Rhea Ripley reflects on her title loss.
The reign of Rhea Ripley is no more as the WWE Women’s World Championship now belongs to IYO SKY. This title change came after Ripley physically confronted Bianca Belair, the Women’s Elimination Chamber winner, for cheering SKY from the sidelines. When Ripley then looked at Belair again while setting up a top-rope Riptide, SKY countered with a hurricanrana. With Ripley lying in the ring, SKY then followed up with an Over The Moonsault for the title win. Ripley, on other hand, is still distraught from her title loss.
In a WWE Raw exclusive interview with Jackie Redmond, Ripley opened up about her whirlwind of emotions following the title change.
Rhea Ripley says she took her eye off the ball
“How am I feeling? I’m pissed off, I’m mad, I’m furious, I’m everything. Every single angry feeling I am feeling. But the thing is, I can’t even be mad at IYO. I can’t fully be mad at Bianca. I’m more disappointed and mad in myself because I should have known better. I should have known not to take my eye off the ball.
“I’ve been through this crap with Liv Morgan, I’ve been through all this with Dom [Mysterio],” Ripley continued. “I’ve been through this with Judgment Day, and I still cannot learn. I cannot learn to think for myself, and I cannot learn to keep my eye on the ball. And I cannot learn that friends are not real. I knew what IYO SKY is capable of, I knew that I had never beaten her before. I knew all these things, and I was still dumb enough to think that I could go out there and take everything on like I’m just unstoppable or something.”
According to Ripley, her eye came off the ball this time because she felt hurt, specifically by Belair’s rooting for SKY. “The Eradicator” has felt that she and Belair were friends, especially as they came up together through NXT and later shared the WWE 2K24 cover. Furthermore, Ripley has long touted Belair as a dream WrestleMania opponent. In cheering for SKY, though, Belair made it seem that she’d rather face SKY, not Ripley, at this year’s WrestleMania.
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