Tatum Paxley Loves Lyra Valkyria’s New Persona, Hopes To Interact With Her

Tatum Paxley is happy to see her old bestie Lyra Valkyria make her turn to the dark side and hopes they can interact soon. Paxley and Valkyria have been close on WWE TV for quite a long time, dating back to their time together on WWE NXT. Valkyria came back to help Paxley on a number of occasions, but is now going through her own transition to a new character on WWE Raw.

Paxley talked about Valkyria’s character change during her appearance on Off the Ropes, saying that she knew her old friend had it in her. You can see highlights below (per Fightful):

On Valkyria’s Heel Turn:

“I knew she had it in her. That’s exactly why it was her all along. That’s why she had my heart. I just knew that she had this little quirk to her. I just knew it, okay? I love every second of it. I would love to have a long playdate with this Lyra Valkyria and get to know her. Because I just feel like it was in her this whole time, and I couldn’t get it out. But now that it’s out there, oh my gosh, I would love to just have a long sit-down with her.”

On Valkyria Coming Back To Help her In NXT:

“Oh my gosh. I won the Battle Royal to go against Jacy Jayne to get to the title and it was one of my first big wins of my career, and we hadn’t seen Tatum and Lyra (Valkyria) together for a while and I’m not even kidding you, when they told me Lyra was coming back for that episode, I cried. Picturing the moment of her running out after the win really warmed my heart. I owe so much of my career and where I am right now to that storyline that I had with her, and even of getting goosebumps just talking about it and talking about her. But yeah, I remember the feeling. I think she was actually the one who told me. She was like, ‘Hey. You know what you’re doing on Tuesday?’ I was like, ‘No,’ and she’s like, ‘Well, I think I’m gonna be coming to see you,’ and I was just so overjoyed, tearing up. It was beautiful, beautiful.”