Rhea Ripley caused a stir online as she twerked before with the viral provocative move on rival during her wrestling match
At a live event, Rhea Ripley, the WWE Women’s World Champion, “broke the internet” with an X-rated move.
Since winning her championship at WrestleMania 39 in April of last year with a commanding performance against Charlotte Flair, Ripley, 27, has swept the professional wrestling world.
Ever since, the well-liked Australian has ruled the women’s division with some incredible championship defenses over the likes of Zoey Stark, Raquel Rodriguez, and Natalya.
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With one million followers on Twitter alone, the rising sensation from Adelaide has built herself a sizable following base.
And Ripley made headlines this past weekend when she defeated Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler in a Triple Threat Match to keep her title at WWE’s most recent non-televised house show in Illinois.
As she attempted to apply the Stinkface to the champion, Jax attempted to honor her cousin and WWE Hall of Famer Rikishi.
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In an attempt to humiliate his opponent in front of the world, Rikishi famously planted his behind on his face during the Attitude Era in the early 2000s.
But Ripley was able to repel that assault, pushing Jax into a corner and giving her a version of her own.
A video of the incident went viral, and millions of people who were watching at home as well as the live crowd went viral.
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With the following description, Ripley posted the video to her profile: “Payback’s a Peach… Your’e welcome Nia.”
Additionally, Buddy Matthews, the current AEW wrestler and fiancé of the former NXT Women’s Champion, joined in on the fun by tweeting, “Weekly occurence [sic] for me!”
The video received 1.9 million views, 37,000 likes, and a flurry of comments from Ripley’s admirers.
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“Rhea Ripley is so insane for this,” an admirer tweeted.
“She broke the internet lmao all over Twitter,” another person remarked.
Three people commented, “The Attitude Era is back.”
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“You’re welcome Nia and Internet,” stated the fan.
The other exclaimed, “Damn Mami..!!”
Next month at WrestleMania 40, Ripley will face Becky Lynch to defend her title.
