Rhea Ripley shares cute couples photo with her husband ahead of WWE RAW
Rhea Ripley is single in the WWE storylines, but she is very much married in real life. The RAW Superstar and her husband, who performs in AEW, often share their wholesome antics and shenanigans with fans on social media, and now they've given a sneak peek as the Halloween holiday approaches.
The Eradicator and The Juggernaut met while the latter was still in World Wrestling Entertainment. They reportedly began dating in 2020, went public in May 2022, got engaged in August 2023, and wed this past June. The happy couple lets fans in on many real-life moments, including holidays. Rhea and Buddy have shared similar Halloween costume photos for a few years, apparently taken in the same store aisle. She dressed as a pizza slice last year, while he went as a pineapple. In 2022, the Terror Twin went as a ketchup bottle, and the House of Black member was a hot dog with mustard.
Ripley and Matthews have now continued their pre-Halloween tradition in 2024 too. The Aussie grapplers went shopping for costumes this week, and it appears Rhea is dressing up as a portion of French fries, while Buddy is going as a traffic light. She shared a photo of the former NXT champions with four words and four emojis.
"It’s that time again [slightly smiling face emoji] [upside-down face emoji] [french fries emoji] [traffic light emoji]," Rhea Ripley wrote with the photo below.
Ripley last wrestled at WWE Bash in Berlin on August 31, where she and Damian Priest defeated Liv Morgan and Dominik Mysterio. Matthews' last match was on the September 6 episode of AEW Rampage, where he and Brody King defeated MxM Collection.
Tony Khan reportedly did not want Buddy Matthews going to WWE
Buddy Matthews originally worked for World Wrestling Entertainment from March 2013 until June 2021. He signed with AEW in February 2022 and has been a member of The House of Black with Brody King and Malakai Black ever since.
Matthews reportedly tried to give his notice to AEW earlier this summer, likely to be together with his wife Rhea Ripley in WWE. However, Tony Khan was not granting releases allegedly because he did not want anyone going to the competition. Khan then offered Matthews a new "very lucrative" deal, and he re-signed with AEW.
Matthews' last WWE match was the 2021 Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal during the WrestleMania 37 weekend. This came just a few weeks after his last WWE singles match, which was a SmackDown DQ loss to Cesaro on March 12.