Bayley has lots of respect and admiration for Girls’s World Champion Rhea Ripley.
At WrestleMania 40, the winner of the 2024 Girls’s Royal Rumble was considered one of many Superstars to turn into a champion on the present as she defeated Iyo Sky to seize the Girls’s Championship for a 4th time. Though many champions akin to Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and Gunther all noticed their prolonged reigns come to an finish in Philadelphia, Ripley continued her dominant run.
Kicking off the weekend, Ripley efficiently defended the Girls’s World Championship in opposition to Becky Lynch to repeat the success of the yr prior. Nonetheless remaining on prime and now the longest reigning champion within the firm, Bayley has nothing however reward for The Eradicator.
Showing on the WrestleMania press convention following her title win, Bayley credited Ripley for her unimaginable matches and dedication to the business:
“Rhea is as soon as in a lifetime. I get so jealous of her. First, I’ve a lot respect for her as a result of she works her butt off. You guys see Judgment Day on each single present like ten occasions all through the night time. That’s not straightforward and typically not all the time enjoyable. It’s very arduous. I’ve all of the respect for all of the work she does. Plus, she places on unimaginable matches. She’s so younger, so athletic, she does one dropkick. I can’t do a dropkick to somebody’s knees. Every part she does makes me mad [laughs].
I really feel, because the time comes for the 4 Horsewomen to raise the division up and get higher and higher, as we wished to from the start, I’m glad it’s going to somebody like Rhea Ripley and anyone like Bianca Belair, Liv Morgan, Zoey Stark. There are such a lot of ladies itching to get on the market. Candice LeRae is lastly displaying her face on the market. All the women in NXT. Roxanne Perez, Lyra [Lyra Valkyria]. That is precisely what we wished. If she’s able to take it on, I’m very proud and I’m very glad to observe it occur, however, let me have my rattling second Rhea [sarcasm],”
Rhea Ripley Appears to be like Again On Dream Come True Second At WrestleMania
Given the Celebrity therapy on The Grandest Stage, the Girls’s World Champion was fortunate sufficient to be performed to the ring by Immobile in White. Wanting again on the reside rendition of her entrance, Rhea Ripley defined why it was a dream come true.
H/t to Fightful.
