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Jade Cargill and Rhea Ripley are set to wrestle each other for the WWE Women's Championship at "WrestleMania 42."
Ripley won that right on Saturday at the "Elimination Chamber" Premium Live Event, and she's scheduled to face off with Cargill in a match that could be the main event on night one of the biggest show of the year. Sunday's show is already confirmed to finish with the World Heavyweight Championship match between reigning champion CM Punk and "Royal Rumble" winner Roman Reigns.
While Cargill and Ripley don't like each other on-screen, there may be more bad blood between the two away from the cameras.
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The two got into a confrontation online when Cargill suggested that Ripley was the "second choice" to face her at "WrestleMania." The prevailing theory is that Cargill was referring to Bianca Belair, who was expected to be in the marquee match instead, but recently underwent surgery for a finger injury that has kept her out for a year.
Both women went back and forth on X, with other women in the WWE locker room getting involved, most notably Chelsea Green.
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After Cargill began attacking Green, it sparked a firestorm on social media, with everyone taking their own perspective on the ordeal.
"It’s no point to even go and embarrass you on this app," Cargill wrote following a message from Green defending Ripley. "You always have something to say about everything.
Ripley then posted a story on Instagram about the feud with Cargill.
"Not having fun. Not friends," she said. "Learn to work and never lie to defame someone's real human character by 'breaking the fourth wall.'"
Although some fans were quick to point to this verbal brawl as part of the WWE show to drum up interest in the match between the two women, that appears to be nowhere near the truth.
Cory Hays of Bodyslam.net, a leader in breaking news and rumors in the pro wrestling industry, posted on social media that Cargill and Ripley's verbal war is as real as it gets.
We will keep you updated as this story between two of the top talents in the WWE develops.
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