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00:00This business, it's not really somewhere where you can be super selfish.
00:12What's up everyone? Shaq here and you know who this is.
00:16She challenges Jade Cargill for the WWE Women's Championship at WrestleMania 42.
00:22Her trophy case is stuffed with titles.
00:24Her home gym is a sight to behold, I hear.
00:27Yes.
00:27The eradicator Rhea Ripley, how's it going?
00:30Good, how you doing?
00:31Good, thank you so much for doing this today.
00:33Of course.
00:33I saw this fan meet and greet that really caught my attention.
00:38Are there like any legal obligations once you sign an adoption paper to be a fan's mommy?
00:45Does Buddy have to like step up in a father capacity here?
00:49Like what's going on?
00:50You know, that was a first for me and I was low-key terrified.
00:57But I signed it as Rhea.
00:59So that's Rhea's problem.
01:01That's actually a really good call.
01:03Yeah.
01:03Could you imagine it comes back and you're like, yo.
01:06Oh my God.
01:06I literally, I took a photo of it because I'm like, this is funny.
01:09Ha ha.
01:09Let me take a photo of it.
01:10So I could read it later just to see if it was a legal document or not.
01:13It wasn't.
01:14It was really funny.
01:15He wrote it really nicely.
01:16I do fool for a second.
01:18Yeah.
01:20What is Buddy's most choppable quality?
01:23And were you thinking about that at all when you just absolutely wrecked the poor man's
01:27chest on screen?
01:28He's got, he's got a big chest, you know?
01:31The man has a big chest.
01:34So it's very, very choppable.
01:37There's a lot of space to be working with.
01:38I know I'm not going to miss.
01:41And I don't know.
01:42It's something about just like proving that I can bring some pain to a big, strong looking
01:48burly man.
01:48And I just like, I like it, you know?
01:50Like, I don't know.
01:53It's fun.
01:54It looks fun.
01:55I don't know who I could get away with dropping in my day to day life, but I'll keep on
01:59out
01:59for him.
02:00He okayed it.
02:01He okayed it.
02:02I'm not just abusing my husband.
02:04He okayed it.
02:05It's another day of the week for the guy.
02:08Exactly.
02:08He's used to it.
02:09Yes.
02:10We have this match with Jade Gargill coming up.
02:13And what I like about the meeting is it screams like a WrestleMania poster.
02:18Yeah.
02:19Every superstar has their own development path.
02:22And Jade's has been basically on a national stage from day one.
02:26How would you sort of rate her development as a superstar?
02:32Because it's a really tough kind of, on one hand, obviously, you know, there are perks to
02:37not having to cut your teeth on the regional scene.
02:38And on the other hand, like, it's pretty big stakes to be doing it at this level from the
02:42very get-go.
02:43Yeah.
02:44I mean, Jade Gargill, you look at her and you just, you can tell she looks like a superstar.
02:49She fits in very well with the WWE, especially when it comes to mania.
02:55It has a big match feel when you put someone that looks like Jade against someone that looks like me.
03:00You know that it's going to be an intense, hard-hitting thing.
03:05To kind of learn this craft on the road, on live television, I have to give her props for that
03:13because that would be very daunting and just scary.
03:18Where, for me, I've gone through this for years.
03:21I've been wrestling since I was 16 years old.
03:23And I've gone through everything.
03:24I started on the independent scene in Australia.
03:26I made it to WWE.
03:28I went through NXT UK, NXT, then Raw, and now SmackDown.
03:34So, I know the grueling task that comes with this business.
03:39She knows a different kind of grueling task.
03:43So, it'll be very intriguing to me how, like, to see how WrestleMania kind of pans out because it's like,
03:50we're two different dogs in this fight.
03:53So, I'm ready to kick her ass, though.
03:55As I'm sure she is.
03:56I'm going to take her championship, you know?
03:58Well, you have all the accolades that suggest that it's certainly possible.
04:03I always find sort of the professional wrestling dynamics behind the scenes super interesting because, on one hand, more so
04:10I feel like back in the day than now, it's a bit of a selfish pursuit, right?
04:15There's only so many spots at certain ladders.
