Rhea Ripley defeats Asuka to become RAW Women’s Champion at Wrestlemania 37

Rhea Ripley defeats Asuka to become RAW Women’s Champion at Wrestlemania 37. The Nightmare announced herself to WWE fans on the Grandest stage of all.

Like Big E before her, Rhea Ripley walked out with Ash Costello of New Year’s Day performing for her. This was her moment. She had waited an entire year for it. The pandemic stole her chance to showcase herself in front of the WWE at the grandest stage, she was gonna sieze the night and there was no stopping her.

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Credit where credit’s due. It takes two to tango and there is perhaps no one better than Asuka when it comes to leading a match. She made sure she looked imposing without making Ripley look weak. This way, when she finally went down, the win would look that much more impressive for Ripley.

Rhea Ripley defeats Asuka to become RAW Women’s Champion at Wrestlemania 37

The match started with Asuka dominating the enocunter. Ripley countered with a kick to the chest of the champion. She thrash talked the Empress and even smacked her head a couple of times. Ripley attempted a ripcord kick but Asuka caught it and turned it into a submission. Ripley once again countered with a German Suplex for a two count.

A missile dropkick and a hip attack gave her her own two count. Ripley shifted the momentum to her side with a running dropkick before dropping her face first into the apron.

Asuka delivered a killing DDT from the apron to the floor.

The two tried to finish the match with their own finishers. In the end, it was Ripley who came out on top with a Riptide.

This was definitely not their best performance but it was still a very good match. There were a few flaws here and there but nothing too big to complain about. The bigger story here is that a deserving women got her wrestlemania moment in fron t of a live crowd.

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