Let’s be real about this: Lyra Valkyria and Bayley are currently two of WWE’s most underutilized talents. You’d think Bayley would be a made woman in this company after the last 10+ years of consistent excellence, but her booking in 2025 was so bad that fans are fantasizing about her joining best friend Mercedes Mone in AEW. Meanwhile, Lyra Valkyria seemed to have a rocket strapped to her when she became the first-ever women’s Intercontinental Champion, but she’s been an afterthought since losing her feud with Becky Lynch at SummerSlam despite being one of WWE’s most talented young stars. There’s nothing wrong with being in the tag division, but these two would need some serious build-up to be in a place where they could believably take down Rhiyo.

Here at WINC, we’d love to see them get that build-up. Don’t do the title change now or any time soon — take it all the way until WrestleMania or beyond if necessary. But if any team that hasn’t yet held the titles should ultimately get the rub from dethroning SKY and Ripley, it’s Bayley and Valkyria. Quite frankly, they’re just too good to be doing anything else. They deserve more time, both in the ring (for Valkyria’s development) and on the mic (so Bayley can express her underserved schizophrenic character) and they deserve to be pushed to champion status. Bayley is a former world champion and Valkyria is a future one — there’s no better team for WWE to establish as being on Rhiyo’s level.