Rhea Ripley Details ‘Stressful Day’ Prior To WWE RAW On Netflix Debut: I Was Almost In Tears

Rhea Ripley looks back on her day prior to the WWE RAW on Netflix debut.

On January 6th, Rhea Ripley would feature as part of the WWE RAW on Netflix debut. After years of a back and forth rivalry between her and Liv Morgan, the pair would face off for the WWE Women’s World Title. However, Rhea would be plagued by the pressure and stress surrounding the match, something she has been vocal about dealing with in the past.

During episode one of WWE Unreal, Ripley would discuss how it felt leading up to the match with Morgan, calling it ‘a stressful day’. As Ripley spoke, footage was shown of Rhea dealing with the emotions that came with the stressful day.

“The day came, and it was just stressful. (laughs) Just plan and simple stressful. I.. I just didn’t have any… brain cells working that day. It felt like this was the biggest show of the year. Also, it was Liv and my big blow-off match as well. I had all these things going through my mind. I don’t know if I prepared, I definitely didn’t sleep. I don’t know if I’m dehydrated. I know that I’m not ready for this. I was almost in tears. Just couldn’t, switch on at all. I didn’t even know what makeup I wanted. I had gear made because it was such a big deal. I didn’t even end up wearing it. I just wore something else because I was, like ‘I… I can’t think. I can’t put that on. I don’t think it looks good one me.’ We just had Christmas, too, so I ate a little bit much.’ I’m like, (laughing) ‘I don’t wanna wear that’, you know? So girl problems, I know.”

Later in the episode, Rhea would be shown speaking to Priest before her match, going through her spots for her bout. Rhea would continue, talking about how Priest grounds her.

“I like to go to (Damian) Priest, I like to just go with whatever I am going to be doing out there. So it was just him telling me ‘less is more’ which is a massive thing in this business, like less is really more. But then it’s so weird, because I went from having an emotional breakdown and a massive panic attack to hearing my music, walking out there, and being completely fine and then just wanting to completely blow that match out of the water.”

Elsewhere in episode one of WWE Unreal, Rhea spoke about her storyline with Liv Morgan feeling like an ‘eternity’. You can read more about that here.

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