04:18And, on the other hand, it's absolutely a team initiative.
04:22What do you think is the mistake some talent make about working in a collaborative space while still striving to
04:35be the very best?
04:36Because I know, like, Chelsea Green is someone who says, there's room for everyone.
04:40And it's all about working together.
04:42But, historically, that's not always the way everyone sees it.
04:44I feel like we've gotten to a point within this industry where, yeah, it is kind of about working together.
04:53Back in the day, I see why there were so many arguments and so many people not getting along and
04:59fights because everyone was pretty much out there for themselves, trying to succeed by themselves.
05:04But, this business, it's not really somewhere where you can be super selfish because it's a team effort.
05:14Like, you have to go out there and you have to work as a team.
05:18And, for me, I feel like I'm a good representation of that because I'm always there to try and help
05:28the person I'm in the ring with.
05:29I try and vouch for them whenever I can.
05:32I've been able to get myself to this spotlight where I am now looked at as one of the top
05:39women, if not the top woman, here in the WWE.
05:43So, my job is to now bring everyone else up because I'm going to need some competitors that I can
05:49step in the ring with and it looks like a real fight.
05:52Like, you go back and you watch my match with Julia.
05:55Julia. Julia's new to the main roster, but she's been at this for a long time.
05:59But, she hasn't been given many big opportunities in WWE yet.
06:03Like, yes, she might be the champion, but, like, she also hasn't been given long matches on the main roster
06:09and that spotlight to really show that she can shine.
06:14So, I'm going to go out there, I'm going to bust my ass and try and make her look good.
06:17And, hopefully, that opens up some more opportunities.
06:20It's a team effort at the end of the day, and I think some people forget that because I like
06:26to say it like this.
06:27This is my saying that I say all the time.
06:31You make your opponent look like a piece of shit.
06:35If you lose to them, you lost to a piece of shit.
06:39If you win against them, congratulations.
06:42You beat a piece of shit.
06:44Well done.
06:45Like, there's no point.
06:45You have to make each other look good.
06:48You mentioned busting your ass for Julia.
06:52What's...
06:53She kind of busted up your eye.
06:55What was the initial reaction when you took that stop?
07:00Because it looked bad.
07:02It looked so brutal.
07:04And, like, watching it back, I was like, oh, okay.
07:09Well, that looked good at least.
07:11But, like, actually feeling it, I don't know if I've just been so acclimated to being hit in the face.
07:18But it wasn't that bad.
07:20Like, yeah, it looked bad.
07:21It gave me a black eye.
07:22But I got a hard face.
07:25Black eye was the least of my concerns there.
07:27Yeah.
07:28I turned my face just in time.
07:30I wasn't going to break my nose again.
07:31I'm not going through that.
07:32How many Amazon packages are at your house right now?
07:38Honestly, I've been pretty good this week because I've been working.
07:40I think there might be, like, two or three.
07:43If you asked me a week ago, I got home and it was pretty much Christmas.
07:49My wife would be thrilled.
07:50Packages are her favorite thing.
07:51Oh, they're my favorite, too.
07:53She's living her dream in that.
07:54I think she could do without the busted nose and the black eye.
07:56Yeah, but the packages, the Amazon packages, top notch.
08:00One of my favorite matches coming out of the WrestleMania 41, it was my match of the weekend,
08:04was the triple threat with you and Bianca.
08:08It seems like every time there's a major event, an Elimination Chamber, a Royal Rumble,
08:12I make the incorrect assumption that Bianca Belair will be a surprise entrant.
08:20Just, are you surprised that this has taken so long to heal?
08:23And, like, how much of a bummer it is?
08:25She's such a great contribution to that roster.
08:28Yeah, she is.
08:29It's not the same.
08:31It's honestly, it's not the same without Bianca there.
08:34I miss her.
08:35I hope that she comes back soon.
08:37But at the same time, like, I also hope she's living her best life,
08:40not having to go to work for a little bit.
08:43Yeah, like, she's busted her ass for so long.
08:45They've literally made her do so much and work so much.
08:49She deserves the time off.
