Rhea Ripley made her main roster debut on Monday Night Raw on March 22nd, 2021, three weeks before WrestleMania 37 event and challenged Raw Women’s Champion Asuka for the title at WrestleMania 37 event.
Before that she appeared on Women’s Royal Rumble match and put a great performance, in which she ended as runner-up. Fans thought that she would get main roster call-up following her performance at Royal Rumble but it took long time for her debut.
The Nightmare Rhea Ripley recently had an interview with talkSPORT and discussed about several topics including her main roster call-up. She revealed that she found out about her main roster call-up before NXT War Games but she thought that some times things change as time passes. Here what Rhea Ripley said:
“I actually found out really early that I was going to going to RAW or SmackDown. I found out before War Games actually. So it was a while before and I sort of had that in my mind. I just went with everything. Because you know how you get told things and it never happens or things change, so I knew but I also didn’t know in a way.”
“But after the Royal Rumble I was at RAW every week from then on, but before that I was always at NXT. So I knew at least I’m there, I just didn’t know when my journey would actually start.”
At WrestleMania 37 Night Two, Rhea Ripley won the Raw Women’s Championship by defeating Asuka. Following her win, Rhea Ripley appeared on NXT and celebrated with NXT Champion Raquel Gonzalez and Smackdown Women’s Champion Bianca Belair.
WE. ARE. NXT. 💛 💙 ❤️
So proud of you, @RheaRipley_WWE @RaquelWWE & @BiancaBelairWWE. #WWENXT #NXTProud pic.twitter.com/dEDaB58nEF
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) April 14, 2021
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