Rhea Ripley Reflects On WWE Evolution 2 & Match With IYO SKY: “It Made Me Proud To Be A Female Professional Wrestler”

It was a special night for the division.

For the first time since 2018, WWE presented its all-women’s Premium Live Event, Evolution. There were seven matches on the bill, and the main event saw Rhea Ripley challenge IYO SKY for the Women’s World Championship.

The night concluded with Naomi cashing in her Money in the Bank contract and becoming the new Women’s World Champion. Ripley reflected on the night while guest appearing on My Mom’s Basement with Robbie Fox. She stated that the night and match with SKY made her proud to be a female professional wrestler. She hopes it is not another seven years before another Evolution happens.

“Yeah, I did (feel like Evolution had the same vibe as NXT of the past). I felt like everyone was going out there to kind of prove a point and make people pay attention to us a little bit more, which was really cool to feel and then see everyone’s reacting to Evolution 2 and everyone’s so positive about it, everyone was so happy afterwards, everyone thought that they went out and gave it their all… It was an awesome feeling. The locker room was happy, we all felt very accomplished. So, yeah, it was a special night for sure and then going out there with IYO (SKY), someone who I’ve gone through NXT with, Mae Young Classic with and then main roster with… WrestleMania (41) with Bianca (Belair). We’ve gone through so much together so then to main event a Evolution 2 and be able to show everyone exactly what we can do in the ring together. It was a lot of fun and it made me proud to be a female professional wrestler.

Please, I would like to not wait that long again because I think that we do deserve a show like that. It’s different… They (the crowd) were there for it the whole night and if anything, they got louder, the more the night went on. It was insane… I’m mad about (Naomi cashing in) but I’m happy for her.”

Coming out of Evolution, Rhea Ripley and IYO SKY confronted the new champion Naomi on Monday Night Raw. A Triple Threat match involving the three was made official for SummerSlam.

If the quotes in this article are used, please credit My Mom’s Basement with Robbie Fox with an H/T to Fightful for the transcriptions.