8 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE Raw (19 June - Review)
3. Rhea Has Division On Lockdown
On the flip side of Natalya’s identity crisis, you’ve got to admire how Rhea Ripley continues to dominate and run roughshod over the women’s division.
Monday night’s obliteration of Nattie had one clear purpose: to put the women on Raw on notice that Ripley was not to be trifled with or even challenged. Rhea said afterwards, that she was keeping the division on lockdown. But more than that, who would want to challenge Ripley after seeing her batter Natalya like she owed her money?
It was a simple, but effective, way to further establish Ripley as a monster heel who has no equal – yet. We of course saw a potential challenger in Raquel Rodriguez during their brief backstage confrontation, but that could be a bit off in the future.
For now, Rhea is the queen of this division.