Ripley

Then on Sunday, the live crowd were on their feet for the opener between Iyo Sky, Rhea Ripley and Bianca Belair for the Women's World Championship.

Top stars Rhea Ripley, Bianca Belair, and IYO SKY are to face off in a triple-threat match, while women's champion Tiffany Stratton will fight the legendary Charlotte Flair - in a battle that underlines the division's growing value.

Perry’s pop-feminist anthems, along with her achievement badge for having survived 14 months of marriage to a predatory xenomorph, make her this mission’s closest equivalent to Ellen Ripley, if the "Alien" queen had a soft spot for daisies.

Perry’s pop-feminist anthems, along with her achievement badge for having survived 14 months of marriage to a predatory xenomorph, make her this mission’s closest equivalent to Ellen Ripley, if the "Alien" queen had a soft spot for daisies.

The cues of classic sci-fi were still there — including Nanette’s garb deliberately evoking Ripley in “Aliens,” and space combat evoking “Star Wars” — but Haynes also wanted to lean into what makes these stories original.