In the latest episode of Busted Open Radio (via Wrestling Inc), Bully Ray spoke about Lyra Valkyria’s first match as a RAW superstar and wondered if she got called up too soon. He also praised the work that Ilja Dragunov did in his own match with Ricochet. Here are highlights:
On Ilja Dragunov vs. Ricochet: “He didn’t get off of him to try and cover him and hook a leg, he didn’t go into a normal pinning predicament, he stayed laid out over the top of Ricochet, almost too exhausted to do a traditional cover, but laid just enough weight on him to get the three count. S**t like that sticks with me, I loved it.”
On Lyra Valkyria vs. Dakota Kai: “Too soon? Yeah, could be, maybe. If you listened to the crowd last night they weren’t very invested in Lyra and Dakota, there wasn’t much there. I think the effort was there, I think Lyra definitely has to be carved out a little more.”
