Liv Morgan defeated Rhea Ripley at WWE SummerSlam to take away any asterisk from her WWE Ladies’s World Championship reign — although as soon as once more, she did not do it alone. Morgan retained the title over its former holder with the assistance of Dominik Mysterio, who had been within the nook of Ripley, seemingly supporting her.
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Earlier within the match, when the chair was first launched, Mysterio stopped Ripley from putting Morgan with the chair and getting herself disqualified. That distraction allowed the champion to hit Oblivion on Ripley for a near-fall. Because the challenger used the ropes to revive her footing, Mysterio slid the chair again into the ring earlier than climbing the adjoining apron to distract the referee. What gave the impression to be a entice for Morgan was in actual fact sprung by her, as she landed one other Oblivion, driving Ripley’s head onto the chair and stealing the pinfall. The end was harking back to how Morgan received the championship after Ripley vacated it resulting from damage.
As if to rub salt within the wound, Ripley did not simply lose her lineal declare to the title but additionally her (storyline) boyfriend, with Mysterio and Morgan sharing a kiss earlier than strolling away, a lot to the scornful anger of the challenger, who suffered her first pinfall loss in singles motion for over two years — the final particular person to defeat her was additionally Morgan, throughout an episode of “WWE Uncooked” in Might 2022.
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