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).
