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00:00Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen, I describe her every week as an anomaly.
00:07Because I don't think there's another human on Earth that can do any of the things that she can do.
00:13She is a picture-perfect WWE superstar.
00:17You put that alongside the fact that she's been a lifelong fan.
00:21There's no wonder she's been a two-time champ.
00:24And she's tied for the longest reign in the history of world championships.
00:28This weekend, she's in a triple threat match to become champion yet again against EO Sky and Bianca Belair.
00:36That will kick off WrestleMania Sunday.
00:40Kickoff match on WrestleMania Sunday.
00:43Second highest honor you can get in the entire show.
00:45Ladies and gentlemen, some call her Mommy.
00:50Rhea Ripley!
01:05I mean, it's sleeping.
01:08I'm μμΌλκΉ she's sleeping.
01:11It's sleeping.
01:16Please.
01:17Tell me.
01:20They got me right here, right here.
01:23Do we.
01:25Keep it.
01:43Did he introduce himself to you as Terry Balea?
01:46Yeah, he did.
01:48Such a gentleman.
01:49I did not know that that was possible.
01:52That's it, dude.
01:53Ladies and gentlemen, Mommy is here.
01:59Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, Mommy.
02:04I love it.
02:06They are all your children, and this is becoming an annual tradition, so we thank you for joining us yet
02:11again.
02:11All right.
02:11Obviously, with so many big things happening this weekend, you are not a champion going into WrestleMania.
02:17Look, I feel like one.
02:18Okay.
02:19How do you feel going in?
02:20It feels like you're maybe best shape of your life, mentality.
02:24How is it?
02:25Obviously, triple threat match isn't easy.
02:27How is the mentality here?
02:28Yeah, I mean, triple threat matches, they're unpredictable.
02:31You've got people coming from every single direction.
02:33You've got to watch your back at all times.
02:36You've got to watch everyone else's back because Io could pin Bianca.
02:40Bianca could pin Io.
02:41Anything could really happen.
02:43But going into WrestleMania 41, I am ready.
02:48I want my Women's World Championship back.
02:50And yes, even though I am an emotional wreck at times and I don't make good decisions.
02:55Happens to all of us.
02:56It's a human thing.
02:58It's a human thing.
02:59And that's just how I have to deal with it.
03:01But going into WrestleMania 41, I am as ready as I'm going to be.
03:04And I cannot wait.
03:05Okay.
03:05I'm happy to hear you didn't break your nose.
03:07A lot of us thought you broke your nose whenever Io Sky springboarded off the top to push you into
03:12Bianca Belair.
03:13Yeah.
03:14One of the moments where you guys, not a lot of respect seemingly amongst the three of you at this
03:18point.
03:19You're healthy, heading in.
03:20Nose is good.
03:21Nose is good.
03:22And how excited are you guys to finally kind of handle this that's been kind of brewing since Elimination Chamber?
03:28I mean, we're all extremely excited again in there and just brutalize each other.
03:32We've been waiting for this moment, especially Bianca and I.
03:35We've talked about heading into WrestleMania against each other for the last, like, three to four years.
03:39Even since NXT, we've always been talking about this.
03:42Add Io into the mix.
03:43Like, I'm as ready as I can be.
03:45I'm excited for this.
03:47I'm willing to go into my bag of tricks and just put everything on the line.
03:53As you know, kicking off WrestleMania is, like, the second most, like, obviously there's the main event.
03:58Yep.
03:59And then there's the kickoff of the show.
04:00Big deal.
04:01You've been a part of it a few times now, obviously, throughout.
04:03You're doing it yet again.
04:04How does that change your day and your preparation?
04:07I just have to start earlier.
04:09I have to mentally prepare to go to war a lot earlier and have the crowd be hotter, which is
04:15good,
04:16because then I get more of an adrenaline rush, because they're really, really loud and just excited to be there.
04:22We're opening the show, so it's just like we get all the emotion straight out.
04:26And it's going to be absolutely thrilling.
