Rhea Ripley's 10 Best Matches, According To Dave Meltzer

Rhea Ripley is not one of the typical divas the fans have seen in WWE over the years. She's built differently from the others and shows her uniqueness from the rest of the women's roster with her powerhouse wrestling style and incredible physique.

Rhea Ripley has been an active in-ring competitor since 2013 and has competed against the best talent in the industry, both in WWE and the independent circuit.

She is a former NXT UK, NXT, and Raw Women's Champion as well as a former WWE Women's Tag Team Champion. She's now part of the Judgment Day stable with Finn Balor and Damian Priest, and it's safe to say that the best is yet to come from Rhea Ripley.

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With that said, let's take a look at Rhea Ripley's 10 best matches as ranked by veteran journalist Dave Meltzer.

10 Asuka vs. Rhea Ripley (WrestleMania 37) - 3.75

After finishing up with NXT, Rhea Ripley got called up to the main roster on the March 22, 2021, episode of Raw. She confronted Raw Women's Champion Asuka and challenged her for a match for the title at WrestleMania 37.

Asuka accepted the challenge, and the match took place on Night 2 of the event. They put on a decent performance that lasted 13:30 minutes, which saw Ripley managing to escape from the champion's deadly Asuka Lock before hitting a Riptide on The Empress of Tomorrow to win her first Raw Women's Championship.

9 Dakota Kai vs. Rhea Ripley (NXT, August 5, 2020) - 3.75

After losing the NXT Women's Championship to Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania 36, Ripley got the chance to regain the title in a triple threat match against Flair and Io Shirai at NXT TakeOver: In Your House. But she couldn't get the job done as Shirai walked out of the event as the new champion.

After that, Ripley had to earn her way back into the title picture and took on Dakota Kai in a No.1 contenders match on the August 5, 2020, episode of NXT. Despite having a physical advantage over her opponent, Ripley couldn't win the match after Dakota Kai delivered a GTK on Ripley to become the new number one contender.

8 Raquel Gonzalez vs. Rhea Ripley (NXT Halloween Havoc, 2020) - 3.75

AT NXT TakeOver 30, Raquel Gonzalez attacked NXT Women's Champion Io Shirai after she defeated Dakota Kai at the event. However, Rhea Ripley made the save and took out Rodriguez, which sparked a rivalry between the two superstars.

It led to Ripley teaming up with Shirai to take on Gonzalez and Dakota Kai on the August 26, 2020, episode of NXT. She'd lost the match after an interference from Mercedes Martinez.

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However, she got a one-on-one match against Gonzalez at Halloween Havoc 2020. At the event, Ripley and Gonzalez battled each other for a decent 13:02 minutes, and in the end, Ripley drove Gonzalez face-first onto the bottom turnbuckle before hitting the Riptide to get the win.

7 Mercedes Martinez vs. Rhea Ripley (NXT Super Tuesday, 2020) - 3.75

On the August 26, 2020, episode of NXT, Mercedes Martinez cost Rhea Ripley and Io Shirai a tag team match against Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez. It led to a steel cage match between the two superstars on the Super Tuesday edition of NXT on September 8, 2020.

Ripley tried to take early control of the match by hitting Martinez with the cage door, but the latter got back to a vertical base and went on to put on a solid back-and-forth match with Ripley. In the end, Ripley slammed Martinez through a table from the top rope to get the pin.

6 Rhea Ripley vs. Shayna Baszler (December 18, 2019) - 4.00

After planting the seeds for their feud on the August 28, 2019, episode of NXT, Rhea Ripley got the chance to challenge Shayna Baszler for the NXT Women's Championship on the December 18, 2019, episode of NXT.

Baszler has been holding a death grip on the championship for over 400 days, and it was an uphill task for Ripley to dethrone The Queen of Spades. However, Ripley brought her a-game to the match and proved to be a formidable contestant against the champion.

She managed to escape the Kirifuda Clutch and viciously stomped Baszler's face. In the end, Ripley delivered an Avalanche Riptide on Baszler from the top turnbuckle to win her first NXT Women's Championship.

5 Io Shirai vs. Rhea Ripley (NXT, November 18, 2020) - 4.00

After failing to regain the NXT Women's Championship at NXT TakeOver: In Your House in a triple threat match against Charlotte Flair and Io Shirai, Rhea Ripley had to wait to get back into the title picture.

After a long five months, Rhea Ripley finally received a one-on-one shot at the NXT Women's Championship against Io Shirai on the November 18, 2020, episode of NXT.

The two superstars took each other to their limit in a bout that lasted 22:03 minutes. After multiple near falls, Ripley's frustrations got the best of her. In the end, it led to Shirai delivering a moonsault on Ripley to retain the title.

4 Asuka vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Rhea Ripley (WrestleMania Backlash 2021) - 4.25

Following Raw Women's Championship win against Asuka at WrestleMania 37, Rhea Ripley put the title on the line against the former champion on the Raw after WrestleMania. However, the match ended in a disqualification after Charlotte Flair interfered and attacked both Ripley and Asuka.

It led to a triple threat match between Flair, Ripley, and Asuka for the title at the 2021 WrestleMania Backlash PPV. They opened up the show and put on a scintillating performance that lasted 15:22 minutes.

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In the end, Rhea Ripley walked out with the victory after hitting Asuka with the Riptide to get the three count.

3 Charlotte Flair vs. Rhea Ripley (Money In The Bank 2021) - 4.25

The aftermath of Rhea Ripley's victory against Charlotte Flair and Asuka at WrestleMania Backlash 2021 saw her defend the Raw Women's Championship against Flair at the Hell in a Cell PPV. At the event, Ripley used the champion's advantage and retained the title by getting herself disqualified by attacking Flair with the top cover of the announcer's table.

It led to a rematch between the two at the 2021 Money in the Bank PPV. At the event, both superstars put on an excellent performance that lasted 16:50 minutes and had multiple near falls. In the end, Flair weakened Ripley by trapping her legs between the steel steps and the corner post and kicking it repeatedly before locking in the figure-8 leglock inside the ring to make Ripley submit to win the title.

2 Charlotte Flair vs. Io Shirai vs. Rhea Ripley (NXT TakeOver: In Your House 2020) - 4.25

Rhea Ripley lost her NXT Women's Championship at WrestleMania 36 to the 2020 women's Royal Rumble winner Charlotte Flair. Following the loss, Io Shirai also entered the picture and staked her claim on the title, which led to a triple threat match at NXT TakeOver: In Your House.

At the event, the three superstars battled each other in a hard-hitting contest that lasted 17:36 minutes. The final moments of the match saw Flair perform a Spear on Ripley and lock her in the figure-8, only for Io Shirai to perform a Moonsault on Ripley to get the pin and win the title while Flair was still tied up in the submission maneuver.

1 War Games Match (NXT TakeOver: WarGames 2019) - 4.25

WWE announced the first-ever women's WarGames match for the NXT TakeOver: WarGames 3 event in June 2020. The bout was between Rhea Ripley's team consisting of Candice LeRae, Tegan Nox, and Dakota Kai against Shayna Baszler's team, which had Bianca Belair, Io Shirai, and Kay Lee Ray.

Ripley's team faced a disadvantage after Dakota Kai turned on them and attacked Tegan Nox, leaving Ripley and LeRae to take on their opponents 2-on-4.

As Ripley used her strength to overpower her opponents, LeRae showed some resilience by taking out Team Baszler with a trashcan lid and kendo stick. In the end, while locked in the Kirifuda Clutch, Ripley handcuffed herself to Baszler before hitting her with a Riptide between two chairs to win the match.