How long has Rhea Ripley been on WWE?

Rhea Ripley is an Australian professional wrestler signed with WWE, as of January 2025. She is primarily a part of the RAW roster. Nicknamed “The Eradicator”, Ripley is one of the youngest and most successful wrestlers in the company. She is a one-time Raw Women’s Champion, two-time Women’s World Champion, one-time Women’s Tag Team Champion, one-time NXT Women’s Champion, and one-time NXT UK Women’s Champion. She is also the fifth Women’s Grand Slam Champion and Seventh Women's Triple Crown Champion.

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How long has Rhea Ripley been on WWE?

Rhea Ripley has been in WWE for over seven years (three and a half years in NXT & NXT UK; three and a half years in the main roster). Her first appearance in WWE was in July 2017, when she participated in the Inaugural Mae Young Classic tournament. However, she was eliminated in the second round by Dakota Kai.

NXT Debut

Ripley made her NXT Television debut on October 25, 2017, as one of the participants to determine one of the contenders for the vacant NXT Women’s Championship, in which she was unsuccessful. Rhea Ripley participated in the 2018 Mae Young Classic, with a new look, change in character, and disrespectful attitude. She won the first three matches and progressed to the semi-finals, but was eliminated by Io Shirai. In 2018, Rhea Ripley became a part of the newly formed NXT UK brand.

NXT UK Women's Champion

Rhea Ripley participated in the NXT UK Women’s Championship tournament, where she defeated Dakota Kai in the semi-finals and Toni Storm in the finals to become the inaugural NXT UK Women’s Championship.

Ripley successfully defended her championship against various opponents and finally dropped the title to Tony Storm on January 12, 2019, by ending the championship reign in 139 days. This also marked her first loss in the NXT UK brand. Ripley appeared on the main roster for the first time as the 24th entrant in the Women’s Royal Rumble Match and eliminated three before being eliminated by Bayley. Ripley then made her surprise NXT return and picked up a feud with Shayna Baszler and turned face. She participated in the first-ever Women’s War Games match and led Team Ripley against Team Baszler, in which they won.

The following night at Survivor Series, Ripley was a part of Team NXT in the 5-on-5-on-5 Elimination Match against Team Raw and Team SmackDown and survived with LeRae and Shirai. She continued her feud with Baszler and challenged her to a NXT Women’s Championship match and won. Ripley became the first woman to win both the NXT UK and NXT Championship.

Ripley then confronted the 2020 Royal Rumble Winner Charlotte Flair and challenged her to use the championship opportunity on her NXT Women’s title, which she accepted. At WrestleMania 36, Ripley lost her Championship to Charlotte Flair and was unsuccessful in the rematch. In 2021, Ripley entered the Royal Rumble and was eliminated as the last woman.

Main Roster debut

She debuted on the main roster two months later and challenged Asuka for the Raw Women’s Championship. They had a match at WrestleMania 37, where Rhea Ripley won. She held the championship for 98 days and lost the championship to Charlotte Flair at Money in the Bank.

Ripley turned face and teamed with Nikki A.S.H. to win the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship by defeating Natalya and Tamina. They lost the championship two months later after which Nikki A.S.H. turned heel and attacked Ripley. Following this Rhea picked Liv Morgan as her Tag Team Partner and had a pursuit for the tag titles, but were unsuccessful. After which Ripley turned on Liv to become heel once again.

Time with the Judgment Day

Rhea Ripley joined Edge’s Judgment Day with Damien Priest and forced Finn Balor, AJ Styles, and Liv Morgan to join them, but they regretted it. Balor, however, joined The Judgment Day, by kicking Edge out of the faction. The trio had a long feud with Edge, Rey Mysterio, and Dominik Mysterio, making Dom turn on them and join the Judgment Day. She then became an unstoppable force.

Ripley won the 2023 Royal Rumble and headlined WrestleMania 39, where she defeated Charlotte Flair to win the SmackDown Women’s Championship for the first time. With that, Ripley became the fifth Women’s Grand Slam Champion and Seventh Triple Crown Champion. The Championship was then updated to the Women's World Championship. Rhea vacated the title after holding it for 380 days.

Leaving the Judgment Day

Ripley returned to WWE a few months later and then went on to challenge the Women's World Champion Liv Morgan at SummerSlam. At the event, however, she lost to the champion after Dominik Mysterio turned on Ripley. She eventually then left the Judgment Day. She then had a long feud against Liv Morgan, Dominik Mysterio, and her former Judgment Day teammates. On the RAW's premier episode on Netflix, Ripley defeated Morgan to win the Women's World Championship a second time.