Rhea Ripley

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Surname Demi Bennett
Ring name Rhea Ripley
Demi Bennet
Demi Bennett
Demiti Bennett
height 173 cm
Fighting weight 62 kg
birth October 11, 1996
Adelaide , South Australia
debut 29 June 2013

Demi Bennett , better known by her current ring name Rhea Ripley , (born October 11, 1996 in Adelaide ) is an Australian wrestler . She is currently under contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and appears on NXT . There she is the reigning NXT Women's Champion and became the first NXT UK Women's Champion, making her the first female wrestler to hold both titles at the same time.

Before Bennett joined the WWE, she fought under her real name (or slightly modified as Demi Bennet and Demiti Bennett ) in the Professional Wrestling Alliance (PWA) and the Riot City Wrestling (RCW) in Australia as well as in the Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1 ) and the Reina Joshi Puroresu in Japan .

Wrestling career

Independent Leagues (2013-2017)

In 2013, Bennett moved to RCW for several years. There she was two-time RCW Women's Champion. On May 24, 2014, she made her debut at New Horizon Pro Wrestling (NHPW) when she was participating in the Global Conflict Tournament . However, in the first lap she was eliminated by Mercedes Martinez . On the second night, she returned as a participant in a Four Way Mixed Tag Team Match with Garry Schmidt ( Gorgeous Garry ) by her side. Six months later, she returned to the NHPW to take part in the Final Chapter , where she competed in a Four Way Match against Alexandra Ford ( Madison Eagles ), Cheree Crowley ( Evie ) and Julia Hammer-Bevis ( Saraya Knight ) for the vacant IndyGurlz Australia Championship was subject.

Bennett made her debut at Melbourne City Wrestling during MCW New Horizons on June 14, 2014 , where she successfully defended her RCW Women's Championship against Savannah Summers and Toni Rossall ( Toni Storm ) in a three way match . On August 9, she was able to defend them again at MCW Clash Of The Titans , this time against Miami . With a win against Savannah Summers at MCW Fight For A Cause , she was able to continue her winning streak.

Her last RCW match took place on April 22, 2017 at RCW Strength , where she successfully emerged as the winner of the title match against Kellyanne Salter .

World Wrestling Entertainment

Rhea Ripley on NXT (2019)

Mae Young Classic (2017-2018)

Bennett signed a deal with World Wrestling Entertainment in 2017. She should take part in the first Mae Young Classic under the new ring name Rhea Ripley . In the first round she won against Miranda Ilissa ( Miranda Salinas ), but lost in the second round to Dakota Kai , who still appeared under the ring name Evie until mid-2017 .

Rhea Ripley made her NXT debut on NXT TakeOver: WarGames on October 25, 2017, when she took part in a battle royal for the qualification for the vacant NXT Women's Championship , which Nicola Glencross ( Nikki Cross ) won.

Ripley started the second Mae Young Classic 2018 in a new look and made it to the semi-finals. On the way she defeated Monique Jacqueline Williams-Jenkins ( MJ Jenkins ), Kacy Catanzaro and Steffanie Rhiannon Newell ( Tegan Nox ). In the semifinals, however, she lost to Odate Masami ( Io Shirai ). During the tournament, Ripley showed a new attitude: she refused to shake the opponent's hand before the match, appeared more aggressive and ruthless than last year and became increasingly unpopular.

First NXT UK Women's Champion (2018-2019)

Shortly after the 2018 Mae Young Classic , Rhea Ripley was inducted into the NXT UK roster for the new show NXT UK . During the TV recordings in August, which only aired in November, she took part in an eight-women tournament for the new NXT UK Women's Championship . She won in the first round against Xia Brookside , in the semifinals against Dakota Kai and won the final against Toni Storm . This made her the first woman to hold the NXT UK Women's Championship and also the first Australian to hold a WWE Women's Championship.

