In an appearance on Flash Morgan Websterâs âWrestling Friendsâ podcast, Rhea Ripley discussed how she originally wasn't planned to defeat Shayna Baszler for the NXT Women's Title:
âSo Shayna had pretty much gone through everyone in NXT, so I pretty much finished with NXT UK, handed it off to Piper [Niven] and I was coming into NXT to do that promo. So we were supposed to do a match later because everything was pre-recorded at that time, so we were supposed to do a match later on that night [for] a couple weeks after and I was supposed to tap out. Thatâs what was supposed to happen. It was supposed to be a one-off thing, I tap out, thatâs it. So I went out, and as soon as my music hit, the whole Full Sail just erupted so loud. Like it was extremely loud. It was extremely loud! It doesnât even sound that loud when you watch it back, but if you were there in person, it was insane and then I went into the ring, cut my promo the best that I have, and people popped so loud for that. Shayna left, I left, I came back and everyone backstage was just like, âOh my God, that was really good.â So anyways, Shayna and I, we go to get changed into our gear. Sara [Amato] comes running into the room, and Saraâs just like, âGuys, change of plans. Rhea got too much of a pop, we need to change the ending,â and I was like, âWell, okay⊠like what are we gonna do?â Shaynaâs like, âWeâve been trying to tell you this for weeks. Every time weâre on a road loop, Rhea gets the biggest pop out of anyoneâ and Saraâs like, âYep! We believe you now. We need to change the ending.â
Legit, I was like, âOh my God, so whatâs happening?â And theyâre like, âSo weâre gonna need to do a DQ so we can continue this some other time.â Iâm like, âOkay, cool. Thatâs cool with me, whatever.ââ Rhea laughed. âSo thatâs why I hit her with the chair so we could continue it.â
Thanks to PostWrestling.com for transcription.
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