10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About Rhea Ripley
6. The One BIG Win
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Either because of a deep-rooted embarrassment that it was all they could take from a cynically-waged war or because WWE themselves have forgotten about it (and let's be totally frank, Vince McMahon never even knew), Rhea Ripley's ultra-cathartic December 18th 2019 NXT Championship victory over Shayna Baszler has been criminally ignored since both made the leap up from the black-and-gold brand.
That remarkable win in front of a white hot Full Sail faithful wasn't just a huge moment for 'The Nightmare', but for losing titleholder Baszler and NXT itself. 'The Queen Of Spades' was as good as done on the brand, and had left on a high with the first (and only) win for the show in the all important key demographics.
As AEW freewheeled, NXT somehow tightened up its focus either side of a chaotic Survivor Series build, resulting in the exact right main event at the exact right time delivering the exact right result. Exactly why, then, has WWE failed to lionise this incredible moment ever since?