Rhea Ripley is on top of WWE now, but there was a point when she was worried about getting released.
WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley recently spoke to Cameron Hawkins of The Ringer. During the discussion, Ripley revealed that she almost got fired from WWE a few times because she was very similar to the rest of the women in the locker room.
“I don’t want to say they were all the same. But there was a lot of the same sort of build and same sort of gimmicks in the business at that time,” Rhea Ripley said. “I was on the chopping block; I nearly got fired a few times. I don’t know if they wanted me to know that, but I did know that.”
The evolution of Rhea Ripley
Ripley also mentioned that she decided to take some inspiration from her favorite music bands and, as a result, became a unique character in the process.
“The way that they dress and the way that they acted. They didn’t care about what anyone thought. And I really aspired to be like that,” Rhea Ripley said. “I love the studded jackets; I love the painted jackets. I love the black makeup, the black hair. I’ve always loved that grungy look. And that’s been me, deep down.
“I’ve just been hiding it for so long because I was trying to be the girl next door, the beachy sort of vibes, but it wasn’t me. But after I had a little discussion with myself, I stopped caring about what they wanted from me. If I’m going to die on a sword, I’m going to die on the sword that I put down and be my genuine self,” Rhea Ripley said. “If I don’t make it that way, then it wasn’t meant to be.”
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