Bayley announces major Championship match for WWE RAW

For months, Bayley and Lyra Valkyria have been targeted on one purpose: the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships.

They talked about constructing momentum collectively and bringing actual consideration again to the division. That path now seems to be shifting. Bayley is stepping away from the tag chase and turning her focus to singles gold.

Before this week’s Monday Night RAW, Bayley confirmed her plans to problem AJ Lee for the Women’s Intercontinental Championship. It is a match she has wished for years. When Lee lately declared she could be a combating champion and put out an open problem, Bayley did not hesitate. She stepped ahead instantly. With that, RAW all of a sudden feels a lot greater as WrestleMania 42 approaches.

A Personal Match Years within the Making

This is not only one other title protection. Bayley and AJ Lee return greater than a decade. Their friendship has been public, their respect apparent. Fans nonetheless keep in mind when Lee wore Bayley’s merchandise throughout her remaining match years in the past, a small second that meant lots. Yet regardless of that historical past, they’ve solely shared the ring as soon as on tv.

That lack of matches has made this showdown really feel overdue. AJ Lee lately defeated Becky Lynch at Elimination Chamber to win the Women’s Intercontinental Championship. The evening after, she promised that her subsequent look would come with a title protection. She meant it. Now that protection is about for RAW.

The division round them is watching intently. Raquel Rodriguez and different contenders are eyeing the championship with WrestleMania season in sight. Open challenges can create unpredictable conditions, and nothing is assured till the bell rings.

But she has made one factor clear. She needs this match, and she or he needs it now. If the whole lot goes as deliberate, RAW will ship a championship conflict constructed on historical past, respect, and unfinished enterprise.