Rhea Ripley Says She And Charlotte Flair Proved They Deserved To Be In The WrestleMania 39 Main Event

Rhea Ripley believes she and Charlotte Flair delivered at WrestleMania 39 and deserved to main event night one.

WrestleMania night one was praised by many fans as an almost perfect show. The card was main evented by Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens vs The Usos, but many fans (and those involved) believed that Charlotte Flair vs Rhea Ripley deserved the slot. The two would arguably have the match of night one, with it being praised as a very physical affair.

Speaking on WWE After The Bell, Ripley commented on the bout, maintaining that she and Charlotte should have main evented the show.

“Coming out of that match, I did feel like we stole the show. I feel we went out there and left everything we had in the ring and proved to everyone exactly why we should have been in the main event spot. Yes, we didn’t have a good build like Sami, Owens, and the Usos; at the same time, Charlotte and I, every time we step in the ring, we bring the brutality, we bring the ferocious when we go out there and we just beat the living crap out of each other. All the praise that we got, it made me happy and made me proud that we went out there and beat the crap out of each other and loved it. It’s a weird feeling. I get it, I do get it,” 

“It’s a lot how I felt going into the first women’s WarGames match. We had our WarGames shirts and it was FTMF, that was printed on the back and that was the same mentality that I had going into this WrestleMania. The day of was a complete mess to me. I was emotionally unstable, I want to say, because of the lack of sleep and everything coming full circle. I knew that as soon as my music played and I stepped out of Gorilla and into (the arena) and all the fans staring back at me that I was going to switch on and that’s when the Rhea Ripley you see comes out and all my confidence comes rushing through my body and I’m going to go out there and do everything I can to steal the show.”

Rhea Ripley

While Charlotte appears to be taking a break to try her hand at bodybuilding, Ripley will look to defend her newly won SmackDown women’s championship at Backlash. Her opponent will likely be Zelina Vega, who actually got the better of the champ on last week’s SmackDown.

H/T to Fightful

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