Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Rhea Ripley is building a head of steam going into WrestleMania 39 as she’s set to compete for the SmackDown Women’s Championship against Charlotte Flair.
On Friday night, Ripley took on Liv Morgan – who challenged the 2023 women’s Royal Rumble winner to a match. Morgan started out strong trying to take down the 5-foot-7 Judgment Day stablemate with Dominik Mysterio in her corner at ringside. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Liv Morgan enters the ring during the WWE Royal Rumble at the Alamodome on Jan.
28, 2023, in San Antonio, Texas. (Alex Bierens de Haan/Getty Images) However, Morgan came up just short and lost to Ripley after she hit the Riptide maneuver and put Morgan into a modified cloverleaf to make her tap out.
Ripley would continue to talk trash throughout the match and even address Flair at one point to make sure she was watching what she was doing to Morgan.