Rhea Ripley reacts to losing her title.
Rhea Ripley's road to WWE WrestleMania 41 is now unclear, as she lost the WWE Women's World Championship to IYO SKY on the March 3rd episode of WWE Raw. Bianca Belair is set to challenge SKY for the title at WWE WrestleMania 41.
In a WWE Raw exclusive, Rhea Ripley was asked to comment on how she was feeling after her loss.
“How am I feeling? How am I feeling? I’m pissed off. I’m mad, I’m furious. I’m everything. Every single angry feeling, I am feeling. But the thing is, I can’t get mad at IYO. I can’t fully be mad at Bianca. I’m more disappointed and mad at myself because I should have known better. I should have known not to take my eye off the ball. I’ve been through this crap with Liv Morgan. I’ve been through all this with Dom, I’ve been through it with Judgment Day, and I still cannot learn. I cannot learn to think for myself, and I cannot learn to keep my eye on the ball, and I cannot learn that friends are not real. Friends are not real. I know what IYO SKY is capable of. I knew that I had never beaten her before. I knew all these things, and I was still dumb enough to think that I could go out there and take everything on, like I’m just unstoppable or something," Ripley said.
Ripley was then asked to comment on why she let Belair's presence affect her so much. She noted that she felt hurt when she saw Belair cheering SKY on. Ripley emphasized that she had wanted to face Belair at WrestleMania, and now everything she worked for had been taken away.
“I felt hurt. I’ve had so many mixed emotions in 2024, 2025, with everything that’s been going on in my life, in this business, in my career, and to see Bianca go out there and be a little cheerleader for IYO SKY when I thought that we were friends and we respected each other. I understand that IYO’s a part of that, too. We all have teamed together. We’ve all been there for each other, we’ve been here since NXT together. Growing up together, coming to the main roster together, all of that. But to see her go out there and just cheer IYO on when I’m about to win and continue being women’s world champion and then go to WrestleMania against Bianca Belair, something that we have talked about multiple times in multiple interviews. Every single time people ask me who my opponent is for WrestleMania that I want, it’s always Bianca Belair. We were both on the WWE 2K24 cover together. We’ve literally been growing up on each side, on each brand, and just taking over, and now, everything that I wanted and everything that I worked for and everything that I strived to get back and be dominant, it’s all taken away, and it’s all because I’m just so stupid. I’m so stupid, I’m so stupid," Ripley said.
Additionally, Ripley was asked whether she felt alone and isolated, given how she was no longer with the Judgment Day. She agreed that isolated was the right word, and she stated that she may have messed up her friendships with Belair and SKY.
“Yeah. Isolated is definitely the word to use. Right when I think that I’m making friends, I screw it up. I screw it up. I screwed up IYO’s match with Liv Morgan and took her out of the Elimination Chamber. That’s on me. I did that. I thought I was friends with Bianca. Now, that’s possibly done with, too. So isolated is the word," Ripley said.
Check out SKY's comments about her title win here.
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