They gave her a choice between waiting until Saturday or finding a partner for a tag match. In Adam Pearce and Sonya Deville’s office Flair was furious and demanding revenge. and Rhea Ripley have some respect for each other, win or lose, but neither has any respect for Flair.

The interesting thing about the dynamic for Saturday’s match is that Nikki A.S.H. Ripley was waiting in the ring with a clothesline. lost it and punched her until she dived into the ring to escape. while she was on the floor after the match. Ripley came close with a northern lights suplex, but it was the ever-reliable Riptide that won her the match and gave her the momentum going into SummerSlam.Ĭharlotte Flair taunted A.S.H. Nikki nearly pinned her with a rollup and with a tornado DDT. around in a delayed vertical suplex for as long as A.S.H. posed in front of her after taking Ripley down with a crossbody from the apron, but she stayed in her seat. vs Rhea RipleyĬharlotte Flair joined commentary and promised she was going to behave herself. I understand the desire for a slightly halting expression from an ‘Almost’ superhero, but it comes across like a kid who can’t quite remember their lines for the play. It’s an affectation of the character, not a criticism of her promo ability. but the delivery is really offputting now. The promo content was fine, self-belief and confidence in your ability and wearing that outfit to remind herself etc. had a chat with Sarah Schreiber before her match this week. With two PPVs to build for and a title match on NXT UK, it’s been a busy one.Ĭharlotte Flair & Nia Jax def. It’s SummerSlam weekend, but SummerSlam is on Saturday and TakeOver is on Sunday (so will open next week’s column). An unusual week this week because it finishes with a PPV instead of starting with one.

Welcome to this week’s round-up of all the action from WWE’s women’s divisions.

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