
A marquee WWE championship match has been made official for the WrestleMania 41 card.
Three world championship matches were sealed by the end of the Elimination Chamber 2025 PLE. Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes will meet John Cena, men's Royal Rumble winner Jey Uso will challenge World Heavyweight Champion Gunther, and WWE Women's Champion Tiffany Stratton will defend against women's Royal Rumble winner Charlotte Flair.
The one world title match in question was the Women's World Championship battle. After winning the women's Elimination Chamber match, Bianca Belair had to wait for the winner of Rhea Ripley vs. IYO SKY on Monday Night Raw to find out who she will be facing at WrestleMania 41.
SKY pulled off an upset win over Ripley to capture the Women's World Championship. SKY vs. Belair is now official for "The Grandest Stage of Them All" in Las Vegas this April.
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Belair was a ringside guest for Ripley vs. SKY. Ripley took exception to the fact that Belair was encouraging SKY throughout the match. Belair and Ripley got into a shoving match before "The Eradicator" returned to the ring.
Ripley went for Riptide off the top rope, but SKY countered into a hurricanrana. She then landed Over The Moonsault to become the new WWE Women's World Champion.
WWE has teased a singles match between Ripley and Belair over the years, but that will have to wait for another time. The two were the final participants in the women's Royal Rumble match back in 2021. Belair eliminated Ripley to move on to WrestleMania 37, where she defeated Sasha Banks.
Time will tell how Belair will handle preparing for WrestleMania after Jade Cargill attacked Naomi at Elimination Chamber. Belair had been partners with Cargill before she was attacked by a mystery assailant. Belair went on to team with Naomi before the pair lost the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship.
SKY and Belair have a combined five world title reigns under the WWE banner. They both paid their dues on the NXT brand and have quickly developed into top WWE superstars on the main roster. With that said, SKY had prior experience working in Japan for the Stardom promotion.
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