5 Surprises that may happen on WWE RAW after the Royal Rumble- Major heel turn, Drew McIntyre names WrestleMania opponent

#2 Charlotte Flair names Rhea Ripley

So, Charlotte Flair is the winner of the women's Royal Rumble match and everyone either expects her to choose Becky Lynch as her opponent or Bayley. I don't think either scenario is too appealing right now. Charlotte Flair is definitely one of the all-time greats in the WWE Women's Division but she's been booked so strongly for so long, she may actually turn Bayley face if she were to square off with her.

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She's had some epic encounters with Becky Lynch thus far, but we've seen those matches so many times that the sheen may have worn off by now. And this is why I think that Charlotte Flair may decide to do something very unconventional and challenge NXT Women's Champion, Rhea Ripley.

This is definitely a dream match in many ways and if Ripley defeats Flair at WrestleMania, she would have definitely become the next breakout WWE star.

Of course, this is a very rare possibility, but at the same time, weirder things have happened in WWE, have they not?

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Edited by Nishant Jayaram