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00:00:00What percentage of the male population do you think you could beat up?

00:00:03I got the nickname in high school Nutcracker for a reason because I used to hit people in the nuts.

00:00:06Being in the relationship that I am with my partner, we scrap a little bit.

00:00:10I normally start it and I finish it.

00:00:11That means so many things.

00:00:13I know.

00:00:13I'm a fan until we wrestle for the custody of Dom.

00:00:16Get ready to get your a** to be here.

00:00:18Yo, I'm ready.

00:00:19What piercing hurt the most?

00:00:20Probably my belly button.

00:00:21Oh, actually, no, that's a lie.

00:00:23My a**.

00:00:23My fans are going to like this conversation.

00:00:25Yeah.

00:00:33I'm nervous.

00:00:34I'm not going to lie to you.

00:00:36This is our first podcast back in like a month.

00:00:39We've been busy, very busy.

00:00:41And here we come with one of the biggest stars in the WWE.

00:00:44This is great.

00:00:44I got an intro.

00:00:45I got an intro.

00:00:46Can't wait to hear this.

00:00:49Look, ladies and gentlemen, she is the WWE champion of the world.

00:00:53She's one of the biggest superstars in the industry.

00:00:55She's the only female to start at number one in the Royal Rumble and win that s**t.

00:01:01She's an absolute legend.

00:01:03She's the leader of the Judgment Day.

00:01:04Ladies and gentlemen, it's Aria Ripley.

00:01:07Believe it or not.

00:01:10Wow.

00:01:11How you doing?

00:01:11I'm good.

00:01:12I'm good.

00:01:12How are you guys?

00:01:13Uh, nervous and nervous.

00:01:16I don't know.

00:01:16The WWE fans love you.

00:01:18You go viral on Twitter.

00:01:19They cheer so loud for you.

00:01:21Last time I saw you, we were in Australia.

00:01:26I have a bone to pick with you.

00:01:31Yes.

00:01:31You were on stage, you took a prime bottle, took a sip, and you said,

00:01:38it's not that good anyway.

00:01:42Accent's good though.

00:01:43It's okay.

00:01:45It's okay.

00:01:46But here's the bone.

00:01:49Ria, there was water in that bottle.

00:01:52I know, it definitely tasted watered down.

00:01:55That's why I was like, yeah, it wasn't that good anyway.

00:01:57It's water and I know that because it was my bottle.

00:02:01Oh really?

00:02:02Yeah.

00:02:02I took it out there.

00:02:03We ran, I drank it.

00:02:04So I drank out of your bottle.

00:02:06Yeah.

00:02:07You might want to get checked.

00:02:08So her assessment was accurate then, right?

00:02:11Like it was...

00:02:11Well, she said water doesn't taste good.

00:02:13That was, that's the translation.

00:02:14It probably was like warm, piss warm water.

00:02:17Yeah, with a little bit of like flavor left behind.

00:02:20So it was like watered down.

00:02:21He probably had Vegemite before he drank.

00:02:24Logan cooties on it.

00:02:26I don't have cooties.

00:02:28I don't know.

00:02:29I don't know.

00:02:29But no, no, no.

00:02:30I can't, couldn't be any left.

00:02:32We, we washed it out.

00:02:33Me and Triple H.

00:02:34Actually, no, no, no.

00:02:36Triple H washed it out.

00:02:37I drank the prime.

00:02:39We were like, all right, always plug.

00:02:41I still need the bottle.

00:02:42Let's just put water in it.

00:02:43And he actually rinsed it out so there wouldn't be any prime after take.

00:02:47So when you, you said, first off, when you started drinking out of it,

00:02:50that was awesome.

00:02:51You didn't, you didn't have to do that.

00:02:52I got you.

00:02:52So thank you.

00:02:54But yeah, it was water.

00:02:55So I guess you don't like water.

00:02:57No, to be fair, I like prime.

00:02:59Okay.

00:02:59I'll put it out there.

00:03:00I do like prime.

00:03:01They were booing you.

00:03:02They booed me and I was like, I don't know what to do.

00:03:05So shit on it.

00:03:06I would have done the same thing.

00:03:07And I do.

00:03:08I do.

00:03:08Are you only saying that you like prime because it's the first

00:03:11or the current center of the ring sponsor in the WWE?

00:03:15Does that have something to do with it?

00:03:16Yo, I saw that.

00:03:17That's really cool.

00:03:18How crazy is that, dude?

00:03:19That is really cool.

00:03:22Yeah, I wasn't expecting that.

00:03:24I just went on X and I was like, oh, because I missed the show

00:03:26because I was traveling.

00:03:29But yeah, it's wild.

00:03:30It's really cool to have like a different sort of mat.

00:03:32Like I feel like we're going into a new era and it's cool that prime

00:03:35gets to be the first thing on it.

00:03:36Thanks, I think I think it's definitely really cool and

00:03:43indicative of the change in times because that canvas has such value.

00:03:48And if the WWE is able to make money and improve their bottom line

00:03:53and we are the first ones to do it because that spot was going

00:03:56to be sold is the way I look at it.

00:03:58That spot was someone was going to get that spot.

00:04:00And the fact that it's someone in the company

00:04:03and I can kind of use it to be a heel is nice.

00:04:05But stop it enough about me.

00:04:06This is this is your podcast.

00:04:07You're the guest.

00:04:09I started off saying it.

00:04:10You are you are an absolute superstar.

00:04:13And recently we just went back to Australia where you started this entire journey.

00:04:18Wrestling in front of I mean, how many people did when you started?

00:04:22When I started, I mean, we were lucky to get 100 at times,

00:04:27especially for like the little house shows we did at the actual gym.

00:04:30There'd be like maybe 50 people.

00:04:32I get paid with like a pie or a chocolate bar.

00:04:35You get paid with the pie.

00:04:36Yeah.

00:04:37Like a meat pie.

00:04:41So, so, so then why continue?

00:04:44I mean, I think I know the answer, but I just loved it.

00:04:47Yeah.

00:04:47I loved it.

00:04:48I don't know.

00:04:49It was like, it was a cool challenge for me in a way.

00:04:52Like I've always loved challenges.

00:04:53I love proving people wrong.

00:04:55So like when people would doubt me along the way, I was like, nah, fam, I'm going to do it.

00:04:59I'm going to do my best and see how far I can get.

00:05:01I'm sure many people doubted you.

00:05:04Oh yeah.

00:05:04It's, it's a unique profession to say the least.

00:05:07Like when you told your parents like, Hey, I want to go to America and be a professional wrestler.

00:05:12What's the reaction?

00:05:13Um, at first they didn't like it.

00:05:14They were just like, you do, you've, you've been doing so well in soccer.

00:05:19Cause I played soccer for nine years.

00:05:20Um, and I played like netball for six.

00:05:22I was a very sporty kid.

00:05:24So they're like, you can honestly do any sport that you want.

00:05:26You could make it, make a name for yourself in soccer, um, or do better at school

00:05:35and get like a, a decent job.

00:05:37They, I think they were just looking out for me like parents do.

00:05:39Um, and wrestling is also such a contact sport that we're like, we don't want our little girl

00:05:44to go in there and get beat up all the time.

00:05:47Like fam, I'm going to do the beating up.

00:05:50You're good.

00:05:52You guys call it soccer there?

00:05:53Soccer.

00:05:54Yeah.

00:05:55That's interesting.

00:05:56Sorry.

00:05:56I don't want to.

00:05:56No, I mean, you're not upsetting us in any way, shape or form.

00:05:59What's like a normal, like job in like Australia.

00:06:03Like, what would you like if you were just wait, where in Australia were you?

00:06:06Adelaide.

00:06:07Oh, for the show.

00:06:08No, no, no, no.

00:06:09Like when you started as a wee lad.

00:06:10Adelaide, South Australia.

00:06:11Adelaide.

00:06:12So you go to school, you decide I'm not going to be a wrestler.

00:06:15You become a kangaroo herder.

00:06:19Like what do you do?

00:06:20You know what I'm saying?

00:06:20I wanted to be a personal trainer.

00:06:23That's the one thing that I was like, if this falls through, at least like,

00:06:27I know that I love going to the gym.

00:06:29That's like my, my happy place.

00:06:31And I like helping people too.

00:06:32So I feel like that was what I did best in at school.

00:06:37Yeah, probably a personal trainer.

00:06:39Randy Orton was on this podcast.

00:06:41He sat in the same seat you're sitting in.

00:06:43And he said, anyone who says they like going to the gym is lying.

00:06:47Because if they worked out the way I worked out, they wouldn't like it.

00:06:50At times I hate it.

00:06:52When I'm there, I'm like, I can't wait to be done.

00:06:54But it's like that feeling afterwards where you feel accomplished, like you've done something.

00:06:57And then you see the progress in the weeks, months, years to come.

00:07:02Like I look back at photos from the first Mae Young Classic.

00:07:04And I'm like, damn, like I look like a noodle.

00:07:07And people said I was Jack back then.

00:07:09I was like, I look like a noodle.

00:07:10I mean, your physique is crazy.

00:07:13You're very strong.

00:07:14I'm a little intimidated by you.

00:07:17Good.

00:07:18Oh, okay.

00:07:22What percentage of the male population do you think you could beat up?

00:07:25Oh God, what percentage?

00:07:26Yeah, like average men.

00:07:29Like I feel like you've got to be pushing 80, 90, 90%.

00:07:32I want to say at least 80.

00:07:34Yeah, you could beat up eight out of 10 guys.

00:07:37What's your go-to like tactic?

00:07:41You getting a scrap outside of a watering hole in Adelaide, right?

00:07:46You had been there all night drinking Foster's Australian for beer.

00:07:50But I heard you guys don't actually drink that.

00:07:52It's disgusting.

00:07:53It's like piss, yeah.

00:07:54Well, whatever.

00:07:54So you're not drinking piss.

00:07:56But you're at the bar and you're just proper smoked.

00:08:00British.

00:08:01But you walk outside, right?

00:08:03And some chap is trying to fucking grab at your britches or something.

00:08:07What do you do about that?

00:08:09Like, what do you do?

00:08:10All right.

00:08:10Are you going to go for ground and pound?

00:08:12Power slam.

00:08:12Are you going to strike?

00:08:13Back elbow.

00:08:13Are you going to use a knee, a kick?

00:08:15It could be a super kick.

00:08:16I mean, it really depends what's open.

00:08:18Most of the time, I got the nickname in high school Nutcracker for a reason.

00:08:22Because I used to hit people in the nuts.

00:08:24So I'd probably go for that first.

00:08:27It works.

00:08:28Oh, it sure does.

00:08:29Yeah.

00:08:30Made a lot of people throw up.

00:08:30You got to change it when you're doing it to a girl, though.

00:08:33It won't work.

00:08:33I mean, sometimes it does.

00:08:35Sometimes.

00:08:37Get the bone, you know?

00:08:39Oh, yeah.

00:08:40Yeah, that's true.

00:08:41Do you pay attention to any of the gym culture at all?

00:08:45Like any of the big weightlifter people?

00:08:47Not really.

00:08:48Well, you don't know who Bradley Martin is, right?

00:08:50No.

00:08:50Oh, okay.

00:08:51Yeah, who does, right?

00:08:52I was just going to say, just because he challenges a lot of people to fights.

