Disheartening news for Rhea Ripley following WWE RAW return

Rhea Ripley made her return on WWE last night on RAW and declared war when she pushed for the Women's WarGames match, but it seems that despite having a solid last year in WWE, she has dropped in the PWI rankings.

Rhea Ripley was number one overall in 2023 in the Women's 250, but dropped to number 3 in 2024 behind Toni Storm and Jordynne Grace.

This year, despite being one of RAW's biggest stars and being part of some of the biggest matches at WrestleMania and SummerSlam, she has dropped to number 10.

Surprisingly, Ripley is behind Tiffany Stratton, Naomi, Iyo Sky and Stephanie Vaquer in WWE, whilst the likes of Mercedes Mone and Toni Storm take the top spots.

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Iyo Sky has been widely considered to be the best female wrestler in the world, so it's a surprise that she has been given the 6th spot.

Rhea Ripley has had an outstanding 2025 on WWE RAW

Rhea Ripley kicked off 2025 by winning back the Women's World Championship from Liv Morgan on the Netflix premiere show. She later dropped the title to Iyo Sky, but has remained around the title picture all year, and has had some of her best matches.

Liv Morgan was having one of the best years of her career up until her injury back in June, so it's a massive surprise that she is outside of the top ten after the effort she has been putting in to carry The Judgment Day following Ripley's ejection.

Tiffany Stratton has also been the Women's Champion all year on SmackDown until recently, so there was a belief that her ranking would be much higher, but it seems that there are reasons for Mone and Storm taking the top spots over the talent in WWE on both SmackDown and RAW.

Edited by Phillipa Marie