Rhea Ripley has just made history by dethroning Shayna Baszler from her title reign. This past Wednesday night, a solid main event match went down between these two superstars that was a superhit.
It also helped NXT to beat AEW in terms of ratings as well as demographics for the very first time. In the end, the NXT Universe received the new Undisputed Queen of the division.
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As noted by Slice Wrestling, it was a creative head’s call to crown a new champion on a weekly show. Triple H and Vince McMahon made the final call to put an end to Shayna Baszler’s historic run and thereby crown Rhea Ripley as the new champion since she has that tremendous star potential.
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It’s really a big accomplishment at the age of just 23 and that too when you come from a totally different country other than the USA.
#ANDNEW! ?????#NXTWomensChampion #TheNightmare pic.twitter.com/Azg2gCowf2
— RheaRipley_WWE (@RheaRipley_WWE) December 20, 2019
It’s evident that the muscle woman will continue to dominate the scene on NXT, moving forward. She may go after chasing the two longest tenures set by her predecessors, Shayna Baszler and Asuka. But in order to do so, she must go through a number of challenges and establish herself as the strongest champion, in reality.
It looks like, WWE creative has already lined up competition for Rhea Ripley in months to come. The source stated that plans are being discussed to finalize who will step up and challenge Rhea Ripley for the NXT Women’s Championship. For now, three obvious names are in the pipeline which are
• Io Shirai
• Toni Storm
• Dakota Kai
EXCLUSIVE: "That's what I do. I make history."@RheaRipley_WWE is the NEW NXT #WomensChampion. #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/aAR4WxcVyL
— WWE (@WWE) December 20, 2019
All of them would be exciting opponents for Rhea Ripley. Plus, these stars have already been in feuds in the past with the Australian superstar.
Whoever becomes the next contender, it’s not likely to snatch the NXT Women’s Title from her, right away. As the road to WrestleMania 36 begins in WWE, Rhea Ripley is all set to be in the spotlight.
