35-year-old star goes BERSERK at Rhea Ripley over her ‘childish’ deeds of stealing WrestleMania 41 contract on Raw

The 2025 women's Elimination Chamber match winner is pissed off at Rhea Ripley meddling into high-stakes contract signing on Raw.

35-year-old star goes BERSERK at Rhea Ripley over her ‘childish’ deeds of stealing WrestleMania 41 contract on Raw

Rhea Ripley, Bianca Belair and IYO SKY on Raw [via- WWE]

This week on Raw, General Manager Adam Pearce moderated the contract signing between IYO SKY and Bianca Belair. It was to make the women’s world title match official, where the Japanese wrestler will defend the gold against The EST at WrestleMania 41. Both women signed on the dotted line without troubling the GM. But Rhea Ripley also had her initials by the end of that segment.

Incensed at it, Belair took to X. She quoted a reply on Mami’s backstage confrontation with Adam, where he could be seen arguing with Ripley that she was acting like a child. The Aussie demanded to be added to the women’s world title bout at WrestleMania to make it a triple-threat. Bianca said in her X post that Rhea needed to be reminded of how contract signings work.

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One doesn’t get to put their name on an official document that was designated for others, Belair’s wording emphasized. The Knoxville native joked that if that’s how things work, maybe next week someone else will come out and casually add themselves into the women’s title showdown and make it a Fatal Four-way.

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This wasn’t the first instance of Belair being mad at Rhea over acting like a child. When the former Judgment Day member dropped the women’s title to SKY, the Australian grappler pinned the blame on Bianca’s ringside presence. Ripley later admitted that Belair fangirling for IYO genuinely broke her heart. Consequently, Mami got into Belair’s face. It allowed SKY to capitalize on a distracted Rhea.

How Rhea Ripley orchestrated her role in the contract signing on Raw?

It was heavily rumored that Rhea Ripley will crawl her way back into the title picture by hook or by crook. How she’d do it was the burning question. On Raw this week, she crashed the party just when Adam Pearce was expressing gratitude to the WrestleMania-bound ladies for being so professional.

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Rhea Ripley signing contract with Adam Pearce unhappy [via- WWE]

Rhea claimed that she came out just to get a better view of the proceedings, just like Bianca did in her title match a couple of weeks ago on Raw. In the meantime, Bianca once again shoved SKY into the corner and started talking trash with Rhea. In a knee-jerk reaction, The Nightmare planted Bianca with a headbutt onto the table.

Rhea followed it up by lifting The Genius of the Sky and power-bombing her on an already grounded Belair. Interestingly, the table didn’t break, leading to several critics online calling it a botch. After that, Ripley unethically signed the contract and left with it to the utter delight of the Brussels crowd.

Backstage, after the Raw GM denied making it official, The Eradicator engaged in a heated brawl with both of her arch rivals. At the end, it was the Adelaide-born WWE Superstar who stood tall. She’s not yet added to SKY vs. Belair at WrestleMania, but that might change in the upcoming weeks.

How Rhea Ripley has fared at WrestleMania over the years?

It’s all but a mere formality at this point before WWE inserts Rhea Ripley into the women’s world title showdown at The Showcase of the Immortals. The 28-year-old has a golden chance to bolster her impressive WrestleMania haul.

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Rhea Ripley [via- WWE]

Last year, Mami overcame Becky Lynch. The latter came out with all her guns blazing but couldn’t crack down on Ripley. In 2023, in one of the most physical women’s matches in WWE history, Rhea avenged her WrestleMania 36 loss to Charlotte Flair.

It’s the only occurrence of Ripley losing at The Grandest Stage of Them All as far as singles competition is concerned. At WrestleMania 37, Rhea won her first championship on the main roster by defeating Asuka. It marked the beginning of Ripley’s ascent into superstardom.

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