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  • 6/29/2025
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00:00I am enemies in Rhea Ripley and Raquel Rodriguez face off in nature's most original bout, a street fight.
00:07Will Rhea be successful in her continued crusade against the Judgment Day,
00:10or will Raquel cement herself as one of the women's division's top enforcers?
00:15Ripley and Rodriguez in a street fight, up next.
00:18When I first came to the Performance Center, I felt very alone.
00:31And Raquel, she was one that I sort of just gravitated to instantly.
00:39We sort of just felt like we only had each other.
00:43We had each other's backs when no one else did.
00:48This is my friend, I love her very much.
00:52I love you very much.
00:54We actually got matching R&R tattoos, that's how close we are.
00:59Well, we were.
01:02I guess things change.
01:04People change.
01:07Raquel Rodriguez, assaulting Rhea Ripley.
01:12Rhea Ripley thinks she runs Monday Night Raw.
01:15Rhea is the strongest and most dominant female in all of WWE, except for me.
01:22Rhea Chiquita, the only reason you rose to the top is because I was gone.
01:29I am not going to let Rhea run through our division.
01:33The winner of the Queen of the Ring gets an opportunity at a championship at SummerSlam.
01:40Wait a minute!
01:42Raquel Rodriguez, where did she come from?
01:47Raquel, you really try to paint yourself in a pretty little picture,
01:52like you didn't deserve the beatings that I've been giving you.
01:55See, the difference between you and I is when you betrayed me,
02:00it was with malice and ego,
02:03where everything I've done to you has been deserved.
02:07Uh-oh!
02:08Ha-ha-ha!
02:10Rhea Ripley just cost Raquel Rodriguez!
02:15Turnabout is fair play!
02:17You're not gonna screw me out of Queen of the Ring and get away with it.
02:27I can drag you out here by that nose ring, or you can make it easy for yourself.
02:33And get in here and take the beating you deserve, mamona!
02:38Be careful what you wish for, Raquel.
02:46Look at the fury in the eyes of mommy.
02:50You want tables, baby?
02:51You want tables?
02:52Uh-oh, Roxanne Perez from behind.
02:56Pass!
03:09I want Raquel!
03:11How about Night of Champions?
03:13Yeah, sounds good.
03:14How about a street fight?
03:15Even better.
03:17Well, these two have a hell of a history, former best friends, now mortal enemies.
03:23And the smartest thing for you to do is walk away, but we all know you're not going to
03:29do that.
03:30So since you won't end this, I will.
03:35Raquel's not the same person that I knew back then.
03:38And you're gonna have to kill me to stop me!
03:53The following contest is a Riyadh Boulevard Street Fight.
04:03In this match, there are no count outs, no disqualifications.
04:09The only way to win is by pinfall or submission.
04:15Introducing first from Rio Grande Valley, Texas.
04:43representing the Judgment Day.
04:47She is one half of the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions,
04:53Raquel Rodriguez.
05:00Before we get into the street fight tonight,
05:01you see Raquel Rodriguez carrying both titles, the tag team titles.
05:07Her partner, Lynn Morgan, will be out for a number of months after shoulder surgery.
05:10So, General Manager Adam Pearce of Monday Night Raw, and
05:14General Manager Nick Aldis of Friday Night SmackDown,
05:17Wade have a big decision to make on what to do with the Women's Tag Team titles.
05:21Yeah, and they need to make it quick because as competitors like Raquel,
05:25you don't need that hanging over you while you're trying to compete.
05:28You wanna retain that championship, however they come up with a solution.
05:32And there clearly are some options out there that I'm not necessarily gonna go into
05:36right now, but that needs to be resolved ASAP.
05:38This is the first ever street fight in the history of Night of Champions,
05:42in the history of Saudi Arabia.
05:44This is my brutality!
05:47Yeah!
05:57I need sleep...
05:57I need sleep...
06:01The demons in your dreams I need sleep...
06:07And her opponent from Adelaide,
06:20South Australia, Rhea Ripley.
06:29Back in 2021, at NXT,
06:33Rhea Ripley and Raquel Rodriguez engaged in a last woman standing match.
06:38Wade was there to call it, and it was a victory for Raquel Rodriguez,
06:42as she established dominance that night on Rhea Ripley.
06:45However, since that moment, Wade,
06:47Raquel has been unable to beat Rhea Ripley in a one-on-one match.
06:51Throw that factor into tonight.
06:54I'm glad you brought that up.
06:55Look, sometimes what happens when superstars move from NXT to the main roster
07:00with Raw SmackDown, they hit the ground running,
07:02they take to it like a duck to water, and Rhea Ripley did that.
07:06Other times, some superstars come up,
07:09and they walk around on eggshells for a little while.
