WWE Legend Wants Rhea Ripley Dream Match

Rhea Ripley is a woman in demand.

Nikki Bella made her long-awaited in-ring return at the 2025 Royal Rumble. The match was her first since appearing at the 2022 edition of the event and came following several weeks of speculation and reports that she’d been back in training.

The former Divas Champion and her sister Brie left WWE in 2023 after allowing their contracts to expire. Nikki had initially retired in 2019 citing a series of ongoing neck issues and the discovery of a benign cyst on her brain.

Nikki Bella Wants Rhea Ripley

Speaking on the Nikki & Brie Show, Nikki was asked by fans who she’d like to wrestle in the future. Nikki Bella had earlier claimed her return wasn’t a one-off and she’s continued to train following the Rumble.

“If I immediately look at something, just what Chelsea Green has been bringing to social media about the Divas, stuff she has said on interviews, I immediately get turned on by that. ‘Huh, she has been talking about the Divas lately.’ Something like that would be really fun. Chelsea, of course.

A dream match would be against Rhea. I would love to do that with Brie [Bella]. When I think of my Ronda [Rousey] run for Evolution and those feels, something like that would be so fun to bring in, especially with Brie and the Bella Army.

I felt like in my run against Ronda, it wasn’t just about Ronda and I. It was also about Brie at my side and the Bellalution and the Bella Army being behind us. That would be something really fun to bring to Rhea because she has become the face of the women’s division and has gone through so many women.

Obviously, tag titles dangle in my mind. I would love to face a lot of tag teams in the division with Brie. There are so many amazing women and we’ll see different pairings at different times. There could be something fun there. I liked my little moment with Roxanne [Perez]. I think we can make magic happen, too.

I immediately think of something about meeting your heroes. Sometimes, you always shouldn’t, or you should. Who knows.”

It’s been announced that Ripley will return to the ring on the March 3 episode of Raw when she puts the Women’s World Title on the line against Iyo Sky.

Meanwhile, it’s been reported that Rhea Ripley could be in line for a massive clash with Bianca Belair. Although the two women have shared the ring on plenty of occasions, they’ve only wrestled two singles matches with both of these taking place in NXT.

H/t to Fightful