SUMMARY
- Rhea Ripley's Elimination Chamber 2024 match against Nia Jax was marred by botches.
- Nia Jax's history of injuring fellow WWE superstars added tension to the match.
Elimination Chamber 2024 was an incredible event. The Premium Live Event took place on February 24, 2024, at Optus Stadium in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. With that, the pay-per-view event featured several high-level matches and astonishing moments.
Meanwhile, fans were eagerly looking forward to the main event of the night. In the main event, Rhea Ripley and Nia Jax faced each other for the Women’s World Championship. With that, after a tough battle between the two, Ripley nailed a massive Riptide on Jax to retain the title.
Congratulations @RheaRipley_WWE! 🇦🇺#AndStill pic.twitter.com/oCjsxTyw2D
— WWE (@WWE) February 24, 2024
However, it seems Rhea’s homecoming fell flat at the PLE. According to the fans, the match was full of botches, and they went on to react to that. Several fans took to their ‘X’ handles to comment on the match. One fan wrote, “Can we now move on from that botch dope Nia Jax?”. While another stated, “Glad Nia didn’t botch injure Main Event Mami”.
The match was indeed full of botches. One occurred during the initial moments of the match when Rhea nailed a hurricanrana and Jax failed to sell it. Referring to this, one fan wrote “10 seconds into Nia Vs Ripley and Nia has already botched rhea’s hurricarana”.
10 seconds into Nia Vs Ripley and Nia has already botched rhea’s hurricarana
— Plain Jane Wrestling News (@PJWNews) February 24, 2024
Meanwhile, it is worth mentioning that Nia Jax has a reputation for injuring several WWE superstars. Jax went on to inflict a lot of punishment on Rhea throughout the match. However, despite all the pain, Rhea didn’t get seriously injured and successfully retained the Women’s World Championship.
Rhea Ripley will face Becky Lynch at WrestleMania 40
Previously, during the Premium Live Event, a women’s Elimination Chamber match took place to determine the challenger for the Women’s World Championship at WrestleMania 40. It was an amazing match and was thoroughly enjoyed by the fans.
During that, Becky Lynch, Bianca Belair, Liv Morgan, Naomi, Raquel Rodriguez, and Tiffany Stratton fought for the opportunity. After a jaw-dropping battle of over 30 minutes, Becky Lynch outlasted the rest to become the winner of the match.
MAMI. THE MAN.
WRESTLEMANIA.Women’s World Champion @RheaRipley_WWE defends against @BeckyLynchWWE at #WrestleMania 40! pic.twitter.com/5UmVdoEJQ2
— WWE WrestleMania (@WrestleMania) February 24, 2024
Thus, it’s now evident that Becky Lynch will be facing Rhea Ripley at the Grandest Stage of Them All. It will be an interesting matchup, and fans will wait to see how the Stamford-based promotion plans to go ahead with the storyline. Whatever the case, they will surely look forward to the matchup between The Man and The Eradicator.