Aussie WWE champ Rhea Ripley ‘breaks the internet’ with X-rated move
Aussie WWE superstar Rhea Ripley has broken the internet and sent wrestling fans wild with a rare X-rated move in her latest victory.
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Australian WWE star Rhea Ripley has sent the wrestling world into meltdown as she got revenge on a rival with an X-rated move.
Ripley, whose real name is Demi Bennett, is widely viewed as Australia’s most successful professional wrestler after rising to the very top of WWE.
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And the 27-year-old from Adelaide gained a new legion of fans at a WWE live event show in Illinois over the weekend, where she defended her Women’s Championship against Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler.
Paying homage to WWE legend Rikishi’s legendary move, Ripley hit Nia with a dirty ‘stinkface’ — hitching up her outfit and shaking her backside in her opponent’s face.
Watch Rhea Ripley’s unique wrestling move in the video player above.
Footage of the move went viral on social media, with Ripley writing: “Payback’s a Peach … You’re welcome Nia.”
She was referring to the pair’s longstanding feud, originating from months of attacks and verbal spats with Jax desperate to take the Women’s World Championship off Ripley.
But with back to back wins at Elimination Chamber and this WWE Live Event, Ripley got the last laugh.
Ripley’s fiance, Australian wrestler Buddy Matthews, replied to a video of Ripley’s move with: “Weekly occurrence for me!”
Wrestling commentator FadeAwayMedia wrote on X: “Rhea Ripley is so insane for this.”
One fan wrote on Reddit: “She broke the internet lmao all over Twitter.”
Another said: “Nia broke some people’s favs and now she’s stolen their dream. Ultimate heel.”
Ripley is set to put her WWE Women’s Championship on the line against Becky Lynch at WrestleMania 40 on April 6-7.
She has held her title for more than 355 days, which is already inside the top 10 longest women’s championship reigns in WWE history.
Ripley returned to Australia and starred in the Elimination Chamber in Perth, bringing the crowd to their feet when she defended her title at Optus Stadium.
She claimed the title at last year’s WrestleMania and became the first Australian to win at the Royal Rumble last year.
Ripley has undergone a radical transformation since making the move to America.
She decided to ditch her long blonde hair, dying it black and cutting it short. She’s acquired several tattoos on a bulked up physique, while black lipstick has become part of her wrestling uniform.
“I feel like I’m just being myself,” Ripley told news.com.au last year.
“That’s the Rhea Ripley you see today. I’m growing as a human outside of wrestling, which is following through into my wrestling character. I’m going out there and being myself.
“I’ve always loved my fans and they wear a lot of the dark make-up and black. They wear a lot of things I do.
“When I dyed it I was terrified but it ended up working thank goodness, because I didn’t want to go through that bleaching process again.
“The black lipstick thing as well — it was so different at the time I did it. Not really anyone wore black lipstick.
“I strive to be different but also myself. I want to stand out but in a way that screams me. So that’s where the black lipstick came from. Now I can’t get rid of it because I feel like I look so weird without it.”
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