07:11They can't get comfortable in the locker room.
07:13They don't show their best side.
07:15That's been Raquel.
07:16Raquel, of late, however, has stepped up to a new level,
07:20I think in large part because of the injury to Liv Morgan.
07:24Raquel needs to fill those shoes in the Judgment Day,
07:27and she does it starting tonight.
07:29Yeah, but Raquel Rodriguez is the one that really started this latest chapter
07:34in this rivalry when she first cost Rhea Ripley an opportunity to advance
07:38to the Queen of the Ring.
07:39If you're Raquel Rodriguez, why are you trying to poke the bear,
07:42for lack of a better term?
07:43It's making a statement.
07:44I don't care if Rhea Ripley has a championship or not.
07:48She is always right at the top of the roster when it comes to the women.
07:53To make a name for yourself, to prove a point, to prove that this is your era,
07:58you go for Ripley.
07:59But Jackie Redmond on the Countdown Show had a very interesting point she made
08:03about Ripley.
08:04It's been a rough patch over the past couple of months for Rhea.
08:06Jackie believes, and so do I, this is really a must win for Rhea here tonight.
08:10Lost win for both women, and clearly Ripley needs to get rid of the Judgment Day,
08:16who have been haunting her career for months now.
08:19They simply will not go away.
08:21Victory tonight might finally do the job.
08:23So this is a street fight.
08:25You envy a pinfall or submission.
08:27However, there are no disqualifications or no count outs.
08:31We are sold out tonight at Kingdom Arena for a night of champions and Raquel and Rhea Ripley
08:37with a collar and elbow tie up to start things off.
08:40Now, Rhea Ripley, Cole, is a bully in the ring.
08:44I'm not talking about the personality, but she bullies opponents.
08:48That can't happen tonight.
08:50Raquel is simply bigger and stronger than Ripley.
08:54Ripley here is the underdog.
08:56And there's an example of Raquel tossing Rhea across the ring,
08:59stopping Rhea from getting the boot up.
09:01And early on, Raquel Rodriguez is beginning to dominate Ripley.
09:04And Ripley, though, lands on her feet.
09:07Kick by Rhea.
09:08Stomp on the boot.
09:09Oh, face first off the knee.
09:11And Ripley now!
09:13But Raquel's still on her feet.
09:15Just ate that clothesline that drops literally the entire roster other than Big Mammy Cool.
09:22Oh, wow!
09:24Did you hear that?
09:25Oh, my God.
09:26That was superb.
09:27It was the weaker hand, too.
09:29Wait, did you hear it?
09:30Yes, I did!
09:31And there's the fall away slam.
09:33Oh, Cole took the big swing with the right and missed, following it up with the weaker left and still knocking Ripley out of the boots.
09:41And another fall away slam.
09:43That thud off that chop could be heard echoing throughout the Kingdom Arena.
09:48And Ripley fighting back with a boot to the face.
09:51Yeah, you're in a dogfight now, Ripley.
09:53Swing with everything you got.
09:55Rhea went for the missile dropkick.
09:57Rodriguez moved out of harm's way, and that's a perfect example of these two women knowing each other so well.
10:02And it's a perfect example for me of Rhea Ripley getting thrown off her game this early because she simply cannot bully her opponent.
10:09And Raquel Rodriguez is doing the bullying right now, burying her shoulder into the midsection of Ripley.
10:14And that elbow caught her in the temple.
10:16And Raquel Rodriguez right now is woman handling Rhea Ripley in the corner.
10:21Well, the power is one thing.
10:22It's the movement from Raquel that has been so good.
10:25She looks like a blur in there.
10:27You have that much strength and that much maneuverability, you're almost unbeatable.
10:32This is really, really good.
10:34And another chop by the one time NXT Women's Champion five times in her career.
10:39Raquel Rodriguez has been a tag team champion and two times an NXT Tag Team Champion.
10:45She's had a couple of street fights in her career as well.
10:48Rhea Ripley Wade has never been involved in a street fight here in WWE.
10:54Things are changing before our eyes and Rhea Ripley's confidence is slowly but surely draining away here.
11:02Tied up, defenseless, with a powerhouse beating the hell out of you.
11:07And again, the official can do nothing here because there are no disqualifications.
11:10Raquel Rodriguez can just tee off like she is with Rhea trapped in the ropes.
11:15Let me go for you.
11:17Taunting as well in the process.
11:19It's both a physical and mental destruction of the eradicator.
11:24Rhea trying desperately to fight out of the ropes as Raquel Rodriguez grabs a steel chair and a kendo stick.
11:32And if you notice, not sure if you can see, Rhea Ripley almost with a look of panic on her face, Wade,
11:37as she realizes she's a sitting duck.
