A historic WWE championship match has been delayed until further notice for a specific reason.
For the past few weeks on Raw, matches have taken place in the tournament to crown the first-ever Women’s Intercontinental Champion. On the December 30th edition of Raw, Lyra Valkyria and Dakota Kai each won their respective semi-final matches and will face each other in the final round. However, contrary to what many fans had expected, the title match will not be taking place on the January 6th Raw, which is also the premiere episode of the red brand to be broadcast live on Netflix. Instead, the match will take place on January 13th.
Addressing the delay in the match on Sportskeeda’s Backstage Pass podcast, WrestleVotes noted that the finals were shifted to a later date so that the importance of the final will not get lost among the many newsworthy events expected to take place on the Netflix debut show:
“We are told that WWE shifted the finals of the Women’s Intercontinental Tournament off of the Netflix debut in order for the match to not get lost in the shuffle. It seems like WWE wants to get this title off and running in a big way, and felt as though having it mixed in with a show the size of Netflix premiere would not do that justice.”
WWE Star Chelsea Green Makes History On SmackDown
While the first Women’s Intercontinental Champion is still to be determined, the first-ever Women’s United States Champion was determined at Saturday Night’s Main Event. Defeating Michin on the returning special, Chelsea Green emerged victorious as the inaugural champion.
H/t to Wrestling News.co
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