00:08:55He's 260.

00:08:56So he's a good friend of mine.

00:08:58I was just thinking maybe if you guys fought, what would happen?

00:09:00See, I'm very stubborn.

00:09:01That's my thing.

00:09:02Even if I'm losing, I'm secretly winning.

00:09:05Explain.

00:09:07Tell me what you mean.

00:09:10So like, being in the relationship that I am with my partner, we're both wrestlers,

00:09:15of course, so like, we scrap a little bit, just for fun.

00:09:19I normally start it and I finish it.

00:09:23That could mean so many things.

00:09:25I know.

00:09:27That's shit.

00:09:29Wait, that concerns me.

00:09:32Like, it never gets really serious.

00:09:34No, I mean, like, I'm also stubborn.

00:09:36So like, he put me, what did he put me in?

00:09:40He put me in some sort of submission and he was like-

00:09:43Sharpshooter.

00:09:43No, it was-

00:09:45Rear naked.

00:09:47Triangle.

00:09:47What was it?

00:09:48Armbar.

00:09:49Oh, I think it was a triangle.

00:09:50Triangle?

00:09:50Yeah.

00:09:51I mean, that's how'd you get out.

00:09:54I thought about it.

00:09:55I did.

00:09:56No, but that's your man, so you can't-

00:09:57I can't.

00:09:58Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:10:00But he put me in it and like, he's like, just tap.

00:10:03I'm like, no.

00:10:04He's like, just tap.

00:10:05No.

00:10:05He's like, so slowly got tighter and like his manhood was on the line.

00:10:09So he slowly like got tighter and I was like, no.

00:10:11And I got to the point where he got so tired, he had to sort of let go a little

00:10:16bit.

00:10:16And that's where I overpowered him.

00:10:19Oh my gosh.

00:10:20And got out of him and pinned him to the ground until-

00:10:22He's watching this right now.

00:10:24Like, please stop.

00:10:24Don't tell them this.

00:10:26Sorry.

00:10:27By partner, you're talking about Buddy Matthews, right?

00:10:30Yes.

00:10:30AEW superstar.

00:10:31Yes.

00:10:31Is there ever a time where when you have these like little scraps, you're fighting for the

00:10:37honor of the WWE and he's fighting for the honor of the AEW.

00:10:40And is there like any animosity there because he's the ops?

00:10:44You know what I'm saying?

00:10:44Like, no, not really.

00:10:47And he knows that like mommy's always on top.

00:10:52I want to ask you about your relationship if it's okay.

00:10:55Yeah.

00:10:56Because I find it fascinating because you are both in the same profession, but in competing

00:11:01companies, which is interesting.

00:11:04Not only that, you're the top in your industry.

00:11:08That can rub a lot of men the wrong way when their partner is more successful than them.

00:11:15And I'm not saying he's not, well, I think you're more successful.

00:11:17Maybe like technically objectively, you know, is that hard for him?

00:11:23Is it inspiring?

00:11:24Does he like it?

00:11:26What's that like?

00:11:27He loves it.

00:11:28I mean, it doesn't make him feel a certain negative sort of way.

00:11:33He's happy for me.

00:11:34And he also knows how far I can go in this company and how far his limitations are as well.

00:11:41Like, obviously it's a male dominated sport.

00:11:48So there's only so many females in it.

00:11:51So if you really show like that you're different and you connect with the crowd on a certain way,

00:11:55you're obviously going to skyrocket to the top.

00:11:57Where for him, he's been in WWE.

00:11:59He's been wrestling for over 10 years, over, I think maybe over 15 years.

00:12:06He's been wrestling for a long, long time.

00:12:08And he knows that like when he was in WWE, he hit a peak there.

00:12:12And then over in AEW as well, he's doing well.

00:12:15And it's slowly growing, like the House of Black is slowly growing and getting more steam.

00:12:19But he also knows that at the end of the day, the platform that I'm on,

00:12:24this might make a lot of people mad, but it's obviously higher.

00:12:30And yeah, I feel like he doesn't get threatened by that.

00:12:33And he says he doesn't either.

00:12:35So like, I'll take his word. I trust him. I believe him.

00:12:38And like, he's very comfortable in what he's doing and who I am.

00:12:44And he also loves to help me along the way and help me grow, which is what a relationship should

00:12:49be.

00:12:50It's a team, right?

00:12:50So if one of the...

00:12:52If I'm winning, he's winning.

00:12:53Right.

00:12:53And maybe you're winning in an aspect of...

00:12:55Exactly.

00:12:55And he's bringing more to the table in another place.

00:12:58Yep.

00:12:58And it comes together to create this symbiotic system that is the rocket ship of that relationship.

00:13:04Yes.

00:13:04You guys work together.

00:13:05Yes.

00:13:05I don't know him at all, but even off of just what you said, it's what I kind of would

00:13:09assume.

00:13:10He seems like a great partner.

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00:14:28Back to the show.

00:14:29Even with like the Dom stuff.

00:14:31Oh, yeah.

00:14:32Not many people could be in a relationship through that.

00:14:35I don't think I could, Ria.

00:14:36Yeah.

00:14:36If the roles were reversed, I don't think I could either.

00:14:39What, really?

00:14:39Yeah.

00:14:40I know.

00:14:41No way.

00:14:42No way.

00:14:43I get jealous real bad.

00:14:45Oh, yeah?

00:14:46Yeah.

00:14:47So if he had a Latina heat, you would not be.

00:14:49Oh, dude.

00:14:50Yeah.

00:14:50I don't know.

00:14:52How does he do it?

00:14:54What a legend.

00:14:55Legit.

00:14:56That's crazy.

00:14:57He's so chill with it.

00:14:58And like, he loves Dom as well.

00:15:00Like they had the storyline before where he was dating his sister, Aaliyah.

00:15:05Oh, no way.

00:15:06Oh, cool.

00:15:06Yeah.

00:15:07He doesn't mind at all, which is amazing because it makes my life at home and work so much easier.

00:15:12Yeah, for sure.

00:15:13And also Dom just got married.

00:15:15Yeah.

00:15:15So like, you know, he's locked down as well.

00:15:18Yeah, for sure.

00:15:19For sure.

00:15:19You were there.

00:15:20You were at the wedding.

00:15:21Yeah.

00:15:21That's so crazy.

00:15:22Where was my invite?

00:15:24Well, I don't know.

00:15:26You have to ask Dom.

00:15:27Maybe, you know, this tag team run isn't going as well as you thought it would.

00:15:31Yeah.

00:15:31He's not going to leave mommy.

00:15:33That's great.

00:15:33Well, we'll see.

00:15:34You know, I mean, we'll see.

00:15:35Do you think you've ever get invited to a faction or do you just not get invited to anything?

00:15:45I don't think people really fuck with me like that, you know, who would be a good faction

00:15:52for Logan?

00:15:53Like if he got invited as long.

00:15:54It's Dom.

00:15:55It would probably be the job.

00:15:56By the way, we both love Dom.

00:15:59Like Dom is the best.

00:16:00He's amazing.

00:16:00And it's funny because everybody else in your faction has like a title, right?

00:16:06You've got you've got it.

00:16:08You've got the women's title tag team title, money in the bank briefcase.

00:16:14Right.

00:16:14And so Dom is like the one that's he's still running those next titles.

00:16:18You know what I'm saying?

00:16:19And JD and JD.

00:16:21Right.

00:16:22That's true, too.

00:16:23But it's about time.

00:16:24You said next.

00:16:25Yeah.

00:16:26Yeah.

00:16:26NXT.

00:16:29I had every other part.

00:16:32It was.

00:16:32No, it's funny.

00:16:33I had every other part of that story.

00:16:35Perfect.

00:16:35And you picked out which I you know, one thing I've always liked about you is you do demand

00:16:39perfection.

00:16:41And I fucked up.

00:16:42And now I'm not even gonna ask the question.

00:16:44I'm just gonna I'm just gonna abandon the whole stuff.

00:16:47No, but when is it gonna be time for Dom to rise to the top?

00:16:51You know, because that's I think at least we want to see him there.

00:16:54Yeah, I want to see it, too.

00:16:56I mean, he's been working so hard for so long.

00:16:58Like people don't understand how much he actually does for the company.

00:17:02He's on every single show pretty much all the time.

00:17:04He's always traveling, always grinding, always having matches.

00:17:08He's the person in the company that gets the most heat every time he goes out there.

00:17:13He can't speak.

00:17:13Dude, he can't speak at all.

00:17:15And like he can cut a promo, which is so impressive because like it's one, terrifying.

00:17:20Two, he never gets the chance to really practice because people just boo him out the building.

00:17:23But I hope soon.

00:17:25I really do.

00:17:26I mean, he had that match with Gunther and that I mean, he didn't win, but it was a fantastic

00:17:31match.

00:17:31And he was resilient the whole time.

00:17:33He overcame so much.

00:17:34So I think that really made people look at him and focus on him in a different sort of way

00:17:39as well,

00:17:40a different light where he can play with the top guys.

00:17:43Yeah, it's a few young stars are having those type of matches with, you know,

00:17:50the real respectable people in the business, even even Austin Theory lately.

00:17:54Austin's great.

00:17:54Just absolutely murdering it.

00:17:56I think they're taking these opportunities on these shows to show how good they really are.

00:18:01Yeah.

00:18:01And Dom is, I mean, all wrestlers are tough, but Dom is tough one time.

00:18:06Oh, yeah.

00:18:06I was like, bro, your your schedule is crazy.

00:18:09Like, it's nuts.

00:18:10It's like, yeah, I hurt my shoulder.

00:18:11Like, I can't even lift my shoulder.

00:18:12I have a match this this weekend.

00:18:14Yeah.

00:18:14Like, how are you going to do that?

00:18:16Yeah.

00:18:17And the one thing I learned about wrestling in general is I think a big part of it is your

00:18:22ability to navigate pain because it's inevitable.

00:18:26This shit hurts.

00:18:27Yeah.

00:18:29I have a pet peeve.

00:18:31I don't know if you can call it that.

00:18:32It bothers me when I see women fall because I feel so bad.

00:18:37Like, no, in my head, I'm like, no, that's like a guy thing to do to fall and like scrape

00:18:41your knee and get hurt.

00:18:42Yeah.

00:18:42I just don't like seeing girls get hurt.

00:18:43Yeah.

00:18:44But I'm always seeing you guys do these crazy things.

00:18:48We go out there and we beat the crap out of each other sometimes.

00:18:50No, it's insane.

00:18:51It's insane.

00:18:52So how are you navigating that pain?

00:18:54I don't know.

00:18:55I think I just like it.

00:18:56I'm sadistic like that.

00:18:57I like that pain.

00:18:59Yeah.

00:18:59That helps.

00:18:59Helps me feel like I'm alive, you know?

00:19:01Yeah.

00:19:03She's numb all day until she gets thrown through a table.

00:19:06Exactly.

00:19:06And now I'm happy.

00:19:07Then she comes to life.

00:19:08That's crazy.

00:19:09Mike can relate.

00:19:10Yeah.

00:19:11Mike used to do drugs.

00:19:14Yeah.

00:19:14Hard drugs.

00:19:15Yeah.

00:19:15Back in the day.

00:19:16It's been a long time ago, you know?

00:19:18Yeah.

00:19:18But you should have done WWE.

