Rhea Ripley's return segment attracts strong criticism from wrestling veteran; claims WWE is rehashing old plays (Exclusive)

Former WWE head writer Vince Russo recently spoke about Rhea Ripley's return on Monday. Mami appeared during this week's RAW to team up with Bianca Belair, Jade Cargill, Naomi, and IYO SKY.

Ripley was out of action after she was attacked in the NXT parking lot a few weeks ago. However, the former champion returned on RAW and sent a clear message to her enemies. She yelled "WarGames" and started a brawl on the red brand.

On this week's episode of Sportskeeda Wrestling's Legion of RAW, Vince Russo mentioned that WWE just put together all the girls to have a big brawl. He felt Rhea Ripley's addition was done to build to the WarGames match. The veteran writer further claimed it was a simple way to get all the stars brawling and set up a bout for Survivor Series.

"Everybody and their grandma were out there to have a big brawl to lead into freaking WarGames. This is the exact way, I think was it SmackDown that ended this way? Bro, I am so tired of the repeat, the repeat, the repeat. They already played this. They're trying to get this WarGames booking in a matter of two weeks. So just put all the girls out there and have them brawl. It's the simplest way to do that." [From 44:19 onwards]

Rhea Ripley made it clear that she wanted revenge on Liv Morgan for taking the title away from her. It will be interesting to see whether she can lead her team to victory at Survivor Series: WarGames on November 30.

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