WWE WrestleMania 36 results: Charlotte Flair submits Rhea Ripley to win NXT women’s title

In the first NXT title match in WrestleMania history, Charlotte Flair claimed the title from Rhea Ripley to open night two of WWE WrestleMania 36.

At night two of WWE‘s WrestleMania 36, Charlotte Flair defeated Rhea Ripley to win the NXT women’s championship.

Flair earned the shot at the title by winning the 2020 women’s Royal Rumble match. This is her second reign as NXT women’s champ, having previously held the title between 2014 and 2015 while in NXT. This is her 12th female title between the NXT women’s title, the WWE divas title and the Raw and Smackdown women’s titles.

This marked the first time an NXT title was defended at WrestleMania. It also marked the first time a superstar on Raw or SmackDown challenged for an NXT title.

Ripley’s NXT title reign ends after winning it back on the Dec. 18 edition of NXT.

Here are some of the moments and highlights of the match:

The match began with some technical work from both women, with each countering suplex attempts. Flair delivered a chop and talked trash to Ripley, listing off all of her previous accomplishments in WWE.

When Flair did a flip on the turnbuckle, Ripley scored the first highlight of the match by delivering a sidekick and a pump handle slam. She only scored a two count, however.

The two brawled around on the outside for a little bit, a period that saw Ripley dive onto Flair off the stairs.

Ripley locked Flair in a body triangle before spinning her over for a pin that resulted in a two count.

Flair caught Ripley coming in for a big boot and hung her foot upon the ropes. Flair then started to work over Ripley’s right leg, putting it in a leg lock, slamming it against the turnbuckle post and dropping her body against Ripley’s ankle. Ripley fought back, but seemed affected by the leg damage.

Ripley got the momentum back with an attack that saw several knees and a dropkick.

After knocking Ripley to the floor, Flair went to the top turnbuckle but was caught by Ripley, who delivered a facebuster.

After shoving off Flair’s further attempts to attack her leg, Ripley delivered a diving attack off the top rope but only scored a two count.

Flair went for a figure-eight after a chop block, but Ripley fought her off. Flair continued for control of Ripley’s legs, but Ripley rolled through and locked in the inverted cloverleaf.

Flair fought out of the submission hold and quickly locked in a Boston crab, which soon resulted in a roll-up battle between the two.

Ripley put Flair on the top turnbuckle, but a battle for control ensued. Flair knocked Ripley off, and while she was unsuccessful in her moonsault, she landed on her feet and nailed a spear. Flair only scored a two count, however.

Flair managed to lock in a figure-four, which Ripley tried to fight off with a couple of slaps. Flair then converted it to a figure-eight and scored the submission.

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