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Rhea Ripley is going to WrestleMania 39 after winning the Royal Rumble match. She lasted for over an hour in the match, eliminating seven superstars. However, midway through the Royal Rumble match, the 26-year-old along with Piper Niven broke character and fans praised them for the same.
The Eradicator and Niven went to check on Sonya Deville, who got knocked out for a moment after taking a brutal kick from Asuka.
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Fans praise Rhea Ripley and Piper Niven for checking on Sonya Deville
A Reddit user shared a gif image of this moment from the match. Asuka and Deville landed kicks on each other at the same time. But, the former WWE official received a hard kick to her face.
Ripley and Niven quickly broke character and crawled toward Deville mid-match to check on her. Therefore, fans praised them both for this “wholesome” moment to check on their colleague. Ripley won the match and also the hearts of her fans.
“Saw that a lot in there especially from Rhea since she was in from the start and lasted a damn long time to say the least.”
‘That’s really cool. Always great to see how much wrestlers look out for each other.”
“I’m pretty sure she got busted open”
“She did, nasty ass cut on her IG.”
“It’s crazy that they can tell a real hit from a pulled one in the moment and all the chaos”
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“Looking at the position Sonya when landed and Rhea/Piper’s view of her when she did so, it’s more likely they saw the blood straightaway and instinctively thought to check on her.”
“I noticed didn’t notice Rhea at the time but did notice Piper kind of dive and it made me worried that Sonya was even more hurt than she ended up being. Luckily it seems like it’ll be ok since she posted about it so quick”
“The speed that Piper dived across to check on Sonya alone has made me a bigger fan of hers.”
“Wholesome to see wrestlers look after each other”
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Deville later shared a post on Instagram to show the scars she got from that kick. The Eradicator and Niven earned major respect from the fans for this gesture.
Ripley challenges Charlotte Flair
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An unsettled feud will come to a conclusion at WrestleMania 39. The Eradicator challenged The Queen for the SmackDown Women’s Championship.
BREAKING: 2023 #RoyalRumble Match winner @RheaRipley_WWE has chosen to challenge #SmackDown Women's Champion @MsCharlotteWWE at #WrestleMania!#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/lcdInCK0Fk
— WWE (@WWE) January 31, 2023
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At WrestleMania 36, Flair defeated Ripley for the NXT Women’s title and fans want to see the same once again. It seems we might see the 2023 Women’s Royal Rumble winner on SmackDown this week. Will Rhea Ripley take revenge at WrestleMania or will Flair continue her dominant reign?
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