Rhea Ripley has revealed the WWE moment that got her into wrestling.
The Mami started her wrestling journey very early, making her in-ring debut at the age of 16 in 2013. After a successful run in the Australian indie scene, she also did a tour of Japan before finally signing with WWE.
Byron Saxton interviewed the former Women's Champion as part of the WrestleMania 42 Priority Pass Kickoff event. She was asked about dealing with distractions, advice for NXT kids and more during the session.
Rhea Ripley's Violent Wrestling Origin
When asked where her love for wrestling began, Rhea Ripley noted that she was always a violent child growing up. She then recalled her first exposure to wrestling, which was an extreme moment involving the WWE CCO Triple H and Ric Flair:
So, I was always a brutal kid, as you know. Saxton, you know me. I've always been a brutal kid, and I loved watching WWE growing up. I absolutely loved it. The first thing that I had ever seen from WWE, my friend showed me,
And it was a video of my boss, Triple H, shoving a screwdriver in Ric Flair's head. And it was from then on there I was like, 'Yo, I really like this wrestling thing. This is really cool. I kind of like wanna continue watching this, and I might wanna try this later on.'
The screwdriver spot came during the 2005 Survivor Series PPV where The Game faced The Nature Boy in a Last Man Standing match. Triple H went on to win the match after taking Flair out with a sledgehammer.
