Sol Ruca Open To Defending Title Against Lyra Valkyria, Who Has Helped Her On Main Roster

Sol Ruca is more than happy to defend her newly won WWE Women’s Intercontinental Title against Lyra Valkyria, as she noted in a new interview. Ruca won the title from Becky Lynch at WWE Clash in Italy last weekend, and she already has challengers lining up for a shot. This past week’s Raw saw Valkyria, a former title holder herself, angle for a shot to regain the championship against Ruca.

The champion spoke with TMZ Inside the Ring and was asked about potentially defending the title against Valkyria. Ruca said she’s all for it and thinks it would test her as a new champion. She also spoke about who has helped her on the main roster, naming Charlotte Flair as well as Bailey and Nattie. You can see highlights below:

On Who Has Helped Her On the Main Roster:

“I definitely think Charlotte has helped me a lot. I know we’re on different brands now. But when I was going up and doing stuff on Smackdown, doing some tag stuff with her and Alexa, she was very, very helpful with me and Zaria. And [she] would take the time out of her day to come and like talk to us about certain things and how we can improve, or if we had questions. Like, she was always down to answer them.

“Another person is Bayley. She’s absolutely incredible with that kind of stuff. And again, Natalya, like — I think across the board, I think everyone’s had an experience with her. Just like [she’s] trying to leave this place better than she found it and is just always on it and always just wants the best for us. Like, we’re all such girls’ girls that we just want to help each other out. And I think that she does that very, very well.”

On Valkyria Wanting a Title Shot:

“I mean, I am 100% down. Like I said, I am a fighting champion. Just got to iron everything out, make sure that it’s all good with Adam Pierce. But yeah, I mean, I would absolutely love to defend the title against Lyra. She is the first person to ever hold this title. So, I feel like it would be a great matchup and I think it’ll definitely test myself against another former IC champion.”

If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit TMZ Inside The Ring with a h/t to 411mania.com for the transcription.