00:19:20It would have been hard with those paddle feet of yours, though, and that rod in your ankle.

00:19:24Oh, yeah.

00:19:24But he's looking at getting a new foot, and maybe.

00:19:26Oh.

00:19:27Well, I need to have fusion surgery.

00:19:30Yeah.

00:19:30So the king of managing pain from all the interviews we've done so far has been Dom's dad, right?

00:19:37Oh, yeah.

00:19:38Ray has been through the wringer and does a ton of stem cell, a ton of alternative therapies.

00:19:44And he told me to go try the stem cell.

00:19:46It's not going to work.

00:19:47There's no cartilage in the thing.

00:19:48It's just stuck, and it's pain every step I take.

00:19:52Pain, pain, pain.

00:19:52Oh, really?

00:19:53And the problem is if you have a lower extremity injury, everything above it gets tweaked out

00:19:58of alignment.

00:19:59Yeah.

00:19:59So if your ankle's fucked up, then your knee's going to go, then your hip's going to go.

00:20:02And then the other side goes for compensating.

00:20:04Compensating.

00:20:04Yeah.

00:20:04Exactly.

00:20:05So, yeah, I'm cutting it off.

00:20:06Just cutting it off?

00:20:07Yeah, completely, yep.

00:20:08I think prosthetics could be good for him.

00:20:10No, I'm not even doing a prosthetic.

00:20:11I'm just a pirate peg.

00:20:13Ooh.

00:20:13I'm doing a wooden peg.

00:20:13I mean, that'd be a cool gimmick, you know?

00:20:15Yeah.

00:20:15Sick.

00:20:16Yeah.

00:20:16Hey, girl, you want to see my peg?

00:20:19My third leg peg.

00:20:20You have to say it with that accent though.

00:20:23Hey, Happy International Women's Day passed earlier this month.

00:20:27What a great holiday and obviously a lot of powerful women out there in the world that

00:20:31I want to say that to.

00:20:32But were there any important women in your life that inspired you?

00:20:37I mean, the normal answer would always be your mom.

00:20:40My mom is one of the strongest people that I know, for sure.

00:20:44And I say that, like, emotionally and physically.

00:20:50Growing up, she was obviously emotionally strong.

00:20:54She went through so much, especially dealing with me and my sister.

00:20:58And she just powered through.

00:20:59But also, like, physically strong because she did upholstery and all that.

00:21:03So she had guns, dude.

00:21:06Oh, yeah.

00:21:06She was strong, strong.

00:21:08And I loved seeing that growing up because I've always had a bigger frame.

00:21:11I've never really fit in with most girls and most girl groups.

00:21:15Because I've always just been bigger.

00:21:16I've been picked on for all that sort of stuff.

00:21:18So mom would definitely be one.

00:21:19And then also with, like, WWE, Beth Phoenix.

00:21:23She's just so amazing.

00:21:25And, like, seeing her be different in a time where it was hard to be different.

00:21:31It was inspiring.

00:21:33It really was.

00:21:33Is it exciting to you to know that you're going to be that woman for so many young women?

00:21:39Yeah, it is.

00:21:40It's wild to think that, like, a little girl from Adelaide, South Australia made it to WWE

00:21:44and is inspiring people to be themselves.

00:21:48And I love that.

00:21:49That's one thing that I really do love about this job is that I love hearing the stories

00:21:53of people that get inspired by us to then be confident in their own bodies.

00:21:58That's the one thing that I really want to get across while doing this job is just

00:22:02helping people feel comfortable and do whatever the hell they want, pretty much.

00:22:07Cut your hair short if you're a girl.

00:22:08It looks sick.

00:22:09He's ready.

00:22:10Things like that.

00:22:11I was going there, too.

00:22:12I'm just saying, well, speaking of being yourself, you know, we've seen a lot of versions of Rhea Ripley.

00:22:17Which version of Rhea Ripley is more you?

00:22:21Authentic.

00:22:22Definitely the dark-haired one.

00:22:24Really?

00:22:24Yeah.

00:22:25It's weird because I feel like I have two personalities.

00:22:29One's super sweet and one's like, don't fuck with me.

00:22:33Are you, like, on the border at all times?

00:22:36Yeah, most of the time.

00:22:37Not right now, probably.

00:22:39Right now, I'm pretty chill.

00:22:41What sets you off into like, okay, now I'm going to super kick you?

00:22:45When people ask me the same questions multiple different times and stress me out.

00:22:50So what pushes you past the border?

00:22:52Like, what makes you say, I want to super kick you?

00:22:56She just comes over and just punches me in the face.

00:23:01I don't know.

00:23:02It's just like, ask me a dumb question one more time, sort of thing.

00:23:06We're not going to do it.

00:23:07We're not going to do it the new way.

00:23:08Wait, but since you, this is an interesting, you know, conversation around appearance and how your outward appearance makes you

00:23:17feel about yourself in an inward way.

00:23:19Now that you are embodying the look that you think reflects you most authentically, have you noticed an increase in

00:23:26your confidence levels and in how you're able to conduct yourself based on your new look?

00:23:30Yeah, yeah, a hundred percent.

00:23:32It's funny because I go back to the Mae Young Classic one where that first photo was from.

00:23:38And I was so scared to not fit in.

00:23:44Like, I would go shopping every single week.

00:23:46I had no money, absolutely no money when I first moved here.

00:23:50And I would make it a weekly thing where I would go out to the shops and try and find

00:23:57something that I could wear to the NXT tapings that would fit in with the other girls, but also look

00:24:04pretty, but then suit my broad shoulders and my body shape.

00:24:07And it was so difficult that most of the time I'd be in the in the room getting changed, like

00:24:13crying to myself, hating myself for wanting to wear these things where now it's like I've accepted what is me

00:24:22and how I want to dress and how I want to be and how I want to act.

00:24:26And I definitely do feel a lot more confident even going out there in front of the crowds on Monday

00:24:31and sometimes Friday and it was NXT for a little bit as well.

00:24:34But like going out there, cutting the promos, feeling comfortable in what I'm wearing, how I move, a bit of

00:24:40everything, really.

00:24:41It's just I've unlocked that side of me that I was hiding for so long.

00:24:46And it feels really nice to just be me pretty much.

00:24:49It's funny that when you find that authenticity, it's when you start to skyrocket, you know.

00:24:55And I feel like a lot of people in our industry, our industry, when they enter, they'll emulate, you know,

00:25:05and I'm even doing it a little bit, but I'm doing it less and less.

00:25:09And I'm finding kind of like how I fit and who I am in relation to the industry.

00:25:13But it's kind of mimicking someone you see or looked up to or the person to your left or right

00:25:20when really it's all in here.

00:25:21You just got to kind of find it and be that.

00:25:24Drew, I think McIntyre is doing a great job of it right now.

00:25:29He's doing an excellent job.

00:25:30I spoke with him briefly a while ago and I was like, bro, the way you're using social media is

00:25:35excellent.

00:25:37And you do a good job too.

00:25:38And that's what I wanted to say.

00:25:40It's like, you know how to interact with fans.

00:25:43You know how to tweet.

00:25:44Your tweets go crazy.

00:25:46How much do you prioritize you as a wrestler and that's your job and you're going to go out there

00:25:52and kick some ass.

00:25:53But then you're going to go home and, you know, post your photo and get the engagement and rile up

00:25:56your online fans as well.

00:25:58To be honest, I don't really think about it too much.

00:26:01To be completely honest, like I hate social media.

00:26:05Okay.

00:26:06All right.

00:26:06I'm sorry.

00:26:07Sorry for the question.

00:26:08Was that a dumb question?

00:26:11I might hurt you later.

00:26:12No, you're good.

00:26:13No, it's like I'm someone that is so against social media, but it's such a great platform for what we

00:26:19do.

00:26:19So we need it.

00:26:21So when I'm home, like I try and relax and buddy's actually Matt.

00:26:26Sorry, I will call him Max.

00:26:27That's what I'm used to saying.

00:26:28But Matt, he's got me used to coming home and sort of turning my work brain off a little bit

00:26:34so I can actually relax.

00:26:35Because I went through like a whole stage when I first came here where like I couldn't turn off.

00:26:39It was always work, work, work, and I was never relaxing and the years were going by so quickly.

00:26:43So he helps me relax.

00:26:46Every now and then I go on social media and I do check it out.

00:26:48And I like seeing like all the fan stuff and sharing it, reposting it.

00:26:55But when it comes to my posts, like I'll just find a photo every now and then.

00:26:58I'm like my brain's like it works in a weird way where I can just think of like the cheekiest

00:27:02PG but non-PG sort of things to post.

00:27:06And it's like the first thing that pops in my head.

00:27:08I'm like, yep, sick.

00:27:09And it's just it's something that I guess connects well with my audience.

00:27:13Speaking of cheeky posts, Covalent TV tweeted, we've seen this picture circulating here on X.

00:27:19We wonder why.

00:27:20Oh, gosh.

00:27:21And you responded.

00:27:22You said cheeky.

00:27:23So I'm guessing it's my butt.

00:27:24I don't know.

00:27:25I don't know.

00:27:26You responded.

00:27:27You're welcome.

00:27:29This emoji.

00:27:32Peach.

00:27:33What did you mean by that?

00:27:36My butt's out.

00:27:38Oh, I didn't even notice that.

00:27:41I can't see butts because I have a girlfriend.

00:27:43So I don't even know if that part of the body even existed anymore.

00:27:47To me, it's just legs are attached to it.

00:27:49I was like, what is she?

00:27:50Cheeky.

00:27:50Cheeky in multiple different ways.

00:27:52But you are like kind of like sassy on Twitter a little bit.

00:27:57Oh, a little bit.

00:27:57And people like it.

00:27:58You have to be.

00:27:59I snap at people.

00:28:00Yeah, you do.

00:28:01It gets crazy engagement.

00:28:02Yeah, because people need to be put in their place every now and then.

00:28:04They think it's okay.

00:28:06Yeah, dude.

00:28:07Xers?

00:28:07X.

00:28:08X is crazy.

00:28:09X is crazy.

00:28:10It's crazy.

00:28:11If you like look at like a, not to get it too crazy with it, but if you look at

00:28:15like

00:28:15a chart of like the crazier sites, X is like pretty wild.

00:28:19It's pretty nuts.

00:28:20Yeah.

00:28:20And like I feel like people just want to go on there to be negative.

00:28:23You know, I noticed that too.

00:28:24I was really like kind of like looking through some of the stuff today and it's like you wake

00:28:27up and like I've had to stop myself from waking up in the morning and the first thing I do

00:28:31is like grab and look at notifications and see like what's being said.

00:28:35Sometimes I'll wake up and just like scroll down my notifications and just see this stuff

00:28:39and I'm like, why is everyone so angry?

00:28:42Yeah.

00:28:42You know what I'm saying?

00:28:43Like, I mean, I get in.

00:28:44I know there's like a lot of subconscious and like different reasons for people to be

00:28:47angry in this world.

00:28:48Some people are having a real rough time out there, but I just don't remember a time

00:28:51in my life where I ever was like, oh, I know what will make me feel better by saying

00:28:55someone's fat or stupid.

00:28:57You know what I'm saying?

00:28:57But it's like if they're going through such hard times, why try and make someone else's

00:29:01life hard if you know what it feels like?

