As befitting a dominant champion, Rhea Ripley receives a special, very elaborate entrance with a bunch of extras. That certainly makes it feel like she’s not losing here, but since she doesn’t have to be pinned, you never know.
Nia Jax realizes quickly that everyone is going to target her and slips out to the floor. Shayna Baszler and Zoey Stark go for some early pinfall attempts, but someone is always there to break them up. Jax picks her moment to return, powerslamming Stark, but Raquel Rodriguez is able to kick Jax and give extra momentum to a Baszler suplex to send Nia to the floor.
Raquel shows off her power on several opponents, but Ripley is able to fight her off. Rhea waves in Nia and the two of them stand and slug it out. Ripley tries to lift Jax onto her shoulders but she can’t pull it off and gets hit with a Thesz press and a big legdrop. Jax covers but Stark breaks up the pinfall attempt.
Baszler gets a cool spot by having everyone but Stark in submission holds at once. Stark breaks those holds and tries for a pinfall, then suplexes Rodriguez. A Tower of Doom spot follows, and everyone is down but Jax.
It quickly becomes just Ripley and Rodriguez left to face each other, which turns into strikes and slaps. They both go for big boots at once and end up on the mat, then slide out to the apron. But it’s Stark who hits the next cool move, flying to the floor and landing on both of them.
Can Stark finish Ripley? She hits the Z-360 but Jax breaks up the pin. Jax wants an Annihilator, but Rodriguez hits the Texana Bomb, and Ripley has to break up that cover to assure her championship doesn’t go goodbye.
Ripley gets rescued from a Baszler submission and kicks Rodriguez, but Stark prevents Rhea from pinning Shayna after a Riptide. Ripley and Stark fight atop the top rope, and while Rodriguez tries to crawl over and cover Baszler, Rhea drops Zoey on top of her.
Rhea covers Shayna, who has taken the most damage in all this, and hears the three count to remain champion.
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