Rhea Ripley has pinpointed the exact time she believes her former stable, The Judgment Day, met its demise.
The Eradicator joined the faction while it was still in its early days and under the leadership of Edge. However, it wasn’t until Ripley, Damian Priest, Finn Balor, and Dominik Mysterio kicked him out that they began to flourish. The group grew in stature when Ripley captured Championship gold at WrestleMania 39.
During this period, the faction became a featured part of WWE programming until friction began to form within the group, which led to Ripley and Priest being dramatically and violently ousted.
Despite the gang continuing to function and thrive with Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodrguized joining and becoming the record setting 3 time Women’s Tag Team Champions. However, Ripley believes Judgment Day died the day she and Priest were kicked out.
Speaking to the Toronto Sun she stated:
Honestly, Judgment Day died when Damian (Priest) and I got turned on. When we got kicked out, they died. They’re not The Judgment Day anymore and I absolutely have no idea what the hell they’re doing.
H/T to POST Wrestling for the transcription.
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The criticism stems from the way she has been added to the Women’s title match with IYO SKY and Bianca Belair. After surprisingly losing the Women’s World Championship to SKY on the March 3rd edition of Monday Night Raw, Ripley took matters into her own hands.She interrupted the contract signing between SKY and Belair, physically asserting herself by slamming Belair onto SKY and adding her name to the contract.
She was then officially added to the match, after several weeks of fighting on the April 7th episode of Raw in a segment that saw SKY take out both her WrestleMania opponents with a massive missile dropkick.