Rhea Ripley believes women are catching up with the men in WWE.
Rhea Ripley recently celebrated her win in the Royal Rumble match. She recently spoke with BT Sport WWE about the progression of women’s wrestling. While it was usually the Women’s rumble that would happen first followed by the Men’s match, this year saw a change in order, prompting Mami to claim that women are progressing ahead in WWE even today.
“So I’ve watched bits and pieces of [the Men’s Royal Rumble]. Obviously, I was out there for a little bit as well. I got Speared on the concrete. Thank you, Beth [Phoenix]. But you know, I got up, and I won. So it doesn’t matter,” she said to Ariel Helwani of BT Sport. “There’s always competition between us and the men. Normally, the women were always on first, so the thing that we say is ‘follow that,’ but we were on second this time, so obviously, we’ve been doing it right the last few years because we’ve made it down the card. We got to go on semi-main, really put on a show, and get the time and just go out there and show everyone what the women can do.”
Rhea Ripley
Rhea would break a record and became the first woman to win the Royal Rumble match to win from number 1.
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