Rhea Ripley won the women’s Royal Rumble match last Saturday night in San Antonio, Texas, entering at number one and going for over an hour to claim the victory and book a ticket to a championship match at WrestleMania 39 In Inglewood comes April.
But which championship would you choose to go after?
As it turns out, we didn’t have to wait long to find out. In fact, with Elimination Chamber only two weeks away, WWE wasted no time in Ripley announcing its decision Monday Night Raw this week.
She will challenge Charlotte Flair for the SmackDown Women’s Championship.
Fraction: 2023 #Royal Rumble Match winner @tweet Choose the challenge #smackdown Women’s champion @employee in #WrestleMania!# Raw Wrestling pic.twitter.com/lcdInCK0Fk
– WWE January 31, 2023
There is some backstory here. Back in 2020, Flair won the Royal Rumble title and chose to challenge Ripley for the NXT Women’s Championship at WrestleMania 36. She also won the title there.
Now, Riya wants to pay back for it.
updated WrestleMania 39 Match card:
- WWE Universal ChampionshipRoman Reigns (c) vs. Cody Rhodes
- SmackDown Women’s Championship: Charlotte Flair (c) vs. Rhea Ripley
