7 Match Star Ratings From WWE WrestleMania 40 Night 1

7. Rhea Ripley Vs. Becky Lynch - Women's World Championship

Rhea Ripley went over Becky Lynch in a match that felt a touch weird, for the first few minutes, since the crowd were firmly on the side of the heel. 

They wanted their "mami" and, writing from the perspective of somebody who sat in the crowd, it was disturbing to hear live. The fans weren't into Becky's struggle and weren't impressed by Becky's genuinely creative attempts to transition into the Disarm her. The stadium setting and wonky dynamic meant those sequences felt flat in the opening third. The match did at times descend into factory settings WWE - finisher, near-fall, shocked kick-out face - but it progressed into something distinctly and wonderfully violent by the final third. 

In an awesome spot that allowed the finish to set itself apart, Rhea, having failed minutes earlier, unleashed a wicked Riptide variation by thrashing Becky against the middle turnbuckle before putting her away with the original version. 

This wasn't quite as great as Rhea's sweat-drenched war against Charlotte Flair last year, but was at its best when it managed to harness the energy and the struggle of that modern classic.

Star Rating: ★★★¾