Rhea Ripley was first to make her entrance, as the camera followed her and Dominik Mysterio through Gorilla Position and out to the ramp. Ripley and Mysterio appeared confident as they sauntered to the ring.
During Ripley’s entrance, Michael Cole teased that the referee for the match would be wearing a camera, offering new visual insight into the match.
Morgan, the champion, had a speedier entrance and the crowd was very clearly behind Ripley. As Morgan made her way to the ring, Cole teased that Morgan was the last person to pin Ripley in a singles match, more than two years ago.
After a brief staredown once the bell rang, Morgan rolled outside the ring, baiting Ripley into chasing her before returning to the ring. Ripley ran back in, but Morgan repeated the sequence — twice, drawing boos from the crowd. Ripley then faked out Morgan, leaving the two women face-to-face in the ring. Ripley began to beat down Morgan with a series of clotheslines and a suplex, forcing Morgan to try and recoup.
Outside the ring, the emotional beatdown of Morgan began as Ripley and Mysterio taunted Morgan. The challenger continued the physical onslaught, using the the steel steps to her advantage as the referee counted to eight.
As Ripley went for her Riptide finisher in the center of the ring, Morgan escaped and then tossed Ripley shoulder-first into the ring post. Ripley sold the shoulder injury, the same one that forced her to relinquish her championship earlier in the year, saying “it’s out.” Morgan capitalized, focusing on the shoulder and went for the match’s first near-fall.
The fans bought in as Morgan maintained momentum, with dueling “Let’s go Rhea” and “Let’s go Liv” chants broke out. As Ripley moved outside the ring and pleaded with Mysterio for help, Morgan went for a suicide dive. Mysterio shoved Ripley out of the way and took the brunt of it. Ripley then purposely went shoulder-first into the announce table to pop it back into its socket, turning the tide.
After a dropkick and near-fall, Ripley again had Riptide countered, this time into a DDT and Morgan nearly won the match. Ripley yanked Morgan down from the second rope and put the champion into her signature submission hold. Morgan escaped this hold and then suddenly landed a crucifix driver and attempted to lock in an armbar in the center of the ring.
Ripley powered out of the armbar and slammed Morgan down for another near-fall, drawing overwhelming “Mami” chants from the crowd. As Ripley taunted, Morgan landed a headbutt and escaped the ring to get a steel chair. As Morgan attacked, Ripley kicked her in the stomach and landed Riptide. Rather than going for the pin, Ripley took the chair and went to hit Morgan. As she raised the weapon, Mysterio yanked the chair from her hands.
With Mysterio and Ripley arguing, Morgan landed a drop kick and Oblivion finisher. Ripley managed to kick out at two. Mysterio tossed the chair back in the ring, distracted the referee and allowed Morgan to hit Oblivion on Ripley onto the steel chair and score the pinfall.
Liv Morgan defeats Rhea Ripley in 15:51 to retain her Women’s World Championship.
After the match, Mysterio helped up Morgan and kissed her in front of Ripley, putting an end to any speculation as to what side he was on.
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