00:29:04Hurt people.

00:29:04You know, that's a level of emotional intelligence I don't think a lot of people have.

00:29:07Yeah.

00:29:07It's called empathy.

00:29:08Well, and a lot of younger people don't have too.

00:29:10I think empathy is something and graciousness and kindness is something that a lot of people

00:29:15grow into.

00:29:16For sure.

00:29:16So and since social media is such a youth inhabited, you know, scenario, it's you do see a lot

00:29:22of that nasty stuff because they don't understand how bad their words could, if not hurt, at

00:29:27least affect people's day and their psyche and their subconscious.

00:29:30So, yeah, you're very right in trying to limit the time that is not related to work, finance

00:29:37or that kind of thing and just putting it aside because it can fuck with you a lot.

00:29:40Yeah.

00:29:41Well, it happens in real life as well and especially in our industry.

00:29:48And I mean, you get booed sometimes as part of the business.

00:29:51And you stood up for Maxine Dupree.

00:29:53This tweet, this tweet went well.

00:29:55And you said as she was getting booed, leaving the arena, you said, I really wish that some

00:29:59of you got booed and ridiculed in the public eye while being new at your job.

00:30:02Learning and getting better is all a part of being human.

00:30:05Be better as humans.

00:30:06Yeah.

00:30:07Yeah.

00:30:08I'm over seeing, especially in our profession.

00:30:12I know it happens in like a few different ones, but I see ours because I'm in it.

00:30:15And the people that are coming up in the business that are just trying their best to get better

00:30:21and do well and connect with the audience, they just get ridiculed and like pretty much

00:30:25bullied.

00:30:26Like some guys yelled out, like go away and don't come back or something like that.

00:30:29And it's like, that's not even booing the character because they're bad.

00:30:34It's like you're targeting the person and their abilities.

00:30:38It's past buying your ticket so you can boo the wrestlers.

00:30:42You're just being a dick at this point.

00:30:44Like you want to affect someone.

00:30:47You're actually trying to hurt someone.

00:30:48Yeah, legit.

00:30:49And that's what some people don't understand when I shared it.

00:30:52Cause it's like, yeah, it's all good and fine to boo the characters and boo the wrestlers

00:30:58and all that stuff.

00:30:59But like, if you can see that someone's actually trying and, and they're a true baby face, you

00:31:04know, there's someone that a lot of people got behind at the very start saying she's amazing.

00:31:08She's growing so well.

00:31:09It's like, as soon as she has one bad thing happen, they turn straight away.

00:31:14And that's, I guess that's the fans in.

00:31:17I was going to play devil's advocate for one second.

00:31:19Part of me again, being the new guy, trying to understand who these people are and when

00:31:25what they're doing thinks that they buy their ticket and they come to those shows to let

00:31:30out whatever they have inside them that has been building up all week.

00:31:33And a lot of times it's probably anger, probably frustration.

00:31:37And it feels good to tell someone they suck and cheer for the person you love.

00:31:40But it's funny cause they can dish it, but they can't take it.

00:31:43Facts.

00:31:44Yeah.

00:31:44That's the thing.

00:31:45Yeah.

00:31:45If you're going to dish it, you better take it too.

00:31:47Because if I find it on Twitter on X, yeah, you're going to smoke them.

00:31:50Oh, I'm going to smoke you.

00:31:51But it's hard to smoke people that have animes, characters, you know what I'm saying?

00:31:56And their name is Ballsy McJugger Nuggets.

00:31:59You know what I'm saying?

00:32:00Like how do you smoke, how do you make fun of their anime picture?

00:32:03Also like, why do people, this is the thing, like, why can't those people that are angry

00:32:07all week that have been bobbled up inside, right?

00:32:09Why can't they just go with a sign that says, I'm angry?

00:32:12Legit.

00:32:13You know what I'm saying?

00:32:13And just scream that out.

00:32:15Like, I'm angry.

00:32:16Because that's kind of weird, I guess, right?

00:32:18Like, if you just saw someone, like, explaining that over and over again.

00:32:22But, like, that's why, like, the heels are in the business too.

00:32:26Like, why are you choosing the one straight baby face that's just trying to do better?

00:32:31Why are you choosing that person to boo and ridicule?

00:32:34Also, also, it's, she's a girl.

00:32:37And this is like a grown man.

00:32:38A full grown man.

00:32:40Like a fully grown man.

00:32:41And just, this young woman just trying to do her job.

00:32:43Like, you suck and don't come back.

00:32:46Legit.

00:32:47Neil, who's my security, he's the big guy, said that at Elimination Chamber, when they

00:32:52were walking me out, there was, you know, I'm a heel.

00:32:55I was getting booed.

00:32:56Great.

00:32:56But there was one guy, the way he described him to me is, was pure, from the heart, rage.

00:33:06Like, almost needs to be sent to, like, some sort of clinic.

00:33:10Rage.

00:33:10And some people, like, just have that in them.

00:33:13Oh, they really do.

00:33:14That's why they're there.

00:33:15They really do.

00:33:16And that's, it's scary.

00:33:17He kept me away from that guy.

00:33:19Good on you.

00:33:21You also made a little bit of the rounds on Twitter for being harassed at the airport.

00:33:28Oh, yeah.

00:33:29Which was, like, a thing for you.

00:33:30Yeah.

00:33:31It got crazy.

00:33:32Fans would buy tickets just to meet you before your gate, and they wouldn't take the flight.

00:33:38Yeah.

00:33:38And get refunded their tickets.

00:33:39Yeah.

00:33:39So, there was a couple flights where we had connections, and we'd land in our connection

00:33:43with, like, 30 minutes to an hour to, like, try and get to our next gate.

00:33:48And you'd walk out from your gate, and there'd be people standing there.

00:33:51Yeah, they knew.

00:33:52And you're like, what are you doing?

00:33:53I'm angry.

00:33:54I'm angry.

00:33:57Signed my poster.

00:33:58And it's got to be kind of tough for you, too, because, like, I look at something like

00:34:03what you guys do versus an internet personality or something like that.

00:34:08Our characters, when we do this type of stuff, are so interwoven.

00:34:13And so, like, there's no split whatsoever.

00:34:17Like, if somebody hates your online personality, in reality, like, if you're someone like me,

00:34:22they really just hate me.

00:34:23You know what I'm saying?

00:34:24Because I'm just exactly who I am here as I am in real life for the most part.

00:34:28But does it give you any kind of, like, you know, refuge, knowing that they are just

00:34:35angry or disliking your character and not you as a person?

00:34:38I mean, some of them don't like me as a person, too.

00:34:41I'm so sorry.

00:34:42No, you're good.

00:34:43Something's happening.

00:34:44Well, you're just not built for showbiz.

00:34:46Maybe you need to drink some prime.

00:34:50What did you say?

00:34:51Maybe you're not built for showbiz.

00:34:53What the fuck?

00:34:54Where's manager Jeff?

00:34:55I'm not.

00:34:58Sorry.

00:34:58You good, fam?

00:34:59Yeah.

00:35:01About being harassed.

00:35:05Yeah, I mean, there's a lot of people that, because I am very real on my social media,

00:35:10too.

00:35:10Like, yes, there is some, like, Rhea Ripley things that I have to post, but I am very,

00:35:14like, me on it as well.

00:35:17So a lot of people hate me for that.

00:35:19But it is what it is at the end of the day.

00:35:22I don't know.

00:35:23It's just such a strong word.

00:35:24Like, no one hates you.

00:35:25Who hates you and why?

00:35:26Why do they hate you?

00:35:27I don't know.

00:35:28I've given them plenty of reasons.

00:35:29I understand that.

00:35:30Why, on God's green earth, would anyone actually hate you?

00:35:33I don't know.

00:35:34I don't know.

00:35:35You beat their favorite.

00:35:35You beat Bianca.

00:35:36Yeah, that's probably why.

00:35:38100%.

00:35:38Yeah, that's very true.

00:35:39100%.

00:35:40Even if it's just, like, things that I've said or posted, like, from years ago or anything,

00:35:47they just find anything.

00:35:48I'm like, you know, people grow, right?

00:35:50Like, people change.

00:35:51They open up.

00:35:53They become a better version of themselves along the line.

00:35:56Like, people change.

00:35:59It's just strange, too, because, like, there's so much, like, dislike or disapproval without

00:36:06actually having met someone, too.

00:36:08Like, that's a funny thing.

00:36:09Like, all of those people that claim online, like, they don't like you or, you know, wouldn't

00:36:14get along with you or aren't a fan of your style.

00:36:16When you meet them in real life, they walk away from that experience saying, wow, like,

00:36:20I was wrong about that person.

00:36:21Hopefully.

00:36:22There are some people in the space that probably don't give that, but I've never had someone

00:36:25walk away from an interaction with, you know, us and say, like, oh, wow, he's exactly what

00:36:29I, he's an asshole.

00:36:30It's funny, because, yeah, they come up to you expecting you to be a prick to them, and

00:36:33you're like, hi, how are you?

00:36:34And they're like, what?

00:36:35Well, how do I deal with this?

00:36:36Cannot compute.

00:36:37Yeah, exactly.

00:36:38Killing people with kindness is, is, is, it's the way to go.

00:36:41There's pleasure in that.

00:36:42Yeah.

00:36:42Oh, my God, he's not an asshole?

00:36:44Yeah.

00:36:44What the fuck?

00:36:45No, but killing people with kindness is, is like a methodology of, like, of a, a pursuit

00:36:50of a victory.

00:36:51Like, we're, like, actually, I'll speak for myself.

00:36:54I've, no, I've sat with you for a little while here.

00:36:56You seem to be a kind, but I'm a kind person.

00:36:58Like, I don't put on a show.

00:36:59I don't do it for the interaction.

00:37:01Yeah.

00:37:01That's just how I am.

00:37:02It's just me, yeah.

00:37:03You know, and that's, I think, what you get when you have a conversation with a lot of

00:37:05people, and it sucks that there's a, you know, sometimes a general misconception, and that's

00:37:10always been one of the things that I've had trouble with, and I'd like to ask you about

00:37:13it, is being misunderstood.

00:37:16Has that, has that troubled you in your, in career, in your career?

00:37:22Or you don't give a single shit?

00:37:23I just don't feel like I really care.

00:37:26Yeah.

00:37:26I don't know.

00:37:27It probably would have bothered me earlier on, but I can't really remember too much, to

00:37:31be completely honest.

00:37:32I was also a baby face for like the longest time.

00:37:34So I've only been a heel for like really six months to a year of my career.

00:37:41Would you say you're a heel now?

00:37:43I do some pretty dastardly things, but I get cheered for it.

00:37:47You get cheered, yeah.

00:37:48Yeah.

00:37:48So I don't know.

00:37:49I'm a bit of a tweener, I want to say.

00:37:51Yeah, tweener.

00:37:51You're a tweener.

00:37:52Yeah.

00:37:52What piercing hurt the most?

00:37:54That was such a strange change in conversation.

00:37:58I'm warming up.

00:37:59What piercing hurt the most?

00:38:02Probably my belly button.

00:38:03Oh, actually, no, that's a lie.

00:38:05Uh-oh.

00:38:06My nipples.

00:38:08Oh, yeah.

00:38:10That's got to hurt.

00:38:11That hurt.

