‘What a Waste of a Champion’: Fans Divided as Rhea Ripley Sets an Unpromising Milestone Just Days Ahead of SummerSlam 2023
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SummerSlam is just around the corner and Rhea Ripley doesn’t have an opponent yet. It looks like WWE came up short on selecting an opponent for her at the marquee summer spectacle. Therefore, she won’t be having any matches at the Premium Live Event on August 5 in Detroit, Michigan.
Well, some fans are perfectly okay with the Women’s World Champion not fighting at the upcoming PLE. But many fans expressed discontentment with her not being on the card. Explore with us as we look at how fans reacted to Ripley’s non-participation in SummerSlam this year.
Rhea Ripley earns an unwanted accolade
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A wrestling fan on Twitter shared a tweet that mentions that Ripley will be the first Women’s Champion in over a decade that will not have a match at SummerSlam. The last time a female World Champion didn’t wrestle at SummerSlam was when Divas Champion Layla didn’t defend her title at the 2012 event. Hence, Ripley will set an unpromising milestone in a few days.
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As a champion, the WWE universe expects the title holders to prove their worthiness by stepping inside the ring, especially at premium live events. Considering the fact that Ripley’s matches are always action-packed, some fans were really disappointed that they will not get to see her at SummerSlam this year.
The fans may have to wait till September to see Ripley in PLE action
Clearly, the fans are not happy with WWE, making them wait to see the Woman’s World Champion inside the PLE ring again. Let’s have a look at some of the comments to find out what they had to say.
What a waste of a championship and champion!
— Marvelnerd1975 (@marvelnerd1975) August 1, 2023
It seems like Ripley’s next challenger might be Raquel Rodriguez. But it isn’t likely that they will face off against each other at SummerSlam. The chances are that the two female juggernauts will clash inside the ring at the Payback premium live event, which will take place in September.
SHE DOESN'T?? IM A CASUAL BUT I LOVE RHEA AND DIDN'T KNOW THEY DIDN'T GIVE HER ONE WHAT THE FUCK BRO
— Matt Black (@Thexfactormatt) August 2, 2023
Really bad creative. She deserves matches at PLEs
— Valance Eisleben (@VEisleben) August 2, 2023
Is that really something to be proud of? She’s a champion. She needs to have a title match at every live event.
— Zachary Shelton (@MovieFanZ1720) August 1, 2023
Not all fans are dissatisfied with WWE’s decision to leave Ripley out of my this year’s SummerSlam match card. They believe she doesn’t need to wrestle regularly to prove herself as the true champion.
Why all this hate towards @RheaRipley_WWE so she doesn't have a match at SummerSlam so what most big time stars who are champions don't defend most times leave her alone
— 🎮 Matt Conteh (@GeneralDanDan91) August 1, 2023
she stay breaking records yaas mami 😍
— younes ꨄ (@darkstarbliss) August 1, 2023
She'll get involved in some way or another and she may get an impromptu match dropped on her with Iyo hanging around with that briefcase
— * (@guitarplayr1971) August 1, 2023
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Also, SummerSlam this month will not feature other top female superstars like Becky Lynch and Trish Stratus. It will be interesting to see how much reception the event will get without there being these top female wrestlers.
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What do you think of Ripley not being on this year’s SummerSlam match card? Let us know in the comments below.
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