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The 2024 Royal Rumble is the 37th edition of the elite event Royal Rumble. St Petersburg, Florida, is the host at Tropicana Field. However, it is the second all-time Royal Rumble at this venue, along with 2021. 

Bayley On X names Rhea Ripley as her opponent for WrestleMania. 

2024 Royal Rumble winner Bailey took to X ( formerly known as Twitter) and threw a challenge to Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley for her World Title at WrestleMania. Ripley, who won the 2023 Royal Rumble, won the coveted championship at the flagship event, WrestleMania 39. Moreover, on Twitter, Bayley wrote, “ I beat @RheaRipley_WWE’s record, now I’m ready to beat her at #WrestleManiaXL. 

Bayley not only won the Royal Rumble but also broke the in-ring record of Rhea Ripley for the longest time in a Royal Rumble match. Ripley recorded 1 hour, 1 minute and 8 seconds in 2023. However, her record was taken over by returning Naomi, and later, Bayley recorded an all-time high with 1 hour, 3 minutes and 3 seconds. 

Rhea suggests an Iron Women Match at WrestleMania. 

Responding to Bayley’s challenge, Ripley suggested an Iron Women match for the Women’s World Title at WrestleMania. Evidently, Bayley also gives it her approval, emphasising that she’s already one up in such matches.

I’m 1-0 in that match. (It was the first women’s main event on a PLE ever). Let’s go https://t.co/26xl1O1DQK

— Bayley (@itsBayleyWWE) January 28, 2024

Interestingly, nothing has been finalised from the WWE creative point of view. However, such posts on X are most likely part of storylines and will eventually become a main event. 

Royal Rumble marks an all-time high attendance at Tropicana Field.

The 37th edition of the Royal Rumble in St. Petersburg recorded high attendance in Tropicana Field. WWE announced a record attendance of 48,044 during the event.

READ MORE: The Epic Legacy of WWE’s Royal Rumble: A Gateway to WrestleMania Glory 

Since the WWE and TKO merger, WWE has record numbers at the gate at every premier live event. 

A standout in the WWE Performance Center and the Mae Young Classic, Rhea Ripley entered NXT UK already a seasoned and cutthroat grappler with one goal on her mind, to rip the NXT UK Women’s division apart.

The ultra-aggressive and terrifyingly strong Aussie embraced her true self, and that has spelled bad news for anyone who faces her, as she already had the physical goods to stand toe-to-toe with any Superstar in sports entertainment.

Armed with a take-no-prisoners attitude, it took little time at all for Ripley to secure her a place in history. After battling her way through Xia Brookside in the Quarterfinals and Dakota Kai in the Semifinals, the merciless Mosh Pit Kid made history by conquering Toni Storm in the hard-fought Finals of the NXT UK Women’s Championship Tournament to become the first-ever NXT UK Women’s Champion.

After an impressive performance in the 2019 Royal Rumble Match, Ripley made history once again when she dethroned long-standing NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler to capture the title. The Nightmare again turned heads in her second Royal Rumble Match, finishing runner-up in 2021 after a tenacious final battle with Bianca Belair.

Ripley has been anything but shy about establishing her dominance in her new surroundings on Raw. A champion everywhere she’s been, Ripley added to her growing trophy case by defeating Asuka for the Raw Women’s Championship at WrestleMania. The Nightmare followed up by forming an unlikely WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions duo with Nikki A.S.H., and the pair was drafted by Raw in the 2021 WWE Draft.