00:38:11I don't want to be intrusive, but are they still pierced at the moment?

00:38:16And you wrestle with it?

00:38:17No, you got to take them out.

00:38:18Oh, you don't take them out?

00:38:19I don't take anything out.

00:38:20That's crazy.

00:38:21Yeah.

00:38:22I got my nipple pierced for a vlog.

00:38:24Oh, it hurts, dude.

00:38:25It hurt like a month.

00:38:28That was the goth vlog, right?

00:38:29Yeah, the goth vlog, yeah.

00:38:30Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:38:31And you only got one, right?

00:38:32One nipple.

00:38:32Yeah, because when you get the first one, you're like, I don't want to go through that again.

00:38:35No, no, no.

00:38:36I did it four times, pretty much.

00:38:38You have four nipples?

00:38:38Well, no, because I got them done twice.

00:38:40Oh.

00:38:41What?

00:38:41Oh.

00:38:42Yeah.

00:38:42God.

00:38:42Wait, oh, they're double pierced?

00:38:44No, no, no.

00:38:45They got one, but it was like-

00:38:46Take it out, closed up, put it back.

00:38:47Yeah, so this is very like, you know, sorry.

00:38:49My fans are going to like this conversation.

00:38:51I think ours probably will, too.

00:38:53Probably.

00:38:54But like, I got them done, right?

00:38:56And the lady that did them, she used a small bar, and it was a thinner bar than what was

00:39:02supposed to be in there.

00:39:03So obviously, like, when you get a piercing, it swells up.

00:39:07Started to eat the bloody bar and the ball on the end.

00:39:09So I had to go, like, three days later to another piercer, and they had to stretch them

00:39:14like my ears.

00:39:15So it was pretty much getting it done twice.

00:39:18Whoa.

00:39:18It sounds worse than getting them done twice.

00:39:20It was horrible.

00:39:21Yeah, it sounds like, I don't even know how to address what you just said.

00:39:24It wasn't fun.

00:39:24I can't believe you wrestled with them, man.

00:39:26Yeah, I think I'm just so used to it now.

00:39:29I pitched my fiance.

00:39:30I said, hey, I want to get my nipple pierced again for wrestling.

00:39:34I think it gave me some edge.

00:39:35Yeah.

00:39:35Like, you got tattoos.

00:39:37All of these wrestlers that got tattoos, they got the self-tanner on, and so I'm trying to

00:39:41figure out where I can get my edge, because I got nothing.

00:39:44I assure you, it's not getting your nipple pierced.

00:39:47That's what Nina said.

00:39:49And I will second to Nina.

00:39:51And if anyone in the comments wants to support or get some, I'm just saying.

00:39:55I don't know.

00:39:56It looks good.

00:39:57There's got to be a different way.

00:39:59What about the Tyson tattoo?

00:40:01Oh, God.

00:40:03Nina might not go for that.

00:40:04I mean, that won't get caught on anything, to be fair.

00:40:07I feel like nipple is probably not the best way to go if you're a male.

00:40:11Yeah.

00:40:12Just because it gets caught on things so easily.

00:40:14I get to wear a bra.

00:40:15You guys don't.

00:40:17Unless you want to.

00:40:17He could.

00:40:18He could.

00:40:18What if I do?

00:40:19You won't sit here on my show and tell me what I cannot wear.

00:40:24I'd love to see it.

00:40:25Yeah.

00:40:26It'd be great.

00:40:26Yeah.

00:40:27Maybe we should get Logan in a bra, guys.

00:40:28I'll do it for fun.

00:40:29No, it doesn't fit my character.

00:40:32What about shaving your head?

00:40:35Oh.

00:40:36I feel like I'm balding a little bit.

00:40:39That's what we all are.

00:40:40I mean, I went to Turkey and got my hair done.

00:40:43I need a pop to Turkey.

00:40:45We can go whenever you want.

00:40:46What do you think about balding?

00:40:47Balding?

00:40:48Are you a fan?

00:40:49I think it's fine.

00:40:50Just shave it.

00:40:50Accept it.

00:40:51Okay.

00:40:52Be you, like we said.

00:40:53Be you.

00:40:54There's a moment when you shave your head where you don't know what it's going to look like.

00:40:58Oh, yeah.

00:40:59And so I did it when I went to Turkey and I looked in the mirror and they were like,

00:41:03wow,

00:41:04this is great.

00:41:05Like, because I also have a beard.

00:41:06Yeah.

00:41:07So it looked really good.

00:41:08Yeah.

00:41:08And I was like, oh, maybe I don't, we don't do the surgery now.

00:41:12Because they're about to like do.

00:41:13Yeah, you did look good with it.

00:41:14Yeah.

00:41:15They're about to do this intense bloody surgery.

00:41:17I was like, oh, this is actually kind of dope.

00:41:19So you kind of, you kind of have to try.

00:41:20No, I did when I was a sophomore in high school, I looked like a thumb.

00:41:25Like a thumb thumb from Spikids.

00:41:27Yeah, exactly.

00:41:29But you had no beard.

00:41:30You had no beard.

00:41:31The beard changes everything.

00:41:33The beard changes everything, bro.

00:41:35If you don't have a beard and you have a shaved head, it's tough, dude.

00:41:40It's tough.

00:41:42So no nipple piercing.

00:41:44Bruh.

00:41:45And it's too late to get tattoos because I'll just, people already think I'm Jake Paul.

00:41:48Do you know the amount of people that have congratulated me for my Mike Tyson fight?

00:41:53Really?

00:41:53It is sick though.

00:41:54Oh, congrats.

00:41:55Yo, I'm not.

00:41:56It is really cool.

00:41:57Yo, the amount of people that are tweeting, they're like, yo, Logan Paul's going to get

00:41:59his ass beat.

00:42:00I'm like, you stupid motherfucker.

00:42:01It says on the gosh dang poster, Jake Paul.

00:42:04We don't even look like he's got tattoos all over his body.

00:42:08So I can't get any because if I do, I'll just.

00:42:11Then you're definitely going to get comparisons.

00:42:12Really confused.

00:42:13Yeah, they are never able to keep you guys apart.

00:42:15That's so strange though.

00:42:15People come up to me all the time.

00:42:16They're like, you know, you're on the show with the WWE, Jake, right?

00:42:21Like it's always like.

00:42:22Really?

00:42:22Yeah.

00:42:23They're just not very good at.

00:42:24Yeah.

00:42:25And articles, Nina, it says Nina's fiance, Jake Paul.

00:42:29Wild.

00:42:29That's so strange.

00:42:29Cause like you guys look the same a little bit cause you're brothers, but like you look

00:42:33completely different at the same time.

00:42:34I agree.

00:42:35Your sister was, uh, right behind my, my pod at the elimination chamber.

00:42:42Um, she looks exactly like the photo you showed just before, just with the, she does

00:42:46look like that.

00:42:46Yeah.

00:42:47Oh my gosh.

00:42:47Yeah.

00:42:48Yeah.

00:42:48She was right there.

00:42:49And she, she did, I think her friend did like a heart.

00:42:54It was like an Australian heart.

00:42:56I think it was like.

00:42:56An Australian heart.

00:42:57Cause like, you know, normally you see like this.

00:42:59This one.

00:42:59But she did like this.

00:43:01And I remember that I was like, oh, that's right there.

00:43:04Got the seats.

00:43:05And then Kevin's who, but, ah, I'm remembering now.

00:43:10Kevin and your sister got into a little, a little fight.

00:43:13Did you hear about this?

00:43:14No.

00:43:15Yeah.

00:43:15What?

00:43:16Yeah.

00:43:17How?

00:43:18Huh?

00:43:18Oh, it was your sister's friend or something.

00:43:21Apparently he kept like standing up in their way to get the shot to get the, I'm sorry.

00:43:26We needed the shot.

00:43:27I'm a content whore.

00:43:28I need my footage.

00:43:30And, uh, and she said something to him like, hey, get out of the way.

00:43:33Whatever.

00:43:33And Kevin's like, I'm doing my job.

00:43:36That's amazing.

00:43:37I'm sorry.

00:43:38No, no, it's fine.

00:43:39It's fine.

00:43:39It's, it's your family.

00:43:40But I'll be honest.

00:43:41We, we got some good footage there.

00:43:43Yeah.

00:43:43Drawing in the chamber.

00:43:44Oh, it was great.

00:43:45That is my most viewed video of all time.

00:43:48One of them.

00:43:48Is it?

00:43:48Top three.

00:43:49More than my engagement.

00:43:50Really?

00:43:50I can't believe it.

00:43:51Just you drawing some devil horns and writing a couple of things.

00:43:54Yep.

00:43:55It was really good though.

00:43:56Do you, how, how aggressive was the girl?

00:43:59Was it?

00:44:02I'm surprised it wasn't my mom.

00:44:04Really?

00:44:04Yeah.

00:44:05I'm surprised it was my friend and not my mom.

00:44:07She was like, oh my God.

00:44:08She was like saying something to the girl.

00:44:10I saw her like, oh, you gotta move or something.

00:44:13It's cause they're short.

00:44:15They probably couldn't see.

00:44:17I got a meta, a real meta question for both of you guys.

00:44:21Cause you just brought up that, uh, that drawing in the cage of the cell was like your,

00:44:26your most viewed video, right?

00:44:27More than your engagement video.

00:44:30Do you ever worry that people start to attach themselves to you so much as a WWE character

00:44:37that your real identity becomes lost and you, you simply are just this character?

00:44:42Like even, and I asked this of you too, you at one point in your life were a cherished,

00:44:46you know, content creator who's putting out videos and engaging with this audience as

00:44:50Logan Paul.

00:44:51And then you started a WWE character who is also named Logan Paul actually.

00:44:56So it doesn't work for you, for you, Rhea.

00:44:59Do you ever worry about losing your, your, your identity as a person?

00:45:04Um, yes and no.

00:45:06Uh, Rhea Ripley is pretty much just me, but it's the me that would get arrested

00:45:11in everyday life.

00:45:13That's awesome.

00:45:14That's awesome.

00:45:16That's sick.

00:45:17Damn.

00:45:18That's cool.

00:45:18I mean, it's true.

00:45:19So here's the part of you.

00:45:21It's a representation of a part of you.

00:45:22So you feel like that's enough of you to continue like your other identity has not

00:45:27been lost to the saints of time.

00:45:29Yeah.

00:45:29It definitely hasn't been lost.

00:45:32I mean, every now and then it actually feels nice to tune into Rhea Ripley because me as

00:45:39Demi Bennett, I'm not as confident.

00:45:43Rhea is the confident side of me.

00:45:45Um, where I, in everyday life, I'm not as confident.

00:45:49Um, I get like anxiety, a bit of everything really.

00:45:54So like sometimes I, I love tuning into the Rhea Ripley side of me and just like pretending

00:45:59like I'm that version of myself.

00:46:01Do you, do you ever have a, a flip scenario where since you know that you have such great

00:46:07confidence as Rhea Ripley where you show up for Thanksgiving, you know what I'm saying?

00:46:12And you're like, mommy's home, like, and just fucking pile drive your grandmother through

00:46:17the fucking table and just take a turkey leg and just start eating like this, you know

00:46:22what I'm saying?

00:46:23Like, cause you just love the character so much.

00:46:26I mean, sometimes I do get a little carried away, but it's fun.

