Rhea Ripley Says She Feels Pressure To Bring Jade Cargill To A Different Level At WrestleMania 42

Rhea Ripley is once again set to challenge for a women’s championship at WrestleMania 42 when she takes on Jade Cargill.

Ripley is no stranger to the big stage at WrestleMania, putting on arguably the match of the show last year when she faced Bianca Belair and IYO SKY. In past WrestleManias, Ripley has shared the ring with Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair, and Asuka, all in title matches.

Speaking to Ebro, Laura, and Rosenberg in the Morning, Rhea was asked if she feels extra pressure to make sure her match with Cargill meets the hype.

“I do. I definitely do. I feel like this is a match that a lot of people have wanted for a long time. Especially at WrestleMania, there is already so much pressure going into that day and that match. Also, going off of last year, it was the same at WrestleMania 39 when I faced Charlotte, then going into WrestleMania 40, I was like, ‘I have to do as well as I did before. I really have to.’ Now, stepping in with someone that has only had limited experience within the wrestling industry compared to a lot of people on the show, I do have that pressure to kind of uplift her and bring her to a different level so we can go out there and make magic just like everyone expects from us. We’ll see what happens. It’s unpredictable. I know I’m going to go out there and give it 110% and try and get her to try new things and level up her own game,” she said.

This will be Cargill’s third WrestleMania and her second singles match.

Elsewhere during the interview, Ripley comments on not having a title around her waist. You can find her full comments here.

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