What does WWE do with Rhea Ripley now?

[The Blue Nova]

What do people think WWE should do with Rhea now? I think shes a great in ring talent young strong.. but I feel her booking is subpar? do you see her having a match at Wrestlemania?

[ayumidah]

I assume they'll have the Andre/Womens battle royal again, and she may be in that.

[Deleted]

Whenever Bianca finally finishes with Becky in the next 3 centuries that Rhea is next in line.

But for now probably the aforementioned battle royale and she wins it.

[Starshine]

Lose to Charlotte somewhere. Isn't that pretty much her gimmick?

[häšhtå.gdālėÿ]

I hope she’s not the first wave of post-Becky defenses for Bianca.

[TWERKIN' MAGGLE]

Pancake review show?

[champchumpchange]

She'll feud / team with Bliss

[Bang Bang Bart]

Feb 19, 2022 17:50:25 GMT -5 häšhtå.gdālėÿ said:

I hope she’s not the first wave of post-Becky defenses for Bianca.

She should be one of the last defenses for Bianca, with a heel turn finally happening there due to Rhea's growing jealousy of always playing second fiddle to Bianca.

[Deleted]

I wish WWE could trade her to AEW for Jade Cargill. I feel like they'd both be better off.

[asuka007]

If they were smart, give her a showcase match at Mania. Is Sasha doing anything on the show? Let those two have a cross brand grudge match or whatever.

[xCompackx]

Feb 19, 2022 17:37:44 GMT -5 Starshine said:

Lose to Charlotte somewhere. Isn't that pretty much her gimmick?

Kind of everyone's gimmick, really.

[Jindrak Mark]

I'd just have her dominate and win the battle royal, go on a win streak then face Bianca for the title at Summerslam or some other post-Wrestlemania PPV. If she's still building momentum with crowds like she is now then have it be face v face, Rhea wins and handshake afterwards. If she's not all that over at the time then have her turn on Bianca and do the 2010 Batista/Cena thing like "we came up together but the company gives you all the attention I deserve" then Rhea destroys her for the title.

Feb 19, 2022 19:10:37 GMT -5 asuka007 said:

If they were smart, give her a showcase match at Mania. Is Sasha doing anything on the show? Let those two have a cross brand grudge match or whatever.

I'd rather they save that till they can have an actual feud or make it a big match. I don't see how you get to that match before Wrestlemania in any kind of logical way with them being on separate brands and having no history.

I think there's a chance Lita sticks around another month and faces Sasha. At least with her being a legend not assigned to any specific brand she can easily show up on Smackdown to challenge Sasha.

[theironyuppie]

In the short term, she's taking the pin in house show triple threats with Becky/Bianca in the weeks before Mania. That aside, it's hard to say. They've remained careful in giving her protection even when she loses (placing emphasis on her already wrestling 45 minutes on Raw plus needing two finishers to be eliminated), and she's been receiving a load of praise lately from various past/present talents, but I'm not sure if there's an obvious Mania match for her as I assume Becky/Bianca remains a singles. Beth would be an interesting choice if she wants to have a singles match rather than just tagging with Edge. They could also potentially be laying seeds for something down the line with Bianca winning both times this week after the advantage of coming in last, but they've also been pretty quick to express more mutual admiration on Twitter:

[koreycaskets]

Honestly? Why not test the waters with her wrestling men? I don't see her wrestling Brock or anything, but matches with maby Rey Mysterio or Sami Zayne could be fun

[BRV]

Just because she’s not fighting for one of the Women’s Championships doesn’t mean she’s meandering in a meaningless role. A lot has been put into rehabilitating her character over the last two months. She could still be involved in a high-profile feud leading to a WrestleMania match against someone like Alexa Bliss or a legend like Lita, or a grudge match to resolve her rivalry with Nikki ASH.

[theironyuppie]

Feb 19, 2022 20:49:54 GMT -5 BRV said:

Just because she’s not fighting for one of the Women’s Championships doesn’t mean she’s meandering in a meaningless role. A lot has been put into rehabilitating her character over the last two months. She could still be involved in a high-profile feud leading to a WrestleMania match against someone like Alexa Bliss or a legend like Lita, or a grudge match to resolve her rivalry with Nikki ASH.

I'd guess the former rather than the latter is more likely just because she's already beaten Nikki repeatedly. But I agree because I don't think they'd have rebuilt her as a singles star or that centerpiece gauntlet performance on Raw along with everyone from Lita to Becky (and its interesting in itself that she wasn't one of Becky's title defenses) to Nikki Bella talking her up over recent weeks only to not really have any Mania plans.

[Deleted]

I think doing a dream match between her and Beth is the best way to use her at WM outside of giving her a title match. But I wouldn't mind seeing her work with Alexa in some way, because I think they could be a lot of fun together.

[theironyuppie]

It's just twitter stoushing for now, but another possibility raised her hand tonight:

[4real]

WWE needs to concentrate on keeping her strong for a post Mania programme with Belair. Hard for WWE to do I know.