Sol Ruca’s WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship

This past weekend at Clash In Italy, Sol Ruca dethroned Becky Lynch for the Women’s Intercontinental Championship to develop into just the fifth woman in WWE history to win the title. Since being called up after WrestleMania, it isn’t been a simple transition for Ruca to the fundamental roster, with the 26-year-old facing online backlash for botching moves within the ring on multiple occasions, similar to her finisher, the Sol Snatcher. As well as, the corporate’s creative team was heavily criticized for booking Ruca to lose her first two matches on “WWE Raw.” That said, after her win over Lynch, Ruca will hopefully settle into her recent role on the fundamental roster, however it stays to be seen if WWE will actually give her a lengthy title reign.

After her rocky start on the red brand, Ruca should absolutely not lose the title within the near future, as she will be able to redeem herself by being a dominant champion out of the gate. Nonetheless, with WWE taking a liking to short title reigns in the case of the Women’s Intercontinental Championship as of late, now we have named who will, and who should defeat Ruca for the gold on this edition of Breaking Down The Belts.

Do you actually think WWE would not put the title back on Becky Lynch for the fourth time? For the past yr, WWE has created a formula for the Women’s Intercontinental Championship that appears to be designed to raise talent, with Lynch being the titleholder for younger stars to defeat. Whether it’s Lyra Valkyria, Maxxine Dupri, or Ruca, it’s obvious that Lynch is comfortable with putting over other stars at this stage of her profession, and though she definitely doesn’t need one other run with the IC title, I could see the gold being round her waist again later this yr.

In the meanwhile, there aren’t many heels in the ladies’s division on “WWE Raw” which might be able to defeat Ruca for the title, making Lynch the lead choice to successfully challenge for the championship. From Liv Morgan being the present Women’s World Champion, Raquel Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez being focused on the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles, and stars like Ivy Nile or Nattie rarely being featured on TV, there aren’t many realistic decisions to defeat Ruca. Subsequently, a fourth Women’s Intercontinental Championship reign for Lynch appears to be probably the most probable options, and though it’s likely not an consequence many fans wish to see at this point, she is going to undoubtedly put over one other star in the method.

I can be ecstatic to see the Women’s Intercontinental Championship on the shoulder of Valkyria again, on the condition that she turns heel.

This past Monday on “WWE Raw,” Valkyria confronted Ruca backstage and stated that she has been itching to challenge for the Women’s Intercontinental Championship after losing the power to compete for the title when she was defeated by Lynch at SummerSlam. Ruca claimed that she is willing to place the gold on the road, and though the champion will likely retain in her first title defense, a loss for Valkyria may very well be the beginning of a heel turn that is already been teased on TV.

In the identical backstage segment where Valkyria challenged Ruca, she also took a selfish approach to her relationship with Bayley, blowing off her friend during an interview with Cathy Kelley to call out the champion. Moreover, when Bayley confronted Valkyria afterwards, the Irish star was too enthusiastic about her upcoming title opportunity to care concerning the interview she was purported to proceed with “The Role Model.”

Since she feuded with Lynch over the Women’s Intercontinental Championship last yr, Valkyria has struggled to be featured in a outstanding role on “Raw” outside of a couple of WWE Women’s Tag Team Title opportunities with Bayley. Although I would not be all for watching the present version of Valkyria with the title again, having her defeat Ruca later this yr after potentially turning on Bayley would immediately create recent intrigue for her character and hopefully keep her relevant on the fundamental roster.