6 Ups & 10 Downs From WWE Raw (6 Jan - Results & Review)

2. Rhea Finally Wins The Big One

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After months of futilely chasing, Rhea Ripley finally vanquished Liv Morgan to recapture the Women’s World Championship she never lost on Monday night.

Despite ditching the Last Woman Standing stipulation for no reason, the match actually delivered, with Liv hanging around and stringing together some offense to keep the more powerful Ripley on her heels for a while. When Rhea started to overpower and take control, Dominik Mysterio and Raquel Rodriguez got involved to tip the scales back to Morgan.

Both women kicked out of each other’s finishers, but Ripley blocked a second Oblivion attempt and quickly put Liv away with two Riptides to win the title.

Afterward, Ripley finally got her revenge on Dominik, who tried to reconcile with Mami. Rhea kicked Dirty Dom low and finally spiked him with a Riptide, seemingly ending the feud. And really, that’s the important thing here: The feud has been going on for too long by this point, and WWE needed to end it definitively. Having Rhea cleanly win and then put Dominik down should hopefully mark the conclusion, and both acts can move on to rivalries.

Now, the speculation can begin over who Ripley will face at WrestleMania 41.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.