00:46:30It's all fun.

00:46:31And like, exactly.

00:46:32And I feel like, cause I have the Italian side of me as well from mom's side.

00:46:36So Rhea Ripley is attached to that.

00:46:38So when I start arguing or trying to express something that is making me upset, I feel like

00:46:44Rhea Ripley comes out.

00:46:46I would not want to get in an argument with you.

00:46:48Yeah.

00:46:48And I, I express a lot with my hands.

00:46:50Like I guess you guys have noticed, but, um, I express a lot with my hands.

00:46:53So I get even more bigger and I just, yeah, I want to prove my point.

00:46:59Will you admit if you're wrong though?

00:47:01Um, yeah.

00:47:03I'm a little bit stubborn.

00:47:05Yeah.

00:47:05Sometimes I'll be like, damn.

00:47:06Um, and I'll be like, wait, let's see how long we can go.

00:47:09A lot of that would sound like you.

00:47:11Bro, I'll admit when I'm wrong.

00:47:14I'll admit when I'm wrong.

00:47:15The eye roller.

00:47:16He might take a second.

00:47:17Not to me.

00:47:17He's been, he's been with me forever.

00:47:19So he saw the version of me that would not admit to being wrong.

00:47:23Zero empathy.

00:47:24Just full on dickhead.

00:47:25But like now, bro, if I'm objectively wrong, I'll be like, you're right.

00:47:28Yeah, but yeah, but you, you, here's the thing.

00:47:31Most people will take like a general, uh, manual of evidence, like a 75% and be like, oh, this

00:47:39is swaying a counter my direction.

00:47:41So maybe I'm wrong here.

00:47:42He needs 99.9% proof.

00:47:45Like he needs you to really prove it.

00:47:48And then he'll be like, you know what?

00:47:49You've through your six hours of research and presentation.

00:47:53You've made your point.

00:47:54I'm wrong.

00:47:55Right.

00:47:55I feel like I'm like that too.

00:47:58Whatever.

00:47:59Uh, question.

00:48:00I'm sure you saw, uh, when Grayson Waller was in Australia doing some press for Elimination

00:48:07Chamber and the news anchor sort of pressed him to do a move.

00:48:12Yeah.

00:48:12Right.

00:48:13Kind of demeaning.

00:48:14Him in LA.

00:48:15Yeah.

00:48:16Yeah.

00:48:16LA night was on there and LA was like, yo, you, you, yeah, yeah.

00:48:20It's, uh, it's definitely an interesting world when, um, uh, a WWE star does traditional

00:48:27media and they definitely don't understand wrestling.

00:48:30And then that kind of conversation starts to happen.

00:48:35Two part question.

00:48:36What did you think of that?

00:48:37And then are you prepared to like handle a situation like that?

00:48:41It's hard.

00:48:42It's really hard.

00:48:43Cause like, you don't know which way to go with it.

00:48:47You know, that you obviously can't do the move.

00:48:49Why?

00:48:50Because you don't want to hurt someone.

00:48:51They can sue you.

00:48:52No, they can't.

00:48:53They totally can't.

00:48:54It's America.

00:48:55I was objectively wrong.

00:48:58Okay.

00:48:59Okay.

00:48:59But cause that would be my soul.

00:49:02Yeah.

00:49:02Just, I don't know.

00:49:03Take the lawsuit.

00:49:04You want to be a dickhead?

00:49:05Fine.

00:49:05I'm going to hit you with a European uppercut.

00:49:07Something light.

00:49:08Something light.

00:49:08Yeah.

00:49:09Just chop.

00:49:09It'll chop.

00:49:10It'll hurt.

00:49:11It'll hurt.

00:49:12And like, what are you going to, you're going to sue me for a chop?

00:49:16Yeah.

00:49:16Assault.

00:49:17What also, I feel like it also demeans.

00:49:19The business.

00:49:21Yeah, it does.

00:49:22Well, that's, that's what they're trying to do.

00:49:24100%.

00:49:24By asking those questions.

00:49:26They're making a joke out of it.

00:49:27And kind of prodding a wrestler.

00:49:28You know, like, I'm going to fight me, bro.

00:49:29Like, yo, do you want me to do a move?

00:49:32Because I can tell you firsthand as an outsider, the shit hurts.

00:49:35So you could do it.

00:49:38I don't know.

00:49:38You just do it.

00:49:40Take, take the L and make WWE pay for it.

00:49:42Say, I was protecting the sanctity of this company.

00:49:45You guys can blame me for that.

00:49:47Are you prepared, though?

00:49:49Like, what if someone impresses you?

00:49:50It gets that disrespectful.

00:49:52I mean, I feel like I would try and decline it as much as possible.

00:49:57And if they kept pestering, I'd probably end up doing something like what Grayson did.

00:50:01Especially, like, at the end of the day, it's disrespectful to the business.

00:50:06Especially when you keep prodding and asking.

00:50:09And, like, no is no.

00:50:12Just take a cue.

00:50:13Yeah.

00:50:14Like, I've already said no.

00:50:15And I'm just like, I'm not going to do it.

00:50:16Because I obviously, I don't want to hurt you.

00:50:18I could.

00:50:19But I don't want to.

00:50:21And you wanted me to come here so you could interview me.

00:50:27So I don't need this.

00:50:29I could leave.

00:50:30And I'll just leave.

00:50:31So that was fucking perfect.

00:50:33Just do that.

00:50:34Yeah.

00:50:34Do that.

00:50:35I mean, that's.

00:50:36You asked for mommy.

00:50:37Mommy didn't ask for you.

00:50:38All of it.

00:50:39Yeah.

00:50:40Do that.

00:50:41It's stupid.

00:50:42And then walk.

00:50:43Yeah.

00:50:44It's that, like, RKO me, bro situation.

00:50:47Like, we talked about this.

00:50:48Like, it's not.

00:50:49It's not like a.

00:50:51You can't do it.

00:50:52Somebody's going to hurt.

00:50:52I'm happy that she told you that was the right answer.

00:50:54Because I could see you body slamming.

00:50:57A grandma.

00:50:57Yo.

00:50:58I swear to God.

00:50:59If someone's like.

00:50:59Yo, let's do a move on me, bro.

00:51:01I'll be like.

00:51:01Okay.

00:51:03I got the funds.

00:51:05Or.

00:51:06Or.

00:51:06That's the.

00:51:07That's my solve.

00:51:08You do what you did.

00:51:09Oh, hey.

00:51:12Bro.

00:51:13Have liability waivers.

00:51:14From every tradition.

00:51:15For every traditional shoot that we go to.

00:51:17With interviews.

00:51:18Just in case.

00:51:19Just in case.

00:51:20Like, swear.

00:51:20Just in case.

00:51:21That's a sick idea.

00:51:22Have one on your phone.

00:51:24DocuSign.

00:51:24Ready to go.

00:51:25If someone prods me, I'll go.

00:51:26This is perfect.

00:51:27And also.

00:51:28Sign this.

00:51:28Death waiver.

00:51:29Yeah.

00:51:30No, no, no.

00:51:31And also wear a suit.

00:51:32And have a briefcase.

00:51:33Like.

00:51:33And that's your main role.

00:51:35Like you wear a pair of glasses.

00:51:37You know what I'm saying?

00:51:38All right.

00:51:39They'll never see that coming.

00:51:40And then.

00:51:41What should I hit him with?

00:51:43Running power slam.

00:51:46So you just pick him up.

00:51:47And just.

00:51:48Yeah.

00:51:49Sweet chain music.

00:51:51Suplex.

00:51:53I'm going to fuck someone up, man.

00:51:55Clip it.

00:51:56This is where Ria came up with the idea.

00:51:58Me.

00:51:58Good job.

00:51:59Thanks.

00:52:00Ria, do you hate superlative questions?

00:52:02Like.

00:52:03Where we ask you about your favorite things.

00:52:05Or do you think they're fun?

00:52:06I don't hate them.

00:52:07It just might take me a second.

00:52:08Because I am not very good at on the spot questions.

00:52:11Okay.

00:52:12Imagine.

00:52:13You're traveling through North Dakota.

00:52:16I think.

00:52:17Maybe.

00:52:17North Dakota?

00:52:18South Dakota?

00:52:18Could be South.

00:52:19It's one of the Dakotas.

00:52:20And you appear at this glass fence.

00:52:22And you pay the $5 for a ticket.

00:52:24And you look up.

00:52:25And there it is.

00:52:26Mount Rushmore.

00:52:27But it's Mount Rushmore of women's WWE wrestlers.

00:52:32Who's on it?

00:52:35Oh, man.

00:52:36I mean, I've got to put mommy on it.

00:52:38Yeah.

00:52:38I've got to.

00:52:39Yeah.

00:52:41And then, I don't know.

00:52:43I'd probably go Bianca.

00:52:46Love Bianca.

00:52:50Probably Becky.

00:52:51Right now we've got beef.

00:52:53But I'd go Becky.

00:52:55And my arch nemesis, Charlotte, probably.

00:52:58See, that's an interesting answer.

00:53:00Because I was going to ask you earlier.

00:53:01I know a lot of these people are your ops, technically.

00:53:04But I was going to ask you if there was anyone right now that you look to as like, damn,

00:53:10what they're doing for the sport right now is just incredible.

00:53:12That you're watching and learning from.

00:53:15And just currently at this moment in March of 2024 just intrigued by everything they're doing.

00:53:23I mean, there's a lot.

00:53:25There's a lot.

00:53:25Everyone is working so extremely hard and they're hitting different parts of this business.

00:53:32Bianca is always one that I look at.

00:53:34Because she not only rocks up every single week to TV and does what she needs to do and absolutely

00:53:41knocks it out of the park.

00:53:42But she also does everything behind the scenes, too.

00:53:45Like, she's going to all the media events.

00:53:47She's doing all these interviews.

00:53:49She's just a very fantastic businesswoman.

00:53:53And she's probably the perfect person for it as well.

00:53:55Because she's so well-spoken and she's so polite and just smart.

00:54:01So I would go Bianca, for sure.

00:54:03I wish I could articulate things the way she does.

00:54:07I'm not too good with the words, you know?

00:54:09I disagree.

00:54:10Yeah, that's not true.

00:54:10Yeah, you articulate well.

00:54:12Oh, thanks.

00:54:12Very well.

00:54:13Your promos are excellent.

00:54:14And that's the hardest part about our business, as you know.

00:54:17A lot of great athletes.

00:54:18The promo's out of the heart.

00:54:19When you get on the mic, that's what separates you.

00:54:21Yep.

00:54:22How did you conquer that?

00:54:24It's very hard.

00:54:25It's very hard.

00:54:26I feel like joining the Judgment Day helped a lot.

00:54:30A lot.

00:54:30You could fall back on people.

00:54:32Yep.

00:54:32Trust your homies.

00:54:33Exactly.

00:54:34So when I first entered with Edge and Damien, what better person to fall back on than Edge?

00:54:40And also Damien, he was better than me, but he was still learning, but he was still better than me.

00:54:45So I felt comfortable, even though most of the time I didn't know what the hell I was saying,

00:54:49because we used a lot bigger words when Edge was in the faction.

00:54:52I was like, I don't know what the word means, but I'm going to try and say it.

