Rhea Ripley will defend the Women’s World Championship at Royal Rumble 2024 because it is one of the biggest shows of the year for WWE. Royal Rumble will be the first show of the year and Rhea Ripley needs a big challenger for the event. She has been champion for over 250 days and now at the Royal Rumble there are a number of women that could challenge Rhea Ripley just before WrestleMania 40. Her momentum as the champion has been lost to a degree.
Let’s look at the Probable Challengers for Rhea Ripley at Royal Rumble 2024:
Shayna Baszler
Shayna Baszler has not had a one on one PPV match against Rhea Ripley In years. These 2 have a lot of history and WWE should look at revisiting this match at the Royal Rumble. Rhea Ripley will be the heel this time and Shayna will be the face. They had a banger for the NXT Women’s Championship a few years ago and now at the Royal Rumble, they can have an even better match for the Women’s World Championship. The WWE fans will be excited for the match and will root for Shayna Baszler. This match should get 20+ minutes and Shayna Baszler will show why she is rated so highly.
Nia Jax
As much as the WWE fans would want to discredit Nia Jax, they cannot ignore the fact that she is one of the biggest and most popular women in WWE. She is a brand and everyone knows her and even she deserves an opportunity at the biggest stage to show that she has become better at Wrestling. Nia Jax will be a tough challenge for Rhea Ripley and Royal Rumble will be the perfect stage in front of 50,000 fans and she could have her best Singles match and make the WWE universe fans of her.
Becky Lynch
If WWE feels like there is no challenge for Rhea Ripley at the Royal Rumble that is matching up to the standard of the event, they will look to do Rhea Ripley vs Becky Lynch at Royal Rumble 2024. Becky Lynch vs Rhea Ripley is such a big match that it can main event the show. This will be a certified banger and Triple H will just need to give these 2 women all the time in the world and they will produce a match of the year candidate. At WrestleMania, WWE can do Rhea Ripley vs a returning big WWE superstar who will Return in the Royal Rumble match. In the Women’s Royal Rumble 2024 Match it is predicted that both Sasha Banks and AJ Lee will return back to WWE and they both will go far in the Royal Rumble match.
