Overview
- Rhea Ripley defeated Jade Cargill to retain the WWE Women’s Championship in a WrestleMania 42 rematch at Clash in Italy on Sunday, finishing Cargill with the Riptide for the pin.
- Cargill entered the match with backup from Michin and B-Fab, who repeatedly interfered and at one point stopped a pin by putting Cargill’s foot on the rope.
- Charlotte Flair ran in from ringside to clear Michin and B-Fab, which created the opening Ripley used to recover and secure the decisive fall.
- Commentators and outlets praised Cargill’s performance as evidence of her in-ring growth, noting a near two-count after she reversed the Riptide into a DDT.
- The result preserves Ripley’s reign, appears to close the immediate Cargill title push, and positions Flair as the likely next challenger ahead of SummerSlam in Minneapolis while a post-match backstage attack by Cargill raises the chances of a Flair–Cargill conflict.