  Quarterfinals
( WWE NXT UK 8/25) 		Semi-Finals
( WWE NXT UK 8/26) 		Final
( WWE NXT UK 8/26)
                           
   New ZealandNew Zealand Dakota Kai Pin code        
 EnglandEngland Nina Samuels  
 New ZealandNew Zealand Dakota Kai
   AustraliaAustralia Rhea Ripley Pin code  
 EnglandEngland Xia Brookside
   AustraliaAustralia Rhea Ripley Pin code  
   AustraliaAustralia Rhea Ripley Pin code
   New ZealandNew Zealand Toni Storm
   EnglandEngland Jinny Pin code
 EnglandEngland Millie McKenzie  
 EnglandEngland Jinny
   New ZealandNew Zealand Toni Storm Pin code  
 ScotlandScotland Isla Dawn
   New ZealandNew Zealand Toni Storm Pin code  

In October 2018, Ripley was able to successfully defend her title in a dark match against Dakota Kai . It aired a month later during the first women - only pay-per-view , WWE Evolution . In other title matches she won against Courtney Stewart ( Isla Dawn ) and Deonna Purrazzo .

After 139 days of reign, Ripley lost her title on NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool to Toni Storm . She made her debut in the main squad at the WWE Royal Rumble 2019 and took part in the women's Royal Rumble with starting number 24. She was able to eliminate Kacy Catanzaro , Ashley Mae Sebera ( Dana Brooke ) and Thea Megan Trinidad ( Zelina Vega ) before she was kicked out by Pamela Rose Martinez ( Bayley ). In 2019, Ripley began a feud with debuting Kimberly Benson ( Piper Niven ), who is now the most dominant female wrestler on the NXT UK roster. On July 3, 2019, Ripley was defeated by her, a rematch was planned on September 4.

NXT and NXT Women's Champion (2019-present)

On August 28, 2019, Rhea Ripley returned to NXT and interrupted Shayna Baszler's speech. Before she could comment, Ripley knocked the microphone out of her hand and said that while she had beaten everyone else on the roster so far, she couldn’t beat herself, signaling the start of a feud between the two. Since then, Ripley defeated several heels on NXT and became increasingly popular with audiences. At the same time, she and Tegan Nox started the invasion of WWE SmackDown on November 1 in the run-up to the WWE Survivor Series 2019 , and they challenged Daria Rae Berenato ( Sonya Deville ) and Amanda Rose Saccomanno ( Mandy Rose ) to a tag team match out that they left as winners. Later that evening, Ripley , Paul Michael Levesque ( Triple H ) and the rest of WWE NXT declared war on WWE Raw and WWE SmackDown and clearly stated their intentions to exit the Survivor Series victoriously. At NXT TakeOver: WarGames , Ripley led her team of herself, Dakota Kai , Candice Gargano ( Candice LeRae ) and Tegan Nox into the women's first WarGames match . Since Kai Nox and himself accidentally threw themselves out of the race, it became a kind of 2-on-4 handicap match for Ripley and LeRae against Baszler's team, consisting of themselves, Bianca Nicole Crawford ( Bianca Belair ), Kayleigh Rae ( Kay Lee Ray ) and Io Shirai , which they still managed to win.

The following night, at the WWE Survivor Series, Ripley was part of Team NXT, which beat both Team Raw and Team SmackDown, as well as captain of their team that won the 5-on-5-on-5 Women's Survivor Series triple -Threat Elimination Match and was also victorious. At the end of the match, Candice LeRae and Io Shirai faced the captain of the SmackDown team, Mercedes Kaestner-Varnado ( Sasha Banks ), and eliminated them.

On December 18, 2019, Rhea Ripley won the NXT Women's Championship against Shayna Baszler at WWE NXT . She is the first female wrestler to hold both the NXT UK Women's Championship and the NXT Women's Championship . She lost the title on April 5 against Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania 36 .

Life

In addition to wrestling, Demi Bennett also practices swimming , karate , rugby , netball and soccer . She is a fan of the Adeleide Crows . In October 2019, she officially confirmed a relationship with wrestler Demetri Action Jackson .

Trivia

Rhea Ripley was playable for the first time in the video game WWE 2K20 by Visual Concepts , published by 2K Sports .

