
The January 6 WWE Raw premiere on Netflix saw The Undertaker and Rhea Ripley cross paths after she recaptured the Women’s World Championship.
As can be seen in the video below this news story, Ripley celebrated her championship ring near the stage entrance with The Undertaker appearing moments later atop his Harley.
The American Badass would do a lap of the ring on his bike before fist-bumping Ripley with the pair raising a fist in the air.
The Undertaker has now revealed more details of the original plans, noting on Six Feet Under that he was originally set to make his entrance and have an interview segment.
Explaining why he initially turned down appearing alongside Rhea Ripley, he said:
“Originally, I was going to do an entrance and an interview. Which would have been fine.
“They had somebody that was going to interview me, and then they just thought that that would make that, that whole thing, even bigger for her.
“When they told me at first, I was like, ‘I don’t think so. Dude, that’s her moment. I don’t want to take away, I don’t want to step on any part of that.’ I mean, this is the payoff to a very long storyline. I said, ‘I sure don’t want to come out and step on her moment.’
“They basically explained, ‘She’s gonna have a moment in the ring. She’s gonna have this moment where you two will cross paths.’ I was like, ‘Okay, well, now, if it’s like that, it’s pretty cool.’ Not that our characters are similar, but they are a little bit, and, it was just like me dabbing her up there a little bit, and good job, and giving her that OG rub.”
He would then be asked if he would be open to doing something with Ripley again, going on to state:
“I don’t know how that helps anybody. I mean, it would have to be a really, really good story. It would have to be a really strong story.”
Arriving at the January 20 episode of WWE Raw, Ripley was attacked by Nia Jax and paid back the assault during Jax’s match against Bayley.
A match between Ripley and Jax, with the Women’s World Championship on the line, will take place at WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event on January 25.
Transcript from Fightful.
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