Curious Bayley Injury Angle Creates More Chaos For Lyra Valkyria At WrestleMania 41

There was no way of knowing just how much Lyra's statement Friday afternoon would foreshadow the several hours that would follow. The crazy in her life only ratcheted upwards after Bayley was mysteriously attacked Saturday afternoon at Allegiant Stadium and ruled medically unable to compete at WrestleMania 41.

Valkyria and Bayley were supposed to challenge Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championships. It was an odd ball pairing, especially since they were battling each other for the Women's IC Title just days before they earned their No. 1 Contender's status as a team.

There was an instant bond between both women that was noticeable on screen and it carried them to a clean sweep in six team gauntlet match a couple of weeks back on Friday Night SmackDown.

“I didn't expect such chemistry with Bayley," Valkyria admitted. "It’s a really recent development, but I think what actually really helps is how we get on outside of the ring. We just kind of connected instantly and I feel like that plays off massively on screen and in the ring.”

With Bayley now out of the picture, it's back to square one for Lyra. She has just hours remaining to find a replacement tag team partner.

Breaking outside the realm of kayfabe here for a second, the decision to remove Bayley from the match is (putting it mildly) puzzling. She is reportedly healthy and was dropped from the match for unknown storyline purposes.

A returning Becky Lynch makes a ton of sense for this spot. The Man is reportedly under WWE contract and was backstage last night to watch her husband Seth Rollins defeat Roman Reigns and CM Punk in the main event of WrestleMania Saturday.

The last time Lynch was seen on WWE TV, she was mentoring Valkyria and feuding with Liv Morgan. If a spot exists to bring her back this weekend, this is it.

Even if the mystery partner does turn out to be Becky, that still doesn't explain the decision to pull a healthy Bayley from the show. The former WWE Women's Champion started a program with NXT star Roxanne Perez ahead of the Elimination Chamber, but it was quietly dropped in lieu of her story with Lyra.

That move has left Perez, who appeared to be getting the full-time call up to the main roster, hovering in limbo. Perhaps it will prove to be Perez who attacked Bayley and they'll continue their story after WrestleMania is over. It's difficult to fully judge a booking decision until everything plays out. For now, it comes off as a weird decision.

As for Valkyria, she's going to continue rolling with the punches and controlling what she can. Including defending her Women's Intercontinental Championship as much as physically possible. Maybe one day at WrestleMania.

“I would absolutely like to be defending [her title] more and as much as possible. But who's to say I won't going forward? I don't plan on losing this anytime soon. I feel like I'm still just getting started with this and I feel like I've got a lot of really good defenses in the bag.”