11:39Realizes she asked for something and she might not be able to deliver the guts against this woman.
11:46Oh!
11:47You watch your back.
11:53And Raquel again punishing Ripley.
11:57Raquel just reminding the referee there's nothing you can do here.
12:00Oh, God.
12:05Well, you were sat here alongside me last night at SmackDown.
12:08Tiffany Stratton at Nia Jax completely obliterated the ringside area.
12:13I've got a feeling Raquel's gonna do it.
12:15Oh!
12:16Oh, Rhea just saved herself there, Wade.
12:18Bouncing the chair off the face of Raquel.
12:21And now Rhea trying to, and she finally does, escape from the ropes.
12:25Tie up the arms, the feet are still swinging.
12:28And Rhea Ripley.
12:30Ooh, that caught the head of Raquel on the bottom rope on the way through.
12:33Might get some whiplash injuries there.
12:36Rhea's hurt though, you can see the expression on her face, favoring the midsection.
12:40Rodriguez driven shoulder first to the steps.
12:43Rodriguez barely even able to protect herself as you ran face first into those steps.
12:50And Wade, this is important for Rhea because it allows her to buy a little bit of time to recuperate and regroup here.
12:56Yeah, I don't think you can recuperate physically, but mentally you certainly can.
13:01And Ripley is cooking up something nasty here.
13:04Dragging the hood off the Arabic announce table.
13:10And now clearing off the announce table.
13:13And Rhea now with Raquel Rodriguez, bouncing Raquel face first.
13:23How quickly things have turned around in this one.
13:26One window of opportunity, that is all Ripley needed.
13:29Oh, this doesn't bode well for Rodriguez.
13:38Ripley.
13:40We're gonna hook Raquel.
13:41Raquel able to block.
13:43And again Raquel blocks.
13:45Ripley just not strong enough to manhandle Raquel.
13:49Oh, headbutt.
13:51Both women moving gingerly now.
13:58Rhea's absorbed a ton of punishment here.
14:01Rhea now from the announce table gonna launch herself.
14:05Raquel Rodriguez though, catching Rhea Ripley in midair.
14:09And now with Rhea up top, driving Ripley.
14:13Oh my goodness.
14:17To the count from the announce table.
14:19Rhea Ripley driven into the timekeepers area by Raquel.
14:26No count outs.
14:28Street fight rules.
14:30Oh God, let's take another look at this.
14:32This sickening crack.
14:34It wasn't, I thought it was a crack.
14:36I just hope it wasn't the spite of Rhea Ripley.
14:43Raquel in agony too, but clearly has dominated the majority of this match.
14:52Now you gotta wonder what Raquel is looking for.
14:55Ah, table time now.
14:59And again, Rhea hasn't moved.
15:06And Raquel sending the table into the ring.
15:09What an authoritative performance thus far from Raquel,
15:16who is cooking up more weapons of torture inside that ring,
15:20and apparently has all the time in the world to do it,
15:24because Ripley has barely moved.
15:26Maria now trying to drag herself out of this predicament.
15:31Raquel back outside the ring.
15:36And again, attacking Ripley, bouncing her off, not just the announce table, but the apron.
15:45Genuinely never seen Rhea Ripley treated like this.
15:48I've seen a ton of Ripley matches over the past five years, up close and personal.
15:53Look at Raquel now, look at the power, lifting up those steel steps.
15:57Raquel as dangerous as she's ever been.
16:01May look better than she ever has.
16:03As Raquel went to bounce Rhea off the steps.
16:05Rhea though, able to bounce Raquel face first.
16:08And just like that, Rhea's taking over.
16:23Oh God, someone might be about to get a whip in here, Cole.
16:29You wanna whip me? You wanna whip me?
16:33And it's Raquel now, suffering the wrath of Ripley.
16:36Oh God, a stunning belt too!
16:38Ow! And you can hear it!
16:40Oh my goodness!
16:43There are stunts! Oh my God!
16:46Off that belt, flying around the ringside area after making contact with the height of Raquel.
16:52Raquel trying somehow to get away.
16:54As Rhea Ripley continues to just whip the hell out of Raquel Rodriguez.
16:59Raquel just trying to cover up, but there's nowhere to go.
17:03And Ripley, razor's edge.
17:14Kick, cover.
17:19Kick out!
17:24Now both of these women are really showing us something here tonight.
17:28Of course we already knew this about Rhea Ripley, but it has been a coming out party for Raquel Rodriguez.
17:36Razor's edge at such a high angle landing, followed up with that folly to the jaw of Raquel.
17:43But Big Manny Cole was simply equal to it.
17:48But now a prism trap.
17:50Yeah, the prism trap, which is the submission maneuver.
17:52Rhea's not tapped out of many in her career.
