WWE wrestler Lyra Valkyria is returning home to Ireland for an indie appearance this holiday season.
Valkyria will be in action for Over The Top Wrestling in her hometown of Dublin on Saturday, December 21. It appears that she’ll be facing Debbie Keitel — her former tag team partner — at the event. Valkyria & Keitel previously teamed together as The Woke Queens.
This will be Valkyria’s first time competing for OTT in more than five years. She had one Women’s title reign during her time in the promotion. In WWE, Valkyria is a member of the Raw roster and is a former NXT Women’s Champion.
Two other Irish WWE stars — Finn Balor & JD McDonagh — have also appeared for OTT Wrestling this year. They were involved with the promotion’s 10th anniversary event last month, winning a tag team match against Matthew Smyth & Sean Guinness.
The December 21 OTT event is named The Dream Before Christmas and is taking place from The Complex in Dublin.
Amid the coronavirus outbreak, Over The Top Wrestling has canceled this weekend’s ScrapperMania events.
The news was announced via a statement issued by OTT today, with the promotion writing that the decision was made following official government advice against indoor gatherings of more than 100 people:
As previously stated, our number one priority at OTT is the health and wellbeing of our audiences, performers and staff during this Covid-19 outbreak. Following official government advice against indoor gatherings of more than 100 people, we unfortunately must cancel both this weekend’s Scrappermania events. We understand and share the disappointment this will cause to so many, and can only offer our sincere apologies for any and all inconvenience caused. We did everything in our power to keep these shows viable, with significant contingency put plans in place this week. Despite these best efforts, we must prioritise safety, and follow the expert advice. Refunds will be issued in due course, please bear with us as we tackle the logistics of cancelling our biggest show of the year.
We’re as gutted as you are.
We’ll be back.
OTT Management
ScrapperMania 6 was scheduled for National Stadium in Dublin, Ireland this Saturday. It was set to be headlined by David Starr vs. Jon Moxley, though Dave Meltzer said on Wrestling Observer Radio overnight that Moxley traveling to the show was in question.
OTT’s The Hangover Show was also going to be held at National Stadium’s Ringside Club on Sunday.
– The excellent Crooked Gentlemen hype video for Jordan Devlin vs. David Starr played on the big screen before the show. Most fans thought that was just OTT playing it to get ready for the show — but in a big surprise, it was the opener.
– Jordan Devlin defeated David Starr
Incredible match and atmosphere. Starr entered to “We Belong” by Pat Benatar, which was the song he and Devlin came out to as a tag team when they first faced WALTER in OTT.
They brawled all over the building before moving on to a great physical contest with believable levels of hatred. They did each other’s moves and had very close near falls before Devlin won with two big package piledrivers, booking his spot in the main event of ScrapperMania V on March 16 against WALTER for the OTT World Championship.
– Ilja Dragunov defeated Shigehiro Irie
Great bruising contest with both men landing heavy blows. The fans were largely behind Dragunov, but there was some support for Irie as well. Dragunov ducked Irie’s Beast Bomber and landed Torpedo Moscow for the win.
– PAC defeated OTT World Champion WALTER by DQ in a non-title match
PAC played babyface here as WALTER came out disrespecting the OTT World title belt, throwing it around and stepping on it. At one point, PAC landed badly on a dive and dislocated a finger, but he snapped it back into place and carried on.
WALTER went to use the belt, the referee caught him, and PAC low blowed WALTER. PAC went for the Black Arrow, but WALTER rolled out of the ring, then shoved the referee to get disqualified.
Devlin stopped WALTER from leaving, hitting him with a slingshot cutter and allowing PAC to hit the Black Arrow. Devlin then stood over WALTER raising the title to set up the ScrapperMania V main event.
– Charlie Sterling & The Anti-Fun Police (Chief Deputy Dunne & Los Federales Santos Jr.) defeated More Than Hype (Darren Kearney, LJ Cleary & Nathan Martin)
Fun cool-down match with a good level of comedy and decent action. Sterling stole the win with a jackknife pin on Kearney with his feet on the ropes.
– OTT Gender Neutral Champion Mark Haskins defeated Andrew Everett and Terry Thatcher to retain his title
Good three-way match, with the fans solidly behind the local star Thatcher. Everett is now doing a gimmick where he believes he’s a giant. Thatcher hit his finisher on Everett, but Haskins threw him off and stole the pin to retain the title.
– Scotty Davis & Will Ospreay defeated The Besties In The World (Davey Vega & Mat Fitchett)
A showcase for Davis, who is a protege of Ospreay, though all four men delivered here. Vega suffered a knock mid match, but he carried on.
Davis got the pin, then Ospreay revealed that he was supposed to wrestle Davis at ScrapperMania V, but he was required by New Japan for the date — so Davis will now wrestle Jushin Thunder Liger. That’s a huge deal as Davis is only 18 years old and is talented well beyond his age.
– Justy & MJF defeated The Angel Cruzers (Angel Cruz & B. Cool)
MJF made a reference to the Irish Potato Famine during his entrance, which drew tremendous heat. The Angel Cruzers had the match won when their young boys Team PRICK (Peter and Rick) turned against them and joined forces with Justy, leading to him and MJF winning.
– OTT Women’s Champion Raven Creed defeated Yuu to retain her title
This was sadly the low point of the card, as they didn’t really click with each other. Yuu showed some good judo skills, but Creed won in just a few minutes to retain the title.
– Intermission was taken here to set up the steel cage, which only took a few minutes. They held a raffle to benefit the recovery of former Women’s Champion Katey Harvey, who broke both her elbows last month.
– OTT Tag Team Champions The Kings of the North (Bonesaw & Damien Corvin) defeated The Lads From the Flats (Paddy M & Workie) & Session Moth Martina in a steel cage match to retain their titles
This was War Games-style entry, but Dragon Gate-style elimination — as all members had to escape the cage to win the match. Paddy M was great flying all over the cage.
It came down to Corvin and Martina remaining in the cage. Lots of weapons were used, and both of them ended up in thumbtacks, with Martina putting in a great performance to show that she’s more than just a comedy wrestler.
They attempted to leave the cage at the same time, but Paddy M and Bonesaw were brawling outside and knocked the referee into the door, slamming it in Martina’s head. That allowed Corvin to climb to the outside to retain the titles for the Kings.
FloSlam has found another international streaming partner.
The service announced on Wednesday morning that Ireland-based Over The Top Wrestling would be streaming two events on FloSlam later this month. OTT is the second international promotion to join the platform after it was previously announced that IPW:UK would be a regular addition to its lineup.
OTT: The Dream Before Christmas will take place on December 17th but will stream as a FloSlam World Premiere on December 28th. The show will be headlined by the next match in the rivalry between Ricochet and Will Ospreay. The two high flyers previously faced off in EVOLVE, NJPW, and PWG, with their Best of the Super Juniors match in particular drawing online attention.
FloSlam will also debut OTT’s Invasion Belfast show as a World Premiere on December 29th. That event will take place on December 18th before it comes to the service.
Both OTT shows will stream live at 8:30 p.m. ET and will be available for unlimited viewing as part of the FloSlam library. They were the only two events mentioned in FloSlam’s announcement, and the company later clarified that they are the only two scheduled for now.
When FloSlam announced the addition of IPW:UK, they detailed that World Premiere events would be pre-recorded shows that make their way to the platform shortly after to be streamed just like their usual live events.
