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The concluding moments of this week's episode saw Shayna Baszler's historic NXT Women's Championship reign come to an end at the hands of Rhea Ripley. The two fought back and forth but an avalanche Riptide paved the way for The Nightmare to pick up the win.
With Ripley's victory, the reign of The Queen of Spades as the NXT Women's Champion culminated at 416 days. She had defeated Kairi Sane to win the title at WWE Evolution last year and went to successfully retain the gold against the likes of Candice LeRae, Io Shirai, Mia Yim, Bianca Belair among others. But it seems, The Nightmare was too big of an obstacle to overcome for Shayna Baszler as she didn't get to walk out win the win even with assistance from Marina Shafir and Jessamyn Duke.
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Rhea Ripley got involved in a feud with the former NXT Women's Champion following this year's SummerSlam. However, NXT being involved in the brand wars en route to Survivor Series derailed her from the quest to win the Women's Title for some time. The win over Team Baszler at TakeOver: WarGames put her back on track and now, she is the reigning NXT Women's Champion.
Ripley is also the only female Superstar in history to win both the NXT UK and the NXT Women's Championship. Just like the fans did on NXT, the entire WWE Universe eventually joined her in celebration following her triumphant victory. Social media has been buzzing since the 23-year old Australian Superstar defeated Shayna Baszler and here we have compiled some of the best reactions from that lot.
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