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Rhea Ripley shares her EXCITEMENT for WrestleMania 👏 'I GET TO STAND WITH THE GREATS!' WWE ON ESPN
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00:00What's up guys, we're at WrestleMania World and we are joined by Rhea Ripley.
00:05How you doing mommy?
00:07I'm great man, how you doing?
00:08I'm good, I'm good.
00:09So listen, last week I saw you, right?
00:14Seeing Rhea Ripley right now is exciting, but last weekend she was excited.
00:19I saw you jumping up and down for Vogue, that was crazy.
00:21I was so excited and then when we found out that he won and they announced it all,
00:25I legit, I lost it.
00:26I started punching the air, I have it on film, I saw it on Twitter, I was like, oh man.
00:30Isn't it amazing how you have your reaction, such a natural reaction,
00:34not even knowing the camera's on you and you react like that for a guy that is one of your
00:39countrymen
00:39and is one of the greatest fighters of all time.
00:42Oh, he's amazing.
00:42Yeah, to see him fight in that way was so good, he's a great guy, everybody loves him.
00:46But we're at WrestleMania, the last time you and I spoke, we were in Los Angeles,
00:49you were getting ready to fight Charlotte Flair for the championship,
00:52you guys went out and painted an absolute masterpiece.
00:56Every WrestleMania is different.
00:57Yes.
00:58How do you compare that one in Los Angeles to this one as we get close to the date
01:03that you go into the ring?
01:04Oh, it's a really tough question.
01:07I mean, I guess for me it's just like personal growth more than anything.
01:10Like WrestleMania is gonna be big no matter what and every single year it seems to just
01:14get bigger and bigger and more important and more eyes on you.
01:18Like now we have the Netflix still so everyone is going to be watching.
01:22A lot of non wrestling fans are now watching WWE and they're like wanting to check out WrestleMania
01:27because it's pretty much the Super Bowl for us and they're just intrigued by it.
01:31So I feel like there's gonna be so many more eyes.
01:33And then for me going into this match, the last one WrestleMania 39 was against Charlotte,
01:39someone who I had always wanted to face at WrestleMania.
01:42I faced her at WrestleMania 36, but obviously COVID era, no fans.
01:46So I feel like I got like my redemption story with her there and I got to do it in
01:51front of my family
01:51and my uncle and all of that.
01:54Like it was awesome where now I get to go out there and I have my family there once again,
01:59but it's going to be bigger.
02:00It's going to be a grander stage and I get to be in the ring with Io and Bianca,
02:05people that I came up in NXT with who I've also wanted to face at Mania for a very, very
02:09long time.
02:10But it's like, it kind of feels like us NXT girls are kind of cementing our presence here
02:16and really showing that the women's vision has elevated and we're kind of taking over in a way.
02:24It's awesome. I love it. It's going to be phenomenal.
02:27Isn't it amazing how it comes in waves?
02:29You remember before it was Charlotte and it was Becky and all of them came together.
02:34Now you, Io, Bianca.
02:36Could you guys feel that when you were down in NXT?
02:39Feel like, hey, we got a great group of athletes here together
02:42and someday we're going to be headlining and being featured at WrestleMania.
02:46Yeah, for sure. I mean, we used to talk about it all the time.
02:49We used to like collectively come together and be like,
02:51we have a really, really great women's locker room here.
02:54Like we're all going to be able to take over one day and like stand there in the ring with
02:59the greats
03:00and have the same presence as them and possibly be able to beat them.
03:06You know, like this, this sort of stuff just like coming up in NXT, just like a little banter,
03:09but like also believing in our own hype as well.
03:12It was awesome. And, and we have gone on to do that stuff.
03:14Like, like you said, being in the ring with Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, like I've done that.
03:19Bianca's done that. Io's dabbed in that, but she's still coming up and I can't wait for her to then
03:24do that.
03:25Like, it's just, we're really cementing our legacies and I'm excited for this match.
03:30I think it's going to be absolutely awesome.
03:32And I really hope that people are captivated by it and they see that there's more than just the, the
03:38full horse woman, you know?
03:39Yeah, for sure. And you speak about your career and all that you've done.
03:43Yes. Six WrestleManias, six world title fights.
03:47Yes. Now that, now that, Rhea, be honest, you couldn't have imagined it would be that good.
03:52No.
03:52Because it's been amazing to watch you come from NXT and only be on the grandest stage fighting for the
03:58most important prizes.
04:00Like, you couldn't have imagined it would be that good.
04:02No, definitely not.
04:04I was looking back at it the other day and I was like, literally every time I've been at Mania,
04:09it's been for a title and they've all been different titles until this year.
04:13Yeah.
04:14This is the first year where I'm going in there and it's for the Women's World Championship once again.
04:18Like they've all been literally different titles and it's just, it's, it's shocking to me.
04:23It's, it's baffling. It's, it's very humbling. It's, it's awesome.
04:27And I just like, I wish I could go back in time and tell my younger self that like everything's
04:31going to be okay and not to stress out and not to like believe that I'm not going to accomplish
04:36anything in life.
04:37Cause I, I will accomplish things and they're big things.
04:40Big things, massive things.
04:41You talk about your relationship with EO and Bianca and the chemistry is off the charts.
04:47How do you paint a masterpiece like you guys did in Los Angeles the last time I was at WrestleMania?
04:52And how do you become another Aussie to become a world champion two weeks back to back?
04:56Oh, honestly, that match with Charlotte, it was built on a lot of stress by me.
05:05So if it's going to be anything like that, Sunday is going to be a very, very stressful day for
05:10me.
05:10But I don't know. I think it's just like knowing each other so well that it sort of forms and
05:17gels so naturally.
05:18And that's what I'm looking forward to. And that's what I'm hoping for.
05:22And I know the girls are the same. Like we all just want to make magic and hopefully like we
05:27get to go out there, have fun and captivate everyone in the crowd and everyone at home.
05:31And it can be a masterpiece like it was for me and Charlotte.
05:34But that was an all out war as well. So if it's anything like that, I'm going to be prepared
05:38not to be able to walk Monday Night Raw the next day.
05:41That was amazing. Guys, Rhea Ripley takes on EO Sky and Bianca Belair for the world championship.
05:49Congratulations on all your success. Thank you. Can't wait till Sunday night.
05:53Appreciate it.
05:54Until next time, make sure you tap into everything Rhea Ripley is doing. Peace.
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