00:54:56I feel like if I did forget where I was going or got lost along the way, I could fall

00:55:03back on them boys,

00:55:03and they would have my back, and they remembered my part of the promo too,

00:55:07so they could honestly just say what I was going to say.

00:55:09And then obviously we grew, and Edge, we kicked him out, and Finn joined,

00:55:15and then obviously Dom and JD came along.

00:55:17And I feel like every time I got to go out there with them,

00:55:20it was just joking and talking with friends.

00:55:24You know, like they were always there, and we were just looking at each other.

00:55:28It was like a rare time that I would look at the crowd.

00:55:31I would look at them and the main camera, and that's all I would really look at.

00:55:35So it just felt like I was joking around with them and talking with them.

00:55:38I'm so jealous.

00:55:39Yeah.

00:55:39I'm eager for that to happen.

00:55:41It's great, and it just makes you feel more comfortable and confident.

00:55:45And then you slowly get better at it because you're getting reps,

00:55:48and then next minute you know you're out there by yourself,

00:55:51and you're cutting an amazing promo.

00:55:53You're good at promos.

00:55:54What are you talking about?

00:55:55Thanks.

00:55:56I just know I can get so much better,

00:55:59and I always prefer like a back and forth versus just me out there.

00:56:04Thanks.

00:56:05That's Caleb.

00:56:07He is impulsive.

00:56:08He's like one of those people you were just talking about that we fall back on

00:56:11when we can't do our jobs.

00:56:13Yeah, that's Caleb.

00:56:16Yeah, it is R-Truth in the Judgment Day.

00:56:20Like what's the deal?

00:56:22Nah, fam.

00:56:22No?

00:56:23Nah.

00:56:23He thinks he is.

00:56:24He does.

00:56:26He does.

00:56:27Do you know about R-Truth?

00:56:28No.

00:56:29He is fucking hilarious.

00:56:33We all went to Australia for Elimination Chamber.

00:56:35There's a video of him in the car.

00:56:37He's like, I'm in Austria.

00:56:38Where is everybody?

00:56:42At the Women's Royal Rumble,

00:56:45like number 20 hit,

00:56:47and he came out,

00:56:48and he is in the ring.

00:56:49He's like,

00:56:52and then he got,

00:56:53I think he got rocked by somebody,

00:56:55no?

00:56:55Or did he just leave?

00:56:57Probably Naya, wasn't it?

00:56:58Yeah, I think that might have been.

00:56:59Why does he kind of sound like the me?

00:57:01He is.

00:57:01That's exactly what he is.

00:57:02He's very funny.

00:57:09Dude, he is very funny.

00:57:11He's great.

00:57:12Okay, but he's not.

00:57:12Okay.

00:57:13Yeah.

00:57:14He's too funny, I feel.

00:57:15Yeah, he is.

00:57:16We have to be taken seriously, you know?

00:57:18Yeah, so when is Damien going to cash in that money in the bank?

00:57:21I don't know.

00:57:21We're still waiting for the perfect opportunity.

00:57:23Perfect time.

00:57:24Everything, all the stars have to align, you know?

00:57:26Yeah.

00:57:29I'd watch out if I were you.

00:57:31He going to come for my title?

00:57:33I don't know.

00:57:34They're all up for grabs, Sam.

00:57:35Oh, come on.

00:57:36They're all up for grabs.

00:57:37You never know.

00:57:38You never know.

00:57:39Get out of town.

00:57:40I mean, it is coveted, especially after all the things I've done with him, man.

00:57:44Oh, gosh.

00:57:45Nah, I mean, come on, me and this title, you know.

00:57:47Oh, we've seen the photos.

00:57:48Put some prestige on his name.

00:57:50It's crazy to have that just for the United States and all, but not like any of the other.

00:57:57Yeah, mine's the world.

00:57:58Oh, I know.

00:57:59Yeah, thanks.

00:57:59Yeah, no worries.

00:58:00Yeah, but also, guess who got it here for you?

00:58:02Yeah, I did.

00:58:03Yeah, thanks.

00:58:04I did, and I want to show you something.

00:58:06Did you take a photo of my title?

00:58:07Yes, I did.

00:58:09I absolutely did.

00:58:10I'll tell you why I did.

00:58:13It's right there.

00:58:14It's actually not a great.

00:58:15Where?

00:58:16It's right there.

00:58:18Where?

00:58:19It was in our group chat, right?

00:58:20Yeah, there you go.

00:58:21Oh.

00:58:22It's not a great photo, but I definitely was enjoying my time.

00:58:25Double champ.

00:58:26Champ, champ.

00:58:27Yeah, because I'll tell you what.

00:58:30This is going to get cut.

00:58:32I'm not going to say it.

00:58:33I'm not going to say it.

00:58:35But if I want to identify as both the male and female champion, I'm going to fucking do it.

00:58:39You can.

00:58:39It's 2024.

00:58:40I'll do whatever I want.

00:58:41You can do that.

00:58:43Demonstrate.

00:58:44No, you can't.

00:58:46You can't do that.

00:58:47I'll tell you why.

00:58:48Because I think sports is where we're going to draw the line on that, unfortunately.

00:58:52We don't have to have this conversation.

00:58:53I wrestled Tozawa.

00:58:54What did you say?

00:58:55I wrestled Tozawa on Raw.

00:58:58Maybe Logan and I can have a custody of Dominic Mysterio match.

00:59:01Yo, that would be insane.

00:59:05Get ready to get your ass beat.

00:59:07Custody.

00:59:08Yo, I'm ready.

00:59:11Now, I'm going to be respectful because you're our guest and I'm not going to do it.

00:59:16I'm not going to do what you do when you cross that line and you become Rhea Ripley.

00:59:22Right now, you're being a little Demi and it's good.

00:59:24But I'm not going to do it because I respect you.

00:59:27It's because you're scared.

00:59:29I'm not scared.

00:59:31I'm not scared.

00:59:31There's one person who I'm slightly concerned and that's as far as I'll go, as far as fear goes.

00:59:39And that is Randy Orton.

00:59:42Yeah, that's fair.

00:59:44He's fucking huge.

00:59:46He's the Viper.

00:59:47He's a big boy.

00:59:47Yeah, he's massive.

00:59:49He's growing, it seems, exponentially.

00:59:53Vertically and horizontally.

00:59:54But, you know, I look forward to the challenge.

00:59:57I'm so ready to challenge myself and wrestle some of the best that they have.

01:00:02Because I think when you wrestle from that place of seriousness and you are coming from a place of like,

01:00:08okay, maybe I am a little scared.

01:00:11And for that reason, I'm going to fight for my life.

01:00:13You become an animal.

01:00:15I try.

01:00:16Yeah.

01:00:17Are you looking forward to the biggest WrestleMania ever?

01:00:21WrestleMania 40 in Philly.

01:00:23Oh, yeah.

01:00:23I am.

01:00:24I think it's going to be phenomenal.

01:00:26I think it's going to be absolutely insane.

01:00:29Yeah.

01:00:30And I can't wait to walk in with my Women's World Championship and walk out with my Women's World Championship.

01:00:35There she is.

01:00:36Any fear or uncertainty whatsoever about saying that?

01:00:40I mean, stepping in there with Becky Lynch, obviously, it's Becky Lynch.

01:00:47Like, she's made such a name for herself.

01:00:48She's accomplished so much and made so much history.

01:00:52But there's a reason why she wants this challenge is to prove to herself that she is still the best,

01:01:00which, unfortunately, for her, mommy is always on top.

01:01:05Oh, gosh.

01:01:05So it's going to be the same at WrestleMania 40.

01:01:09Here we go.

01:01:11Oh, it's going to be so good.

01:01:12It's going to be so good.

01:01:13Also, this will have already broken by now, but SummerSlam is in Cleveland.

01:01:19Oh, wow.

01:01:20I'm from Cleveland.

01:01:21Yes.

01:01:22Are you going to get booed in your own place?

01:01:25I don't know.

01:01:26I don't know.

01:01:26You should wrestle MGK at that event.

01:01:30I'll probably get him on my side.

01:01:31He's got to be.

01:01:32I'm going to summon all the Cleveland legends.

01:01:34All of them.

01:01:35Even LBJ.

01:01:36Kelsey Brothers.

01:01:37LeBron will get the invite.

01:01:38MGK.

01:01:39Everyone.

01:01:40Jake Paul.

01:01:42He'll be there for sure.

01:01:44For sure.

01:01:44Hey, you ever want to have kids?

01:01:46One day.

01:01:48Yeah.

01:01:48How will you wrestle when you're pregnant?

01:01:50Oh, well, I wouldn't wrestle while I was pregnant.

01:01:53Has it ever been done?

01:01:55Probably by accident.

01:01:57Yeah.

01:01:58Just not knowing.

01:02:01Yeah, 100%.

01:02:03Yeah.

01:02:05But yeah, I don't know.

01:02:06I wouldn't wrestle while pregnant because obviously you'd end up killing the poor thing.

01:02:10Yeah.

01:02:10Okay.

01:02:11That's fair.

01:02:11The point you make is good.

01:02:13Yeah.

01:02:13Valid.

01:02:14But one day, one day I would like little me's, little buddy Matthews running around.

01:02:20They're going to annoy the crap out of me.

01:02:22But they probably will.

01:02:24Yeah.

01:02:24I'm going to get everything that I dished out as a kid.

01:02:26Would you want them to be legacy wrestlers?

01:02:30Um, yes and no.

01:02:33I don't know.

01:02:34I feel like I would love that just to like keep the name going and like have that massive

01:02:40like family line in hopefully WWE.

01:02:43Um, but at the same time, like I also know what goes into this profession and how hard

01:02:48it is and how taxing it is on your body and your mind.

01:02:52And I don't know if I want that for my kids or not.

01:02:56Like I do, but I don't because it is so amazing on the other side of things, but it also,

01:03:00it

01:03:00takes a lot out of you.

01:03:02But I guess we'll see down the line.

01:03:05Are you a fight fan?

01:03:06Like the UFC fight tonight in Miami.

01:03:08You watching?

01:03:09You interested?

01:03:09Yeah, I'm going.

01:03:10Oh, really?

01:03:11Oh, sweet.

01:03:12We'll see you there.

01:03:13Oh, hell yeah.

01:03:13Yeah.

01:03:14Do you follow UFC enough to like have selections for this evening?

01:03:18So I'm, I don't follow it as much as Buddy does.

01:03:22He follows it.

01:03:23He loves UFC.

01:03:24Who's he rooting for?

01:03:25Well, we're both going for Sugar tonight.

01:03:28Let's go.

01:03:28I love Sugar.

01:03:29He's the one that I really do.

01:03:30He's excellent.

01:03:31Personally?

01:03:32No, no, no.

01:03:33But like I remember his name because he stands out to me.

01:03:35Yeah.

01:03:35It's all a gimmick as well.

01:03:37For sure.

01:03:37It's like wrestling.

01:03:38For sure.

01:03:38Like he's the one that I always remember.

01:03:40I'm like, oh, Sugar's on the car.

01:03:41Oh, yeah.

01:03:41Yeah.

01:03:42He's a very good friend of ours.

01:03:43Yeah.

01:03:44We absolutely love him.

01:03:45He seems amazing.

01:03:47Excellent.

01:03:48So like we're rooting for him.

01:03:49When this has seen it already happen.

01:03:51I know.

01:03:51We shouldn't even.

