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Candice LeRae crowned first WWE Speed Women’s Champion

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Candice LeRae is the first wrestler to hold the WWE Speed Women’s Championship.

Five days after the match was taped, LeRae vs. IYO SKY in the WWE Speed Women’s Championship tournament finals premiered this afternoon. SKY had the advantage until LeRae was able to get her feet up when SKY went for the Over the Moonsault. LeRae then hit a Lionsault from the second rope to win the match.

Title matches on Speed have a five-minute time limit, an increase from the three-minute limit for non-title bouts. LeRae defeated Sky with 1:12 left on the clock. After the win, LeRae celebrated with her tag team partner Indi Hartwell.

Paul “Triple H” Levesque posted a tweet congratulating LeRae:

This is LeRae’s first singles title reign in WWE and the first time she’s ever defeated SKY in a singles match.

LeRae defeated Piper Niven, Kairi Sane, and SKY during the title tournament.

Starting next week, WWE will begin a new tournament to determine a number one contender for men’s WWE Speed Champion Andrade. Sheamus vs. Giovanni Vinci, Bron Breakker vs. Cruz Del Toro, Dragon Lee vs. Tavion Heights, and Akira Tozawa vs. Riley Osborne are the first-round matches.

Sheamus vs. Vinci will air on X/Twitter at noon Eastern time next Wednesday (October 16).

Brackets revealed for upcoming WWE Speed Women’s title tournament

Posted on by Bryan Rose

The participants for the upcoming WWE Women’s Speed tournament have been revealed.

WWE announced on Friday that the opening round matches will include IYO SKY vs. Lyra Valkyria, Naomi vs. Blair Davenport, Elektra Lopez vs. Kairi Sane, and Candice LeRae vs. Piper Niven.

It was announced earlier this month that the tournament will start airing on September 4 at noon on X. The match between SKY and Valkyria was taped on Friday, shortly before the start of the live SmackDown broadcast.

The short-form show premiered exclusively on X back in April and has thus far focused on the men’s division. The following month, Ricochet became the first WWE Speed Champion. However, he lost the title to current champion Andrade in June shortly before departing the company.

The current Speed tournament is winding down, with Je’Von Evans and Pete Dunne advancing to the semifinals. The winner of that match will face champion Andrade in the finals.

WWE Speed Women’s Championship tournament to begin next month

Posted on by Bryan Rose

A tournament to crown a new champion in WWE’s women’s divison starts next month.

Triple H announced Friday on X that the tournament to crown the first-ever WWE Speed Women’s Champion will start on September 4 at noon ET.

“Time to turn #WWESpeed up another notch… excited to announce that the WWE Speed Women’s Championship Tournament will premiere Sept. 4 at 12pm ET / 9am PT, exclusively on @X,” he wrote.

The short-form show premiered exclusively on X back in April. The following month, Ricochet became the first WWE Speed Champion. However, he lost the title to current champion Andrade in June before leaving the company.

WWE Speed is held in a tournament format where the goal is to defeat your opponent in three minutes. NXT star Je’Von Evans advanced to the semifinals of the current tournament on the most recent show. He will face the winner between Joaquin Wilde and Pete Dunne, and the winner of that match will face Andrade for the title.