Former WWE RAW Women’s champion and a former WWE NXT Women’s champion Rhea Ripley who is also a former WWE women’s Tag Team Champion recently talked about her Tag Team partner Nikki ASH. She said that she was disappointed not to get her as a team mate at Survivor Series.
Rhea Ripley and Nikki ASH teamed up after they both lost their opportunity to WWE Raw Women’s Championship at SummerSlam pay per view event. WWE once again decided to kill the push of Rhea Ripley just to elevate Charlotte Flair. At the Money in the Bank pay per view event Charlotte killed the push of Rhea, and by Summerslam, both Rhea and Nikki’s individual pushes were gone and WWE‘s obsession with Charlotte Flair continued.
WWE RAW – Rhea Ripley Says She Is Disappointed Not To Have Nikki ASH As Her Survivor Series Team Mate
To make Charlotte Flair look unstoppable, WWE nearly buried both of the mentioned wrestlers. The only way to save them was to give them a push for some other Championship. Since WWE did not have a mid card championship for women, the only option was the WWE Women’s Championship.
So WWE teamed them up and they won the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship. But this is a title that WWE is failing to book totally. Teams winning the Championship they did not feature in any particular feud. They just carried the titles for no reason apparently.
At Survivor Series, Rhea featured on the Survivor Series team of RAW. Even though, Nikki was dropped in spite of being a former WWE Raw Women’s champion. It was a terrible look for the Scottish professional wrestler and it is quite confirmed that her push is over.
Recently they have dropped the titles to Queen Zelina and Carmella. WWE should not continue this team anymore. Rhea is not a tag team wrestler. They should turn heel immediately, she is a solo wrestler and she could be an amazing heel on the main roster.
Rhea Ripley who is also a former WWE women’s Tag Team Champion recently spoke to Sportskeeda where she talked about her Tag Team partner Nikki ASH. She said that she was disappointed not to get her as a team mate at Survivor Series. He said;
“It sort of just formed one day and I don’t really know how. But I am sort of glad that it did. Because even though she’s older than me, I look at her like a little sister because she is so crazy. I have to reel her in.
“I need to get one of those backpacks with the lead on them because I feel like she could just disappear at any moment and I’d be like, ‘where did Nikki go?’ It’s been a lot of fun, and I think that opposites really do attract. She keeps me excited and positive and I keep her grounded and sort of remind her that she has to fight for herself. In the same way, she reminds me that I have to be nice to people.
“I think I am more disappointed than Nikki is because she’s such a positive person. Yes, I know she’s upset. But I am very upset for her because I know that she’s worked so incredibly hard for everything that she’s accomplished. She’s been in this business for a lot longer than I have. To not have her on the team is a little bit disrespectful.
“To have one half of your Tag Team Champions on the team and not the other half, it seems a little bit silly to me. We obviously work well enough together to be champions, so why not half Nikki on the team with us? I think we could really make some magic. I’m just disappointed, I really am.”
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