01:03:52No, no, no.

01:03:53But it's so interesting and it's happened a week and a half ago.

01:03:55But like Sugar had a great camp.

01:03:58And Cheeto had a car a lot of weight.

01:04:01Yeah.

01:04:01But he'll get that back.

01:04:04He may wait.

01:04:05He'll get it back.

01:04:06Yeah.

01:04:06We'll see.

01:04:07I mean, we'll see.

01:04:08That'd be so rough though doing that.

01:04:10You could do it.

01:04:11Me?

01:04:11Why do you not think you could do it?

01:04:13I like food too much, fam.

01:04:14Oh, cutting weight.

01:04:15The cutting weight part.

01:04:16Cutting weight.

01:04:17Oh, that sucks.

01:04:18Yeah.

01:04:18It's the worst thing ever.

01:04:19Yeah.

01:04:19Oh, I could imagine.

01:04:20It's the worst thing ever.

01:04:21Yeah.

01:04:22No, no, no, no.

01:04:22What's your favorite food?

01:04:23Oh.

01:04:26I love pizza.

01:04:27Pizza's always a top one for me.

01:04:29Oh, so you love being in the state.

01:04:30We got the pizza.

01:04:31You don't have pizza in Australia.

01:04:32Oh, we got pizza.

01:04:33In Australia.

01:04:34We actually have a pizza with like egg on it.

01:04:36I had that for the first time.

01:04:37Yeah.

01:04:38It's weird.

01:04:38Do you like Vegemite?

01:04:40I love Vegemite.

01:04:41And does Buddy like it?

01:04:44He likes it.

01:04:45Okay.

01:04:45Not as much as me.

01:04:46So I had-

01:04:47I'm crazy about Vegemite.

01:04:48You know a lot of-

01:04:48We fuck up and we'll go there and try it.

01:04:50Yeah.

01:04:50You don't want a spoon, don't you?

01:04:52No, I didn't do that, but I got it down to-

01:04:55I had the toast, I had the butter, but then it was just too much.

01:04:58And every Aussie was like, no, no, no, no, no.

01:05:01Just a little-

01:05:03What?

01:05:03You put a lot on it.

01:05:04I put a lot on.

01:05:05I love Vegemite, dude.

01:05:07Like my fans know how passionate I am about Vegemite.

01:05:10Oh my God.

01:05:10It's like a real thing.

01:05:12Yeah.

01:05:12I love it.

01:05:13I know like obviously you need toast, need butter, but like I put like a thick spread of it.

01:05:18Oh yeah.

01:05:19Yeah.

01:05:19People look at me like I'm crazy.

01:05:20You can't see through the Vegemite to the toast.

01:05:23Not really.

01:05:24I'm going to say something.

01:05:25I may upset you.

01:05:26Oh gosh.

01:05:27All right.

01:05:28Do you know who Danny Rocca Rocca is?

01:05:31Uh-huh.

01:05:31The Rocca Rocca twins?

01:05:32Yeah, Rocca Rocca.

01:05:32They're from Adelaide.

01:05:33Yeah.

01:05:33Just like you.

01:05:34Oh, I know.

01:05:34They actually had a couple of wrestling matches at my school.

01:05:37No way.

01:05:38On our shows.

01:05:39No way.

01:05:39They dressed up as the grandma and grandpa.

01:05:41No way.

01:05:42Oh, that's cool.

01:05:44That makes sense.

01:05:45You know, there's also, by the way, some of our favorite people in the world.

01:05:47Yeah.

01:05:48They're awesome.

01:05:49They're funny.

01:05:49Yeah.

01:05:50I invited him to Elimination Chamber.

01:05:52Yeah.

01:05:52He was there.

01:05:53Yeah.

01:05:53My cousin spoke to him.

01:05:55Oh, cool.

01:05:55Yeah.

01:05:56He hung out.

01:05:56We hung out a little bit.

01:05:58And, you know, while he was there, I was like, I'm going to have a peanut butter and jelly

01:06:02sandwich before my match.

01:06:03And he said, what?

01:06:06And I said, what?

01:06:07Peanut butter and jelly.

01:06:10Mike.

01:06:11What about what I said is strange?

01:06:12He had never heard of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

01:06:16Yeah.

01:06:17He didn't understand what I was saying when I said you put peanut butter on one side and

01:06:21jelly on the other.

01:06:22Well, to be fair, we call it jam.

01:06:24Jam, first of all, so it'd be a peanut butter and jam, but also like, dude, if I told you

01:06:28I was going to have some toast with Marmite, would you know what that was?

01:06:32Marmite.

01:06:33It's different, dude.

01:06:34Peanut butter and jelly has infiltrated culture.

01:06:37Neil knows what it is.

01:06:37You're the peanut butter to my jelly.

01:06:39Like, he never heard that.

01:06:40I feel like it's not very big in Australia.

01:06:42It must not be.

01:06:42I had it for the first time over here when I moved here.

01:06:45Did you like it?

01:06:46I did.

01:06:47Yeah.

01:06:47I had the Uncrustable.

01:06:48Oh.

01:06:49It was so good.

01:06:49What do you think about the idea of something other than grape jelly being used?

01:06:54I feel strawberry should be fine.

01:06:56You could get away with strawberry, but I didn't even think about that.

01:06:59And at what point does jelly become jam here?

01:07:03Because that's the thing.

01:07:04We have jam here, too, in the States.

01:07:07There's jelly and then there's jam.

01:07:09What's the difference?

01:07:10And then there's like marmalade.

01:07:11Now you're getting into some niche spreads.

01:07:14Like, if you go to the IHOP, for example, they give you, there's like jam, like marmalade and all this

01:07:22like weird.

01:07:22There's even another one.

01:07:23There's another weird spread.

01:07:25Plumber.

01:07:26Anyways, I made the lad.

01:07:27I made the lad of PB&J.

01:07:28I said, this is unacceptable.

01:07:29We're going back to catering.

01:07:31I'm going to make you PB&J.

01:07:32You have to try it.

01:07:32I did.

01:07:33And he gave me Vegemite.

01:07:36Oh, that was your first time?

01:07:38Yeah.

01:07:39Oh, man.

01:07:40That was a big moment from every quarter today.

01:07:42I can't wait to hear this.

01:07:43I'm excited.

01:07:44What was your first thought?

01:07:45And how much spread?

01:07:46Yeah.

01:07:48I can't believe it's legal to sell.

01:07:51That's what a lot of people think.

01:07:52It was alarmingly bad.

01:07:56Talk about your setup.

01:07:57Talk about the setup.

01:07:58Well, that's the thing.

01:07:59So apparently Danny.

01:08:00No, you can't do it like that.

01:08:01Well, he had no idea what he was doing.

01:08:02He's like, man, I've never really tried that.

01:08:05So, bro, piece of bread, thick, thick spread of Vegemite.

01:08:11He had it too.

01:08:12Did you not have butter?

01:08:13Nothing.

01:08:14No, you have to.

01:08:14I just breaded this thick layer of Vegemite.

01:08:17We both ate it.

01:08:17We were like.

01:08:19Oh, it's shocking.

01:08:21It's horrifying when you eat it like that.

01:08:23But one of the real treasures of Australia, a girl by the name of Michaela Testa, just a

01:08:28wonderful Australian treasure.

01:08:31Honestly, though, Michaela, what's up?

01:08:32She made me a piece of toast with the butter and just the things.

01:08:36She almost used the very tip of the knife to really make it real thin.

01:08:40Yeah.

01:08:40And that was amazing.

01:08:41It was almost like if you imagine you had a toast with butter on it and then just put

01:08:45a lecture of salt on it.

01:08:46Yeah.

01:08:46It's like sweet and salty.

01:08:47Yes.

01:08:48Yeah.

01:08:49I got to give it another shot.

01:08:50You have to.

01:08:50You have to have it right.

01:08:51It's not fair what happened.

01:08:52Yeah.

01:08:53You have to have it the American way.

01:08:56It's crazy that a food has such a such a cultural grip of a nation.

01:09:02Like, I think of the men at work song.

01:09:05Right.

01:09:05And like like it's just such an important part of your culture.

01:09:08We don't.

01:09:09I mean, there's really nothing like no single food.

01:09:13Peanut butter and jelly, bro.

01:09:14It's fucking peanut butter and jelly.

01:09:16Alcohol.

01:09:17Hot dogs.

01:09:18Hot dogs.

01:09:19Corn dogs.

01:09:20Corn dogs.

01:09:20Corn dogs are great.

01:09:21Don't even get me started on corn dogs.

01:09:23Which.

01:09:24Yeah.

01:09:24I want to ask you a question.

01:09:25This will be the last question I ask you and then we'll send you on your way.

01:09:28OK.

01:09:28This has been great.

01:09:29Can you smell my socks?

01:09:31Be honest.

01:09:32From here?

01:09:32Yeah.

01:09:34No, I can't.

01:09:35OK.

01:09:35Why?

01:09:35Because I think I can.

01:09:37They're scratching sniff socks.

01:09:39Stop.

01:09:40Strawberry banana scratches are socks.

01:09:41Stop because someone will make that a thing and they'll sell it.

01:09:44I'll fucking do it.

01:09:46I'll do it.

01:09:48I could sell anything.

01:09:50Yeah.

01:09:50I feel that.

01:09:51No, no, no.

01:09:51I just just wonder because I just wonder like maybe if I could smell them a little bit just

01:09:56because we've been we've been running around.

01:09:58It's been a very long day.

01:09:59Not.

01:10:00Yes.

01:10:00Yeah.

01:10:01And hot Miami.

01:10:02It was all hot.

01:10:03Oh, it's so hot.

01:10:03Yeah.

01:10:04OK, but I'm good.

01:10:05Yeah, I can't smell it.

01:10:06OK.

01:10:06Yeah, you're good.

01:10:07In the clear.

01:10:10Rhea Ripley, Demi, thank you for joining us on Impulsive.

01:10:13No worries.

01:10:14This was excellent.

01:10:16That was fun.

01:10:17Thanks for having me, guys.

01:10:18Yeah, of course.

01:10:19Very excited for your match.

01:10:22I'll I'll be watching you.

01:10:25I'm a fan until we wrestle for the custody of Dom, at which point I'm I won't get this

01:10:31kind of cordial.

01:10:31Yeah.

01:10:32Then you're going to have to retire.

01:10:33Yeah, we'll see.

01:10:34You know, we'll see.

01:10:35We'll see.

01:10:35I hope we win Dom.

01:10:39I ain't letting go of my Dom Dom.

01:10:42I'll see you at SummerSlam in Cleveland, yo.

01:10:44Let's headline that.

01:10:45Let's go.

01:10:46What's up?

01:10:47I like a mixed tag team.

01:10:50A mixed tag team.

01:10:51Oh, yeah.

01:10:51Oh, that could be cool, too.

01:10:53Who is going to be your partner?

01:10:56Nina?

01:10:58No.

01:10:59No, it couldn't be Nina.

01:11:02No.

01:11:04You're definitely going to cringe when a female hits the floor, then.

01:11:06No, I wouldn't.

01:11:07I couldn't.

01:11:08I don't know.

01:11:09We'll figure it out.

01:11:10My mother.

01:11:11Yeah.

01:11:11All right.

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ImPaulsive Interview - March 26, 2024

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