During a recent interview with Alex McCarthy of TalkSport, WWE NXT Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley commented on making Triple H proud, Charlotte Flair, and more. You can check out some highlights from the interview below:
On working with the main roster talent for Survivor Series: “It was just surreal. I didn’t really expect it to go the way that it did. It’s such a cool experience, I learned so much from those matches, being put in those situations. The stress, the anxiety, but the awesomeness! It was very stressful, but I wouldn’t change anything about it. Being able to go out there with those women was just so cool. They’re just so good at what they do and I had the privilege to be in the ring with all of them. I try and let it sink it sometimes, but my life is just so much go, go, go. But it’s so surreal.”
On the finish for her Survivor Series Triple Threat match: “I wish I could say it was mine! I really do, but it wasn’t. It was Charlotte! She’s so smart, she was coming up with the coolest things. I felt so stupid [by comparison]. I took so much credit for it and I was like ‘Yes, give me the credit’ [laughs].”
On Triple H and Shawn Michaels beaming with pride after her win: “Yeah, they were. And it was really, really cool. I remember coming back from War Games – because that was all the same weekend – coming back from the War Games match and having Triple H there almost in tears of happiness. He hugged Candice [LeRae] and I and I was just like ‘This is a dream to me!’ [laughs]. I’m like, you’re the reason I started wrestling, started watching wrestling, it’s so, so cool. And he was just so proud of all of us because he knows we were all stressed with the mad weekend, so to make him proud is just so awesome.”
