Rhea Ripley became the WWE Women’s Champion once more when she beat Jade Cargill for the title at WrestleMania 42, marking her fourth-reign as top champion on the predominant roster. Ripley is respiration that rare air now, although realistically she has been for quite a while, and that has fed into her ongoing dynamic with Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss in recent weeks.
Along with her title win over the champion of “WWE SmackDown,” Ripley departed “WWE Raw” for the blue brand of Friday nights with one last win alongside IYO SKY. When she arrived, she was confronted by fellow latest arrivals Jacy Jayne, Fallon Henley, and Lainey Reid – Fatal Influence – who’re also in a conflict with Bliss and Flair.
So, for the foreseeable future, Ripley is tied up in that plot — one layered with previous WrestleMania title feuds between Ripley and Flair, the latter not very trusting of the previous while all the time on the prowl for further gold herself. But she’s also tied up within the chase of the brand new star, Jayne, in an attempt to determine herself, the Women’s Tag Team Championship pursuit that can presumably come from Henley and Reid’s battles with Bliss and Flair, and regardless of the dynamic between Bliss and Flair can be when all is alleged and done.
Nonetheless, there doesn’t appear to be an instantaneous plan for the belt that Ripley holds. Barring a surprise Jayne win if and after they do have a title match at some stage, there is no such thing as a clear option for who will take the baton after Ripley has carried it through this stretch. With that comes a chance to explore what may very well be through the lens of what likely will and what really should occur in the long run. So let’s break it down.
Will: Charlotte Flair
There are three guarantees in life: death, taxes, and Charlotte Flair winning the title. It is not an actual science nevertheless it has been said that she need only take a look at the belt for it to be hers, like a kleptomaniac gorgon for gold. Obviously outside the lens of kayfabe, the choice is usually made because she is way and away the safest option, a longtime star relied upon to work good-to-iconic matches with everyone up and down the cardboard.
Be that as it might, it means she often stands out because the only person one might imagine could take the title. Especially in relation to a champion like Ripley, one other built up so well the choices seem limited so far as a worthy successor goes.
There may be their history, as mentioned, including two WrestleMania title matches spread 1-1 amongst a handful of other title bouts going either way. They’re iconic rivals, and it might be hard to view anyone else as the following champion as long as they continue to be in one another’s orbit.
The connection between Flair and Bliss enhances that, with it almost feeling like a natural catalyst for either the ending or the affirming of their partnership. History dictates that the title will likely corrupt the situation somewhat than profit it. But whichever way the sword falls, it definitely seems the likeliest final result that the belt falls within the lap of Flair yet again.
Should: Giulia
Within the interest of full disclosure (and never wanting to get rinsed for not including them), Lash Legend, Blake Monroe, Jacy Jayne, and Alexa Bliss were all considered for this. All could be great options to take the title onward at any given point, and with Money within the Bank on the horizon, all would stand an ideal probability of holding the title through that pathway also. Specifically Monroe and Legend, who would each be great Miss Money within the Banks.
Nonetheless, Giulia stands out because the star who should take the division forward purely from a workrate and realizable potential standpoint. Legitimately one in every of, and at her best possible likely the, best staff on the earth, female or male, she’s not only someone who can hang with Ripley on a bell-to-bell basis, but someone who could push Ripley into working even higher.
The catch is that many will attempt to dismiss her as an option for what she has been in a position to show since coming to the predominant roster. Even with two United States Championships, there are layers upon layers she has yet to showcase. But that is why this author feels she ought to be the one put in that position.
Ripley has just drawn to a detailed a star-making stretch with IYO SKY, who was already top-of-the-line wrestlers on the planet and had been for a while. She had the title win through Money within the Bank to her name, nevertheless it was her win over Ripley for the Women’s World Championship that got the ball rolling on her latest run atop the cardboard. It will be nice to see Giulia get that recognition, respiration that rare air with Ripley, and giving her a platform to pay it forward.