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Dakota Kai came up short in her quest to become the first-ever WWE Intercontinental Champion, losing to Lyra Valkyria on last night’s Raw.The January 13 episode of WWE Raw saw the final of the tournament to crown the inaugural WWE Intercontinental Champion, with Valkryia going on to comment on her history-making victory.Despite her loss, Kai would share her thoughts on her progress through the tournament and missing the chance to be first ever, as can be seen below this news story.Triple H responded to these comments on Twitter, praising Kai for being a great opponent.Sending Kai a supportive message, Triple H wrote:“No @WWE Superstar does it alone.“It takes great opponents to make great champions.“Congratulations to @ImKingKota.”As for Kai, herself, in the Raw Exclusive backstage interview that can be seen below, she thanks her fellow Damage CTRL members and others for the support, saying:“I feel like I am proud of myself as getting as far as I did because, I don’t know, it just… I’ve always talked about this, feeling a lot of doubt from people and doubt in myself as well.“I’m just happy that I even got to go as far as I did and, even though I’m not the first, Lyra is amazing.“She well deserved to be the first champion, even though I really wanted that.“But, it’s not over, you know what I mean – I’m still going to keep going after that championship or any championship really because I think I proved to a lot of people that I belong here and all the support has been amazing.“And, obviously, I’m flanked by one of the best… the best in the world (Kairi Sane) and IYO (SKY).“Yeah, that championship will be mine, one way or the other. I might not be the first, but it’s in my crosshairs.”If you use this transcription or any portion of it please credit WrestleTalk.com and link to this page.A WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship win would have been the second main roster title for Kai who is a former WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion with IYO SKY.Dakota Kai was the inaugural NXT Women’s Tag Team Champion (with Raquel Gonzalez), holding that title in two separate reigns.If you use this transcription or any portion of it please credit WrestleTalk.com and link to this page.No @WWE Superstar does it alone.
It takes great opponents to make great champions.Congratulations to @ImKingKota. https://t.co/UpgVl0eHc1— Triple H (@TripleH) January 14, 2025To make sure you stay up to date with all the biggest wrestling and WrestleTalk news, follow us on BlueSky by clicking this link!22 hours ago by Dave AdamsonShare this article with friends20 hours ago by Dave Adamson23 hours ago by Dave Adamson23 hours ago by Dave Adamson1 day ago by Liam2 days ago by SP32 days ago by Sanchez Taylor3 minutes ago by Dave Adamson5 minutes ago by SP326 minutes ago by Dave Adamson58 minutes ago by Dave Adamson8 hours ago by Connel Rumsey9 hours ago by Connel Rumsey© Trident Digital Media Limited. All rights reserved. Read our Privacy and Data Policy.Designed and Developed by Arren Marketing

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