08:51I wish it was under a better circumstance,
08:53because that finger be looking nasty.
08:56Like, it's shocked me that she's been out for nearly a year from a finger injury.
09:02Something that seems so small is something that's so big.
09:05And I've seen the photos.
09:08She sent me the photos.
09:10So thank you, Bianca.
09:12They're pretty gnarly looking.
09:17And, man, I just, I really hope that she comes back soon.
09:20Like, I really do.
09:22But that finger just, it's so fat.
09:24It's so swollen.
09:26It's just...
09:27Yeah, and she's doing rehab every single day.
09:30And I'm looking forward to the day that she does come back.
09:34But I don't know how long that's going to be, unfortunately,
09:37because you need your finger to bend in wrestling.
09:39Otherwise, you're going to break it again.
09:42I fear that one name on this list will kind of run the gauntlet,
09:46but I've got ten legendary horror movie characters for you,
09:49and I want to do a little Winner's Saison with you, okay?
09:52Okay.
09:52Okay.
09:53Kicking it off, Chucky versus Ghostface.
09:57Oh, Chucky versus Ghostface.
10:01Wow, this is hard already.
10:03I'm going to say Ghostface.
10:05Okay, Ghostface, Leatherface.
10:09A lot of faces.
10:10Yeah, a lot of faces.
10:12I think Leatherface has that one, to be honest.
10:14All right, let's see.
10:15Let's see if these are hard from this point forward.
10:18Leatherface, Art the Clown.
10:20Oh, Art the Clown, definitely.
10:22Art the Clown.
10:23And he's going to smile while doing it.
10:25Art the Clown, Pennywise.
10:30It's hard because they're both so crazy.
10:36But I don't think Art is actually scared of anything.
10:40So I'm going to go with Art.
10:42Also, I get that Pennywise is some sort of interdimensional being,
10:46but how are you losing to a bunch of children?
10:48Yeah.
10:48Again and again.
10:49Yeah.
10:50Like, at least when Art gets his head chopped off,
10:53he just regenerates the new body pretty much
10:54and just sticks back together.
10:57You know, our PR wizard, Greg Domino,
10:59finally saw Terrifier 3.
11:00Yeah?
11:01What do you think?
11:03I didn't get the sense it was his regular cup of tea.
11:07He also skips straight to 3, which is kind of crazy.
11:09That's crazy, yeah.
11:10Merry Christmas, you know?
11:12Art the Clown, Samara from The Ring.
11:16I'm still going to go with Art.
11:17Art, Freddie.
11:21I don't know if Art really sleeps.
11:23So I'm going to still go with Art.
11:26Art, Jason Voorhees.
11:33I'm still going to go with Art.
11:36He's the best.
11:37Yeah, he is.
11:37Well, we're almost done.
11:38Art, Michael Myers.
11:42I'm still going to go with my boy, Art the Clown.
11:44Yeah, and just because I think you have a tattoo,
11:46I put this one last.
11:47Art, Frankenstein's monster.
11:49I'm still going to go with Art.
11:54I don't know if you're allowed to say or not,
11:57but there was a petition to have you in Terrifier 4.
12:00I saw the director said,
12:01I don't know if a petition is quite necessary.
12:03If you can confirm, go ahead.
12:06And if you can't, how exciting is the vision of finally getting that death scene?
12:13I mean, I haven't heard anything yet.
12:15I'm hoping.
12:16I've got my fingers crossed.
12:18I really want to be in number four.
12:20So Damien, please text me.
12:23Would that be the best side quest of your career?
12:25It really would be.
12:26And I haven't done a movie yet.
12:29I've auditioned, but I've also turned down a lot of movies.
12:35Like I was supposed to be in Love, Lies, Bleeding.
12:39I was supposed to be like the bodybuilder chick.
12:41And I said no, which then was perfect for me
12:46because it skyrocketed the judgment day.
12:48And I made Rhea, who she is today,
12:51mommy and everything.
12:53And I got to go on that generational run.
12:55But I'm really saving my first movie for Terrifier.
13:00So I'm really hoping that it does happen.
13:02Like I want that to be my first.
