Here is all you need to know about who WWE RAW Women’s superstar Rhea Ripley is dating
Rhea Ripley is one of the most dominant female wrestlers in the WWE. The Australian is a former WWE Raw Women’s Champion (1 time) and NXT Women’s Champion (1 time). At only 24, she still has a long way to go in her pro-wrestling career.
Rhea Ripley Career
Rhea Ripley made her pro-wrestling debut when she was hardly 17, at Riot City Wrestling, back in 2013. She spent more than 4 years at the promotion, while also becoming a two-time Riot City Wrestling Champion.
On the 22nd of April, 2017 she left the promotion and signed with the WWE. She competed in the inaugural Mae Young Classic. That was when she debuted her ring name Rhea Ripley.
She lost to Dakota Kai in the second round after beating Miranda Salinas in the first. On the 25th of October, 2017, Ripley made her television debut.
She turned heel the next year, at the 2018 Mae Young Classic, while also rocking a new look. Ripley became a part of NXT UK. An eight-woman tournament was set up to determine the inaugural NXT UK Women’s champion.
She competed against fellow women’s wrestlers like Dakota Kai, Toni Storm and won the tourney to become the first NXT UK women’s champion.
She reigned as the champion for 139 days, before losing to Toni Storm in January 2019. In December 2019, Ripley got her hands on the NXT Women’s Championship after beating Shayna Baszler.
Almost a year and a half later, Ripley made her main roster debut, on the 22nd of March episode of Raw, one month after a vignette of her featured, hyping her arrival.
No sooner did Ripley arrive, than she challenged then-Raw women’s champion Asuka for a title match. The match was scheduled to take place at WrestleMania Night 2.
Ripley defeated Asuka to win the WWE Raw Women’s championship. However, she would go on to lose her title at the Money in the Bank 2021, to Charlotte Flair.
Rhea Ripley Boyfriend
Rhea Ripley has been in a relationship with Demetri ‘Action’ Jackson who is a professional wrestler on the independent circuit.
The pair have been in a relationship since 2019. Ripley confirmed the same in October 2019. The two are believed to have met in a gym.
Unlike Ripley, Jackson is yet to make it big in the wrestling scene. Ripley has spoken very often about helping Jackson, who is quite new to professional wrestling.
Jackson has a Masters degree in Sports & Exercise Science, and is also a professional weightlifter. The pair have been going strong until now, breaking all racism barriers.
Ripley has often been hit with racist attacks for dating Jackson. She has openly condemned the same on Instagram.
Rhea Ripley is in a relationship with Demetri ‘Action’ Jackson since 2019.
Demetri Jackson is a professional wrestler on the independent circuit.
Ripley announced that she was dating Demetri Jackson, back in October 2019.
Demetri Jackson is a professional wrestler, who was a weightlifter previously. He also has a Masters degree in Sports and Exercise science.
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