17:55Raquel in trouble center of the ring.
17:57Rhea Ripley's got it locked in.
18:00That's the biggest weapon of them all in this kind of match.
18:04Specialist maneuver executed to perfection.
18:08Hey, that's Roxanne Perez.
18:15Roxanne Perez has been recruited to the Judgment Day by Finn Balor.
18:20We saw Roxanne and Raquel put Rhea through a table Monday night on Raw.
18:24And of course it's all legal in a Rhea Boulevard street fight.
18:29And now Rhea Ripley has had enough of Roxanne Perez who drops Rhea to the floor.
18:35And now the feisty Roxanne Perez.
18:39Uh-oh, Rhea looking to power out.
18:44Roxanne realizes she's in trouble.
18:46Her face says it all.
18:47Duke clicks.
18:48Well, whatever Roxanne Perez was trying to cook up here is backfired in a big way.
18:59Well, maybe it hasn't backfired, Wade, because Rhea's got her attention turned to Roxanne Perez.
19:04And it may allow Raquel Rodriguez to regather herself.
19:09Certainly backfired on Roxanne.
19:11And this is not gonna be pretty.
19:13I don't know if you can read lips, but Rhea Ripley said, welcome to the Judgment Day.
19:25Some people would say that Roxanne Perez belongs in the trash can.
19:29Unnecessary call.
19:31Into the steel post.
19:33And like I said, that allowed Raquel opportunity, Wade, to regroup.
19:38Yeah, yet again, a selfless act from Roxanne Perez.
19:41Oh, no, no, no.
19:43Oh, no, Rhea may be out.
19:45Just missile right into it.
19:48And there's that corkscrew splash off the second rope.
19:52Raquel looking for the victory, and a kick out by Rhea at two.
19:56And Rhea has taken so much punishment in this one.
20:01Now, long darted into a steel ring post.
20:05Driven again face first into those steps.
20:09And then this corkscrew vader bomb connecting.
20:13Rhea never goes down without a fight, however.
20:16But the end is surely nigh here.
20:19Yeah, Raquel dragging Rhea back to her feet.
20:21Looking for the Tejana bomb.
20:23Maybe through the table.
20:24Rhea Ripley, though, sends Raquel close to the table.
20:28Off to Rana.
20:29Great footwork from Raquel there.
20:31Prevented herself flying into that table.
20:34And immediately a crushing big boot.
20:37Raquel was about to deliver a Tejana bomb through the table.
20:42But Rhea able to counter at least momentarily.
20:44I have been so impressed how on point Raquel has been tonight.
20:49Just a step ahead.
20:51Yeah, very, very impressive.
20:53One of the best showings by Raquel in a long time here tonight.
20:57As she has really dominated Rhea Ripley at many points in this match.
21:01Just seen the growth of confidence with Raquel over the past two or three weeks.
21:06Now I don't know what she's planning here.
21:09Raquel though, face first off the table.
21:12Rhea Ripley catches her with a kick.
21:14Right on the edge of that table too.
21:17Point of the jaw.
21:18Might have loosened a few teeth there on Raquel.
21:21I don't think she's thinking about anything right now though.
21:24Brain scramble.
21:25Trying to figure out what Rhea has in mind.
21:34Rhea now on top of the table which is hung up on the top rope and bouncing Raquel off the table.
21:42Ripley not exactly a top turnbuckle specialist traditionally.
21:52Well, Ripley now has Raquel on the table.
21:55I'm not sure if that table's gonna hold these two.
21:59God.
22:00Rhea setting up Raquel.
22:01God.
22:02You gotta be kidding me.
22:03No.
22:04From up there on top of the table, riptide, avalanche, riptide, cover by Rhea.
22:11Ever win.
22:12Ever win.
22:17Here is your winner, Rhea Ripley.
22:25Wade, all I can say is wow.
22:28What?
22:29Just wow.
22:30What a street fight here tonight.
22:33Such a grizzly affair from two of the most militant women we have ever had in WWE.
22:42I'll take nothing away from Raquel.
22:44That was incredible from Big Mammy Cool.
22:48But incredible doesn't always get the job done.
22:52Especially when you're in there with Rhea bloody Ripley.
22:57The turning point was Raquel Rodriguez going face first into the table.
23:03But she had set up wave.
23:05Yeah, falling on her own sword to an extent.
23:07But how resourceful is Rhea Ripley?
23:10I'll use it to my benefit with a massive, as you called it, avalanche, riptide off that platform.
23:18Hey, there ain't a person on planet Earth who's kicking out of that one.
23:23Wow.
23:25Rhea Ripley, who's made it abundantly clear that she wants, as she said on the countdown show,
23:31her baby back, the women's world title.