Dakota Kai, Zoey Stark, and Iyo Sky. With tonight’s win, Nia Jax now has a shot on the WWE Ladies’s Championship at SummerSlam in August.Â
