Rhea Ripley feels “bloody fantastic” to have beaten Becky Lynch at WWE WrestleMania 40: Saturday and retain the WWE Women’s World Championship.
Ripley retained the gold against The Man in the opening match of the evening. The event marked one year on from when Ripley won the title, known as the SmackDown Women’s Championship at the time, from Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania 39.
Speaking at the post-WrestleMania 40: Saturday press conference, Ripley reflected on her victory over one of the most decorated women in WWE history.
“It feels bloody fantastic to say the least. Look, I went out there with one of the best in this federation, Becky Lynch. And to be able to step toe-to-toe with her and bring the fight to her, it meant the absolute world to me. And to be able to have it at the grandest stage of them all, WrestleMania XL, the largest WrestleMania there is, it’s very, very special. And not only that, but to have Motionless in White be there too, everything sort of came together for Mami and I proved once again that Mami is always on top.”
The Judgment Day’s Mixed Night
While Ripley emerged triumphant against Becky Lynch, the other Judgment Day members did not fare so well. In the six-pack tag-team ladder match, Finn Balor and Damian Priest lost both the Raw and SmackDown Tag Team Championships to the Awesome Truth and A-Town Down Under respectively. This was despite JD McDonagh trying to aid his allies. Later in the show, Dominik Mysterio teamed with Santos Escobar in a losing effort to Rey Mysterio & Andrade.
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