Both women just stand and yell at each other as the bell rings, and they decide to just go right to punches after that. Zoey Stark manages to dropkick Rhea Ripley to the floor, showing she’s not intimidated by diving off the top rope to the floor.
The champ recovers quickly as they battle to the apron, where Stark DDTs her to regain the edge. Zoey’s corkscrew senton back into the ring is on target and good for a near fall.
The fight returns to the floor, where Stark is bounced off the apron and the post. Ripley mounts her challenger for punches and a headbutt, screaming at Stark that “this is my division.”
Rhea’s suplex earns her a two count, so she drives knees into Zoey’s side. Stark has her face driven into the mat repeatedly and painfully, then takes a low dropkick to boot.
Ripley continues her assault into the corner, where she throws Stark down by the throat but doesn’t get all of it, and Zoey kicks the champ in the face for a two count. She gets another with a roll-through before taking a big elbow and a kick.
A front slam leads to a bridging suplex from Ripley, but the challenger kicks out at two again. Stark has enough fire left to do some trash talking, and she escapes a Riptide attempt to hit a suplex and a sliding dropkick for another near fall. Zoey screams in frustration afterward.
A short exchange of strikes leads to a headbutt from Ripley, and the Riptide ends it for the champ.
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