It’s Rhea Ripley’s world, and we’re just living in it. You know it’s true. Think about it. Doesn’t it feel weird that she’s not a world champion right now? There’s something about the way Rhea Ripley is presented that just says “World Champion” even when she’s not holding a title. That’s why, while it’s extremely close, 53% of the Wrestling Inc. staff think that Ripley will walk out of WWE Evolution with the Women’s World Championship. For those who picked her, it just feels like time. Ripley’s been without the world title since March, there’s a big Australia show coming up, and it feels like the company can only keep that title away from her for so long. Best to give the Evolution crowd a nice big title win and let IYO try again at SummerSlam. After all, Liv Morgan’s hurt, so it’s not like Ripley will have to reopen that feud right away, should she win.

The only reason the staff appears split is that if anyone can seemingly pull off the upset, it’s IYO SKY. SKY has seemingly been WWE’s chief underdog for much of the summer, especially following her shocking win at WrestleMania 41 in April. If anyone can beat Ripley, it’s probably SKY — she’s done it before, she can do it again. But for some, the very fact that Ripley has never beaten SKY is proof in and of itself that SKY is finally taking the pin this Sunday.

Written by Ross Berman