Tiffany Stratton is the new WWE NXT Women’s Champion – Tonight’s NXT Battleground Premium Live Event saw Stratton defeat Lyra Valkyria in the tournament finals for the vacant NXT Women’s Title. The title was declared weeks back due to the injured former champion Indi Hartwell going to RAW in the 2023 WWE Draft.
This is the fist title reign for Stratton. With this victory, Tiffany becomes the seventeenth NXT Women’s Champion in history, joining the likes of Charlotte Flair, Sasha Banks, Bayley, Paige, and Mandy Rose.
Here is a match recap from our live report:
The bell rings and they go at it. Valkyria dominates Stratton and they break. Stratton counters but Valkyria counters for 2 and she’s fired up. Stratton mounts offense but Valkyria leap-frogs and lands bad on her knee.
Valkyria gets the upperhand and sends Stratton out for a breather. Stratton lures Valkyria out and crashes her knee into the ring post. Stratton smashes the leg to the post again to boos. Stratton whips the knee brace off, then brings Lyra in with heavy offense to the hurt knee. Lyra kicks out at 2. Stratton keeps slamming the exposed knee into the mat. Stratton stretches her with a big bridge now. Lyra screams out and it breaks. Stratton covers for 2 and continues with strikes. Stratton ducks a kick and drives the knee into the mat for 2. Stratton with a Stretch Muffler now.
Lyra goes on but rolls her for 2. More back and forth. Lyra with a missile dropkick but her knee is hurting. They trade more strikes. Lyra sends Stratton to the floor, kicks her through the ropes. Stratton ends up getting countered into a big Crucifix Bomb for 2. Stratton dominates Lyra in the corner for 2. Lyra keeps trying but her knee is going out. She rolls Stratton for 2 and slams her again for 2 as fans rally.
Lyra unloads and looks to put Stratton away but her knee buckles on a kick. Stratton fights back but Lyra drops her for 2. Lyra is shocked at the count. Fans chant “NXT!” now.
Stratton slams Lyra, then hits the rolling senton into the corner. Stratton goes up and hits the Prettiest Moonsault Ever for the pin to win the vacant NXT Women’s Title.
Below are several shots of tonight’s title match from the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Massachusetts:
HERE WE GO!#NXTBattlground pic.twitter.com/z4PSo5m7nI
— WWE (@WWE) May 29, 2023
.@tiffstrattonwwe is absolutely destroying @Real_Valkyria's knee right now 😬#NXTBattleground pic.twitter.com/jbp44GyMKN
— WWE (@WWE) May 29, 2023
THIS IS AWESOME 👏👏👏#NXTBattleground pic.twitter.com/1ewvQK8Fxc
— WWE (@WWE) May 29, 2023
Tiffany Stratton's moonsault is simply PERFECT #NXTBattleground pic.twitter.com/T2YEBac5wW
— Wrestling Pics & Clips (@WrestleClips) May 29, 2023
Tiffany Stratton, your NEW #WWENXT Women’s Champion!!! #NXTBattleground pic.twitter.com/Dw2EIi2x2a
— Graham "GSM" Matthews (@WrestleRant) May 29, 2023
Tiffany Stratton, your NEW #WWENXT Women’s Champion!!! #NXTBattleground pic.twitter.com/Dw2EIi2x2a
— Graham "GSM" Matthews (@WrestleRant) May 29, 2023
Ladies and gentlemen, it's TIFFY TIME!@tiffstrattonwwe is the new #WWENXT Women's Champion!#NXTBattleground pic.twitter.com/sB2DWlSI55
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) May 29, 2023
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Tiffany Stratton Is The New NXT Women’s Champion
