Rhea Ripley and IYO SKY to face Kabuki Warriors at Crown Jewel

Rhea Ripley and IYO SKY will team up to face the Kabuki Warriors, Asuka and Kairi Sane, at WWE Crown Jewel on October 11 in Perth, Australia, WWE confirmed on Monday Night Raw after a heated on‑air segment that ended with a brawl and renewed questions about loyalties inside the women's division.

The matchup was finalized following a tense Raw sequence in which Ripley confronted Asuka and Sane over a prior ambush, and SKY emerged torn between her past alliance with the Kabuki Warriors and her growing association with Ripley. Asuka appeared on the tron and urged SKY to apologize and rejoin her, saying she had helped make SKY a champion. When SKY hesitated, Asuka and Sane attacked, misting SKY and then assaulting Ripley before Raw went off the air. Later backstage, SKY told Ripley she had spoken with WWE official Adam Pearce and arranged the tag match for Crown Jewel.

The storyline has centered on SKY's divided loyalties. SKY, Asuka and Sane previously worked together in the group Damage CTRL, and several segments have emphasized their on‑screen history as a family unit. Ripley has repeatedly warned SKY that the Kabuki Warriors cannot be trusted after the earlier betrayal. In the...