Rhea Ripley and Iyo Sky saw their singles battle for the WWE Women’s World Championship turned into a triple threat at Evolution, with Naomi cashing in her Money in the Bank contract and pinning Sky to steal the title at the end of the show.

For 132 days Sky reigned as champion. She took the title from Ripley on March 3 and Ripley has pursued her relentlessly ever since; all three title defenses since she became champion involved Ripley as her challenger, and on none of the attempts could she regain the title she had lost. In fact, a crucial aspect of the story heading into the weekend was that Ripley has never managed to overcome Sky in singles action. Sunday was yet another extension of that negative record, though she seemingly had the contest won when the referee wad taken out. What does that mean for the future? Well, both Sky and Ripley are going to have their own reasons to get the next shot, and the easy route would be to have them close their saga off definitively with the No. 1 contender spot on the line.

Queen of the Ring Jade Cargill may also enter the equation with her scheduled world title opportunity at SummerSlam. She may be on the “WWE SmackDown” roster, but so was Naomi until the weekend and Cargill now has an existing win over the new champion, on the same night she won gold. Bianca Belair is another star on the periphery of the situation, the other member of the Big 3 before their big break-up and the referee making the count for Cargill’s victory over Naomi, so the foundation has been laid to explore their story with the world title as its North Star. That’s without getting into the number of other women on the roster who will likely stake their claim for a title shot, including Stephanie Vaquer, having won the Evolution battle royal to secure her spot at Clash in Paris.

Written by Max Everett