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WWE Legend Makes Huge Claim About Rhea Ripley

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One WWE Hall of Famer has made a bold claim about former Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley and her place in the company.

Rhea Ripley has been WWE’s shining star in the women’s division and beyond in the past few years. Ripley has held the Women’s World Championship and reached new heights through her relationship with Dominik Mysterio and The Judgment Day.

More recently, Ripley’s friendship with IYO SKY has won her enemies in The Kabuki Warriors. Asuka and Kairi Sane took out Ripley with an attack, leading her to be missing from WWE TV for several weeks.

But with WWE more global than ever, as more shows head outside the US than ever before, one WWE Hall of Famer thinks they have a truly international star on their hands.

Rhea Ripley Makes Waves Around The World For WWE

Speaking on his Kliq This podcast, Kevin Nash discussed WWE’s ongoing relationship with Saudi Arabia, which will host WrestleMania 43. The conversation touched on the country’s treatment of women, with Nash making a bold declaration about Rhea Ripley:

She’s as big, if not the biggest, worldwide star they have. [h/t WrestlingInc.]

Rhea Ripley leads a growing band of Australian and Antipodean stars who have caused a stir across the wrestling industry in recent years. Ripley’s own husband Buddy Matthews, Bronson Reed, Zaria, TMDK, The IInspiration, Kyle Fletcher, Mark Davis, and Timeless Toni Storm are among those who have made it big, having come from Down Under.

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