Rhea Ripley's 10 Best Matches, According To Cagematch.net
Mia Walsh
Published Mar 27, 2026
Debuting within the WWE system in 2017, now 25 years old, Rhea Ripley remains one of the youngest stars across the company while actively being one of the top female stars in all of women's wrestling. Despite her young age, Ripley has garnered a massive fanbase and has been put on some of the biggest stages through WWE, with multiple major WrestleMania matches already under her boot.
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As the career of Rhea Ripley continues to unfold before the eyes of the WWE Universe, with her currently serving a heel role in The Judgement Day faction, she remains one of the brightest stars in all of professional wrestling, likely with many more years ahead of her!
10 Rhea Ripley vs Mercedes Martinez, Steel Cage Match (NXT Super Tuesday II) - 7.52
Mercedes Martinez's time under the WWE banner may not have been all that memorable, with her time in NXT being mostly hit or miss, and a very, very brief stint as a part of Retribution leading to nowhere on the main roster. Martinez now calls AEW and ROH her home. Before that, however, she did have one very memorable clash with another Amazonian-like wrestler; Rhea Ripley.
The two would meet in a rare Steel Cage Match during one of NXT's Super Tuesday shows during the summer of 2020. Ripley would end up picking up the victory with an Avalanche Riptide, putting Martinez through a table in the process after a very physical match-up.
9 RAW Gauntlet Match (WWE Raw 2/14/22) - 7.72
The most recent of Rhea Ripley's majorly praised matches, according to Cagematch.net, was this special gauntlet match on the Valentine's Day edition of Monday Night Raw from February 2022. The match itself saw Rhea Ripley playing the role of the iron woman in a 44-minute match.
Ripley would start the affair, first facing off against her former tag-team partner, Nikki A.S.H., before moving on to Liv Morgan, and then Doudrop, before coming to blows with Bianca Belair as the final two. Similar to the finale of the 2021 Women's Royal Rumble Match, Belair would get the better of Rhea, eliminating her from the gauntlet match, though Rhea's performance can not be denied.
8 Rhea Ripley vs Charlotte Flair (Money In The Bank 2021) - 7.91
While their feud during the summer of 2021 may have left a lot to be desired, with their dual fake injury angle being one of the worst segments of the year, their singles bout at WWE Money in the Bank in July 2021, left it all on the table. With this being one of WWE's first shows back on the road, the crowd was hot, and the duo of Flair and Ripley went out with a mission.
Going almost 17 minutes, Charlotte and Rhea put on an instantly memorable Raw Women's Championship Match, that saw Charlotte tap out Rhea to dethrone the champion. While the decision to put the title back on Charlotte left a sour taste for many, the match itself was undeniably fantastic and showcased the great chemistry between both women.
7 Rhea Ripley vs Charlotte Flair (WrestleMania 36) - 8.03
Coming over a year before their battle at Money in the Bank, Rhea Ripley infamously had her NXT Women's Championship on the line at WrestleMania 36, after Charlotte Flair had won the Royal Rumble match in early 2020, choosing Rhea as her target. The WrestleMania setting for the two would be hampered, with it being the first-ever non-crowd WrestleMania due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Unfortunately for Rhea, and most NXT fans at the time, WrestleMania 36 would not be Ripley's time, as Charlotte would beat the young starlet, taking the NXT Women's Championship away from her as well before embarking on a fairly below-average reign. However, the match itself still holds up, even with the lack of a crowd, which is a true testament to both women's talent.
6 Women's WarGames Match (NXT TakeOver WarGames IV) - 8.08
While not as special as the first-ever Women's WarGames match, the sequel took place at the end of 2020, with its setting likely being a key factor in the quality being a bit decreased. Rather than having a packed arena full of energy for one of the biggest, most violent matches in NXT, it was hosted in the Performance Center.
Even with the handicap of not putting the match on with a huge audience, the women involved still delivered to the best of their ability. Rhea Ripley's team consisted of herself, Ember Moon, Io Shirai, and Shotzi Blackheart, as they took on Candice LeRae, Dakota Kai, Raquel Gonzalez, and Toni Storm.
5 Rhea Ripley vs Raquel Gonzalez, Last Woman Standing (NXT New Year's Evil) - 8.14
One of the more brutal women's matches in NXT history, this Last Woman Standing match between Rhea Ripley and Raquel Gonzalez at New Year's Evil 2021 saw the two Amazons go to war. With spots like Rhea sending Raquel through a glass door, Raquel booting Rhea off the stage, table spots, and more, the match delivered on being something totally different for the women's division in the best way.
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In the end, though, Ripley would come up short, with Gonzalez putting her through part of the entrance ramp to incapacitate her. Even in defeat, it would remain a seminal match for Ripley's NXT career.
4 Rhea Ripley vs Charlotte Flair vs Io Shirai (NXT TakeOver: In Your House) - 8.26
Arguably one of the biggest match-ups in NXT's women's division, possibly ever, this very special triple threat match took place at NXT TakeOver: In Your House. It saw the NXT Women's Champion, Charlotte Flair, defending against both Rhea Ripley and Io Shirai, two of the biggest names in NXT at the time.
The match itself, was great, though there were issues with Charlotte. After dethroning Rhea Ripley of the NXT Championship at Wrestlemania 36, Flair would hold the belt for two months before this match. Shirai would then pin Ripley to win the belt, with Charlotte vanishing from NXT thereafter.
3 Rhea Ripley vs Shayna Baszler (NXT 12/18/19) - 8.27
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In one of the bigger moments of the Wednesday Night Wars, NXT would get a major victory in their ratings battle against AEW, with the December 18, 2019 episode beating out AEW Dynamite, with some major credit being given to the NXT Women's Championship Match between Rhea Ripley and Shayna Baszler.
The moment felt like it was coming for some time, as this match served as the coronation for Ripley, with her becoming NXT Women's Champion to cap off the show, with a massive celebration taking place after the victory. Following the match, a number of Ripley's peers would enter the ring to hoist her up as fans flowed out of their seats and into the NXT ring for an extremely special moment.
2 Women's WarGames Match (NXT Takeover WarGames III) - 8.47
The 2019 Takeover WarGames event saw the first-ever Women's WarGames match, with the teams of Rhea Ripley, Candice LeRae, Tegan Nox, and Mia Yim facing off against Shayna Baszler, Bianca Belair, Io Shirai, and Kay Lee Ray. Prior to the match, an injury angle was run, with Mia Yim being taken out and Dakota Kai taking her place in the match.
During the match, when it came time for Kai to enter, she would instead attack Tegan Nox, turning heel and eliminating herself and Tegan from the match, with Candice and Rhea having to defy 2-4 odds in a fantastic spectacle of a match.
1 Rhea Ripley vs Io Shirai (NXT 11/18/20) - 8.53
Coming in at the top of Rhea Ripley's Cagematch.net profile, her NXT Women's Championship Match against Io Shirai from the November 18, 2020 episode of NXT television. With the two having clashed before, during the 2018 Mae Young Classic, a big-time singles match between the two for the NXT Women's Title was something to look forward to.
Unsurprisingly, Shirai and Ripley delivered in spades, with great storytelling, big spots, and blood! Seeing Shirai powerbomb Ripley through the announce table was a sight to behold, and following it up with her moonsault for the victory, this classic title match added another notch to both women's impressive careers.
