Rhea Ripley shares heartwarming reunion ahead of WWE SmackDown
WWE Superstar Rhea Ripley is one of the most popular names who will not be a part of Saturday Night's Main Event. The show will air live from Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, tomorrow.
The Eradicator is feuding with the Women's World Champion Liv Morgan. On the latest edition of Monday Night RAW, she defeated the latter's stablemate, Raquel Rodriguez, in an Anything Goes Match. Although Ripley has her eyes set on the title, Morgan is scheduled to defend it against Damage CTRL's IYO SKY this Saturday.
Amid her absence from the WWE Saturday Night's Main Event's match card, the former Judgment Day member has shared a social media update revealing her reunion with her pets and husband, Buddy Matthews. She took to Instagram Stories to post a picture of the AEW star and their pets.
"Gangs back together!!🥰🥰," she wrote.
You can check out her Instagram Story by clicking here or in the picture below:
Wrestling veteran praises Rhea Ripley and other WWE Superstars
Rhea Ripley is arguably one of the most dominant performers in WWE's women's division. Owing to her impressive performances over the last year or so, wrestling veteran Bill Apter made a huge claim about The Nightmare while praising her.
On a recent edition of Sportskeeda's The Wrestling Time Machine hosted by Mac Davis, the legendary wrestling journalist claimed that Rhea has redefined women's wrestling in the Stamford-based company. Apter added that the 28-year-old became a household name in 2024. He also praised the WWE Women's Champion, Nia Jax, and Women's World Champion, Liv Morgan, for their incredible work.
"To me Rhea Ripley changed the tide, the riptide there. Rhea Ripley redefined the female end of WWE and I would say there are a lot of other women in there that did incredible, including Teddy's pick Nia Jax. Liv Morgan also, way up there, and so many of them... Rhea is, people expect to see her. She became a household face in the pro-wrestling business in 2024." [8:55 onwards]
You can check out Bill Apter's comments in the video below:
Following her impressive win over Raquel Rodriguez in Monday's main event, WWE teased Rhea's showdown with IYO SKY. The last time these two competed in a singles match was in 2020 when The Genius of the Sky emerged victorious to retain her NXT Women's Championship.