Rhea Ripley
At the Royal Rumble, Ripley competed in the women's rumble match. She entered at #1 and was able to win the match. She became the first woman to win the rumble at #1, had the longest time in a women's Royal Rumble match at 1:01:08, and was the fourth to win from #1 (after Shawn Michaels in 1995, Chris Benoit in 2004, and Edge in 2021). On the first night of WrestleMania 39, Ripley defeated Charlotte Flair to become the SmackDown Women's Championship.