Rhea Ripley is the current SmackDown Women's Champion, in her first reign.
25 Facts About Rhea Ripley
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Rhea Ripley was the inaugural NXT UK Women's Champion, a former NXT Women's Champion, Raw Women's Champion, and WWE Women's Tag Team Champion, making her a Women's Grand Slam Champion, making her the only one to have held all five titles.
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Rhea Ripley is the first female Australian champion in WWE history.
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Rhea Ripley was the 2023 Women's Royal Rumble winner, becoming the fourth wrestler and the first woman to win a Royal Rumble as the number one entrant and set a record for longest time spent in the women's Rumble match at 1:01:08.
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Rhea Ripley spent several years in the promotion, where she became a two-time RCW Women's Champion.
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Rhea Ripley was eliminated during the first round of the tournament by Mercedes Martinez.
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Rhea Ripley returned for the second night of the NHPW Global Conflict event, competing in a four way mixed tag team match paired with Garry Schmidt.
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Rhea Ripley defeated Miranda Salinas in the first round but lost to Dakota Kai in the second round.
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Rhea Ripley made her NXT television debut on the 25 October 2017 episode of NXT, participating in a battle royal to determine one of the contenders for the vacant NXT Women's Championship at TakeOver: WarGames on 18 November, which was won by Nikki Cross.
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Shortly after the 2018 Mae Young Classic, Rhea Ripley became part of the NXT UK brand as part of the premiere of the newly created NXT UK show.
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Rhea Ripley defeated Xia Brookside in the first round, Dakota Kai in the semi-finals, and Toni Storm in the finals to become the inaugural champion.
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On 12 January 2019 at NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool, Rhea Ripley lost her title to Toni Storm, ending her reign at 139 days and marking her first defeat in the brand.
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Rhea Ripley wrestled her last match in the brand on 5 October 2019 tapings of NXT UK, defeating Nina Samuels.
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Later that night, Rhea Ripley joined Triple H and the rest of the NXT roster as they declared war on both Raw and SmackDown, and vowed to win the 2019 Survivor Series brand warfare.
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Rhea Ripley made an appearance on the 3 February 2020 episode of Raw, confronting Royal Rumble winner Charlotte Flair and suggesting that Flair should use her Royal Rumble title opportunity to challenge Rhea Ripley for the NXT Women's Championship at WrestleMania 36.
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The day after WrestleMania, WWE announced that Rhea Ripley took a hiatus from WWE and returned to Australia due to her visa issues.
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At New Year's Evil on 6 January 2021, Rhea Ripley failed to defeat Raquel Gonzalez in a Last Woman Standing match, which was her final match in NXT.
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At WrestleMania 37, Rhea Ripley defeated Asuka to win the Raw Women's Championship.
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The next night on Raw, Edge introduced Balor as the newest member of The Judgment Day; Balor, Priest, and Rhea Ripley suddenly attacked Edge, kicking him out of the stable.
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Later that night, Rhea Ripley won a fatal four-way match to become the number one contender for Bianca Belair's Raw Women's Championship.
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Rhea Ripley went on to win her first intergender match against Tozawa.
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At the Royal Rumble on 28 January 2023, Rhea Ripley appeared at ringside during the men's Royal Rumble match to assist her stablemates in their attack on Edge, only to be speared by Edge's wife, Beth Phoenix.
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Rhea Ripley spent the longest time in a women's Royal Rumble match at 1:01:08; Morgan was officially recorded as lasting one second less.
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At Backlash, Rhea Ripley successfully defended her title in her first title defense against the Latino World Order's Zelina Vega.
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Rhea Ripley is a fan of the Adelaide Football Club.