SPOILER: Kairi Sane gets replaced by 34-year-old star in the Women's IC Title tournament; gets the victory

Kairi Sane was attacked backstage on the latest episode of WWE RAW. As a result, she couldn't compete in the Triple Threat Women's Intercontinental Championship tournament and was replaced by another star.

*Warning: The following article contains spoilers for the December 23 episode of RAW. Please don't proceed if you don't wish to know what happened.*

The Pirate Princess was supposed to face Alba Fyre and Natalya in a Triple Threat match on next week's edition of RAW as part of the Women's IC Title tournament. However, she was attacked by Pure Fusion Collective backstage, and her teammates Dakota Kai and IYO SKY went to check up on her.

The December 23 episode of RAW was taped after this week's show due to the holidays. Next week's SmackDown is also taped. Since Kairi Sane was not medically cleared to compete in the match, she was replaced by her teammate IYO SKY.

Natalya locked The Genius of the Sky and Alba Fyre in a double Sharpshooter during the bout. IYO stopped Alba from tapping out. The former Women's Champion then pinned Natalya after hitting the Over-the-Moonsault to win the match. This means her next opponent will be Lyra Valkyria.

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