04:28Chosen to set the tone for the evening is a massive honor, obviously something that has been bestowed upon you
04:34plenty of times.
04:35Cole has a question for you, Rhea.
04:36So, Rhea, you know, Io Sky is sort of, in her mind, taking a back seat in this whole build
04:43of this match.
04:44It's sort of been you and Bianca and Io, despite being the champion, sort of been off to the side.
04:48You have never beaten Io Sky.
04:52What's this guy's deal?
04:52What the hell?
04:53What's your deal?
04:54Does that come into you?
04:55Sorry.
04:55He's not on our show.
04:56You know that.
04:56He's a guest.
04:57Leading question, brother.
04:59I'm just wondering if that weighs on you at all going into the match.
05:02I mean, it's always going to be there.
05:04It's a fact I've never beaten Io Sky.
05:07That's something that I have to live with and I have to think about.
05:10But I've gotten very, very close to beating Io Sky.
05:15And I had her beat on Raw until Bianca decided to get up out of her chair and steal the
05:21spotlight.
05:21You kind of got distracted there.
05:22I'm going to say it.
05:23I did.
05:23I'm on your side.
05:24I'm on your side, but you kind of got distracted.
05:26I definitely did because I've had people turn on me left, right, and center.
05:30Since I came up to Raw, I've had people turn on me in NXT.
05:34I've had friends betray me, family betray me.
05:37So then to see Bianca go back on her word after years of us saying that we wanted to face
05:42each other one-on-one at WrestleMania,
05:45for then to see her get up and cheer for Io.
05:47Come on.
05:48I took that as disrespect and another betrayal in a way.
05:51So, like, I lost my temper.
05:53I went out there, of course.
05:54Like, it wasn't the smartest thing to do.
05:56But we're in it.
05:58I also had Io beat.
05:59She only got up because she got a little cheerleader next to her.
06:02Are you worried about the cheerleader and Bianca teaming up against you?
06:05You already right, Gator.
06:06You know, I'm not worried, to be honest.
06:10They can team up if they want.
06:12Are you going to do this number here?
06:13How come nobody ever does this one?
06:14Smart.
06:15It's a good move.
06:15Because I don't know if that one works.
06:17It does.
06:18It does, dude.
06:20Yeah, we've been.
06:21As soon as you start, you just do what?
06:22Hulk, look, Terry's got it.
06:24Well, I mean, mine was really.
06:25I kind of started it with the, you know, boom right there.
06:28It's kind of the early genesis.
06:29But you're just, you're sitting right there.
06:31Okay?
06:31You're waiting.
06:31You're waiting.
06:32You're waiting.
06:32You're calling it.
06:33Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.
06:36And then maybe, you know, if they come at the same time, you're speed bagging them.
06:40No one's ever tried before, Rhea.
06:42I'm just saying maybe something to think about.
06:43You know, I might give it a go.
06:44Okay.
06:45Not a bad idea.
06:46Terry does have a question for you, Rhea.
06:48I do.
06:48Listen, Rhea, everybody knows my WrestleMania.
06:50Look at this.
06:51Look at all these people.
06:56They don't like you.
06:58Yeah, they don't, you know.
06:59It's good heat, brother.
07:00It's good heat.
07:00Well, that's because I was running hot in L.A. about 20 years ago.
07:02You know, everybody forgets that.
07:03But, listen, WrestleMania, much different, obviously, than WrestleMania III when I was
07:08body slamming Andre and basically changing the face of wrestling forever.
07:12But I'm just curious.
07:14Are you surprised when you see how much bigger this gets every single year?
07:17I mean, you're a massive superstar now, but you're wrestling in Las Vegas.
07:21It's a Las Vegas Radar Stadium, dude.
07:23Yeah.
07:23I mean, honestly, it's not that surprising.
07:25WrestleMania just seems to keep growing and growing and growing and getting more popular.
07:29And now, honestly, with our deal with Netflix as well, there's more eyes on the product than
07:33there ever has been.