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Web links

Commons : Rhea Ripley  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2014. NHPW, accessed December 20, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Casey Michael (Ed.): Demi Bennett Wrestles Last Match Before Reporting To WWE. April 22, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b 20-year-old Australian phenom, Team 3-D Academy alumna added to Mae Young Classic. WWE Network, July 7, 2017, accessed December 21, 2019 .
  4. ^ John Clapp: Nikki Cross won a 17-Superstar NXT Women's Championship Qualifying Battle Royal. WWE Network, October 25, 2017, accessed December 21, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Sean Fewster: Adelaide's own WWE star, Rhea Ripley, tears through competition in the 2018 Mae Young Classic. The Advertiser, August 10, 2018, accessed December 21, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Australia's Rhea Ripley to compete in Mae Young Classic 2018. WWE Network, July 11, 2018, accessed December 21, 2019 .
  7. Jump up ↑ Richard Trionfo: WWE NXT UK Reports: NXT UK Women's Title Tournament Announced, Bate Versus Drake, Seven Versus Gibson, And More. PWInsider.com, November 14, 2018, accessed December 21, 2019 .
  8. ^ Richard Trionfo: WWE NXT UK Reports: The Women's Tournament Continues, Mark Andrews, Jordan Devlin, Ligero, And More. PWInsider.com, November 21, 2018, accessed December 21, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Richard Trionfo: WWE NXT UK Episode 12 Report: The First NXT UK Women's Champion Is Crowned And More. PWInsider.com, November 28, 2018, accessed December 21, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Major news from Sunday night's NXT UK tapings (Caution: Spoilers). WWE Network, August 26, 2018, accessed December 21, 2019 .
  11. ↑ History made as Rhea Ripley becomes first Australian woman to win a WWE championship. Fox Sports, August 27, 2018, accessed December 21, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Mike Johnson: NXT UK Title Defended At WWE UK Evolution. PWInsider.com, October 28, 2018, accessed December 21, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Richard Trionfo: WWE NXT UK Episode 17 Report: Ripley Versus Dawn, Mustache Mountain, And More. PWInsider.com, December 19, 2018, accessed December 21, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Richard Trionfo: WWE NXT UK Episode 20 Report: Ripley Versus Purrazzo, Barthel Versus Andrews, And More. PWInsider.com, December 26, 2018, accessed December 21, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Michael Burdick: Nikki Cross won a 17-Superstar NXT Women's Championship Qualifying Battle Royal. WWE Network, March 27, 2019, accessed December 21, 2019 .
  16. ↑ Piper Niven def. Rhea Ripley. WWE Network, accessed December 21, 2019 .
  17. ↑ John Clapp: NXT Women's Champion Shayna Baszler backed down from Rhea Ripley. WWE Network, August 28, 2019, accessed December 21, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Carlos Toro: Adam Cole, Matt Riddle, Shayna Baszler, More NXT Talent Invade WWE SmackDown. Fightful, November 1, 2019, accessed December 21, 2019 .
  19. ↑ Joseph Currier: NXT Invasion Takes Place On WWE SmackDown. F4W, November 1, 2019, accessed December 21, 2019 .
  20. ↑ John Moore: 11/23 NXT Takeover: WarGames results - Moore's live review of Undisputed Era vs. Tommaso Ciampa, Keith Lee, Dominik Dijakovic, a partner in a WarGames match, Rhea Ripley, Candice LeRae, Tegan Nox, and Mia Yim vs. Shayna Baszler, Io Shirai, Bianca Belair and Kay Lee Ray in a WarGames match, Finn Balor vs. Matt Riddle. ProWrestling.net, November 23, 2019, accessed December 21, 2019 .
  21. ↑ John Clapp: Team NXT def. Team Raw and Team SmackDown (Women's Survivor Series Elimination Triple Threat Match). WWE Network, November 24, 2019; accessed December 21, 2019 .
  22. ↑ Jason Powell: WWE Survivor Series results: Powell's live review of Brock Lesnar vs. Rey Mysterio in a No Holds Barred match for the WWE Championship, “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt vs. Daniel Bryan for the WWE Universal Championship, Becky Lynch vs. Shayna Baszler vs. Bayley in a non-title match. ProWrestling.net, November 24, 2019, accessed December 21, 2019 .
  23. ↑ Brett Williamson: Adelaide wrestler Demi Bennett in training for dream career with WWE. Australian Broadcasting Corporation, July 19, 2016, accessed December 21, 2019 .
  24. ^ Gary Cassidy: WWE News: Rhea Ripley confirms relationship with fellow wrestler. sportskeeda.com, October 3, 2019, accessed December 21, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Ripley, Rhea
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bennett, Demi (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1996
PLACE OF BIRTH Adelaide , South Australia