13:04Now I'm sure Damien will have his own vision for it,
13:09but like have you pictured in your head
13:11like the perfect death scene for Rhea?
13:13Just the most goriest thing that you can think of.
13:16Like I want to die.
13:18I want art to kill me.
13:20Got a headline for this art.
13:25You talked about how much you've accomplished.
13:27I'm curious.
13:27Like you said, you know,
13:29I may be one of if not the most popular women in the WWE.
13:33I'd argue that statement is true regardless of sex or gender.
13:37Like very few people I know who don't like,
13:43of all my friends that don't watch WWE,
13:47you are one of the few names they know.
13:50Some for better reasons than others.
13:52They know what you're going to do with that.
13:53At this stage, like what is the primary motivating factor for Rhea?
13:57What drives her the most?
14:00Just, I don't know.
14:02It's hard because it's like I just, I want to do good.
14:05I just, I want to do as best as I can with anything really.
14:11And that's, that's always been my thing.
14:13Like I've never set a goal.
14:15I don't like setting goals because I feel like you work so hard to accomplish that goal.
14:19And once you have, you kind of like stop until you find something else.
14:24So I don't like setting goals.
14:25So my whole thing is like, I just want to take over.
14:27I want to take over in every aspect of the company.
14:31And that's why I always have beef with Cody.
14:34And he's always like, yo, you nearly beat me this week in merch sales.
14:37And I'm like, I will, I will.
14:38Like, I just want to, I want to be able to be the best at everything.
14:42And I know that might not be possible with some things, but like, I want to be.
14:47So that, that drives me.
14:48I just want to be the best version of me that I can be.
14:51And I want to continue to learn because in this business, you can never stop learning.
14:56Like there's always something.
14:58So I just, yeah, I want to see how far I can get.
15:01But it is wild.
15:02Like you're saying that, because I've had a lot of people come up to me and they're like,
15:05oh my God, you're the girl from TikTok.
15:08And I was like, I literally throw my body at the ground.
15:10What are you talking about?
15:11Like TikTok.
15:12They're like, yeah, the one that does her makeup.
15:14And I'm like, I don't make those edits.
15:16Other people do.
15:19Last thing, and I'll let you go here.
15:20Speaking of fans, I am so happy to finally get all three perspectives on this because
15:25we saw Grayson today.
15:26I got to talk to Chelsea a couple months ago.
15:27There is a video from a meet and greet.
15:31I guess Grayson must have had UFC and Zufo on the mind because he had these two toddlers
15:35start throwing down in front of you guys.
15:38What is going through your mind when Grayson gets these two like six-year-olds throwing
15:43hands at each other?
15:44Like legitimately throwing hands at each other.
15:47I was like, this is going to be some sort of lawsuit.
15:49Like someone's going to get hurt and somehow I'm going to be blamed for it.
15:54It was wild.
15:56These two little kids literally just started fighting, like brolling.
15:59And they're like, they're literally throwing punches at each other.
16:02That's impressive.
16:03Like maybe we should sign them.
16:05Like you guys want a contract?
16:07They must have missed the whole, don't try this at home.
16:10Literally.
16:11Had Shawn Michaels next to me too.
16:12He's like, what's going on?
16:14What was HPK's reaction?
16:16He's like, oh.
16:19But yeah, it's been a treat.
16:20I don't want to keep you any longer here.
16:22So ahead of your match with Jade Cargill at WrestleMania 42, hopefully Terrifier 4 on
16:27the way.
16:28Hopefully.
16:28If there's anything you want to tell the people, I'd love to give you the last word.
16:32Oh, my moshes.
16:34I just want to say that I love you and I support you.
16:37And come WrestleMania 42, Mami will once again be on top because I'm going to take Jade's
16:47WWE Women's Championship.
16:49And like I said on SmackDown, I'm going to take it with force.
16:52And there's nothing that she can do about it.
16:54Nothing at all.
16:56She can try, but she'll fail.
17:00And then she'll disappear.
17:03And she won't come back.
17:04Because she's going to be too ashamed that she lost to Rhea, bloody Ripley.
17:29Oh, I'm going to take it.
17:32And that's who I am.
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