07:35People that weren't wrestling fans before, they're now checking it out.
07:37And they're like, I want to see the Super Bowl of WWE and wrestling in general.
07:42I want to watch WrestleMania 41.
07:43I want to see these superstars that I've just started watching and watch them go to war for
07:49the championships that they're going for.
07:51Like, there are so many eyes.
07:52And to see the product get this big and just continue to grow, it's amazing.
07:57I'm not surprised, I want to say.
07:59But it's just cool to see how high the product can go and how many eyes are really on us
08:05all
08:05because it deserves it.
08:07It deserves the platform that it's on.
08:08And we all work our asses off for this.
08:10So we appreciate everyone that actually does come and watch and watch us from home and
08:14supports us doing the thing that we love.
08:16So thank you, guys.
08:17Yeah, we are lucky that you do your thing.
08:19I was just checking out your nails right now.
08:22Awesome.
08:23Your rings, your watch, your bracelets.
08:25My bracelets, my many, many bracelets.
08:27Yeah.
08:27I mean, you three chains.
08:29I mean, we are.
08:31Hey, come on.
08:33It's Salson going into WrestleMania.
08:35WrestleMania ready.
08:36I love everything about it.
08:37You know what's amazing to me is that you've only been doing this 10 years, right?
08:43You started in a small promotion in Australia, came over to the States, a completely different
08:48individual when you came here.
08:50I remember calling your masses in the Mae Young Classic, completely different.
08:53Oh, yeah.
08:54Rhea Ripley.
08:55Since you, and I read an article about it earlier this week, since you, quote, unquote,
08:58found yourself, you've seemed so much more confident and just on a different level than
09:05you've ever been before.
09:06Yeah.
09:07It took a lot.
09:09I was always someone that would listen to every part of the criticism that people would
09:14throw at me.
09:14And honestly, it started eating me alive.
09:16And I just didn't feel comfortable being myself.
09:20I wanted to have the long blonde hair to hide behind it.
09:24It was my hiding mechanism.
09:27You know, like if I got shy, I just hid behind my hair.
09:30I didn't get tattoos because I was worried that WWE wouldn't hire me because I had tattoos.
09:35I didn't like standing out too much.
09:36I just wanted to please everyone.
09:39And then I got to a point where I wasn't happy being me like that anymore.
09:45I wanted to be my true self.
09:46And ever since I embraced who I am as a human and started dressing the way that I wanted
09:52to dress, I cut my hair.
09:53I felt more confident because I couldn't hide behind it.
09:57Man, it felt good.
09:58It felt really, really good.
10:00Getting tattoos, I know it's just something little, but like, man, it's me.
10:04And you became mine.
10:07I appreciate you guys.
10:09You became mommy.
10:11I did.
10:12And that's something that I really stand for.
10:13I think everyone should just embrace their inner self and their true self and they'll start
10:17to love themselves.
10:19Screw what people say about you.
10:20Yeah.
10:21Love yourself.
10:22Yeah.
10:23Love yourself.
10:24Hell yeah.
10:25Hell yeah.
10:26Some days it's a lot harder than others, I will say.
10:29Especially for somebody like me.
10:31But for you, you become an inspo, obviously, to a lot of people.
10:34And since, you know, becoming your true self, even though you were great before, you have
10:39become an anomaly.
10:40You're one of one.
10:42You are special.
10:43You are something that this company needs, this profession needs, this business needs.
10:47And I'm so happy to see you once again at a championship opportunity.
10:52Enjoy the whole weekend, okay?
10:53Oh, I will.
10:54Ladies and gentlemen, the eradicator, Mommy Rear.
10:59I'm so happy to see you once again.
11:13I'll get safety.
11:16Take care.
11:18I'll get safety.
11:20I'll get safety.
11:21I'll be safety.
11:24I'll get safety.
11:27She almost broke the stage.
11:31She almost broke the stage.
11:33See you later.
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