Rhea Ripley credits this AEW Star as the inspiration behind her look in WWE

Rhea Ripley modeled her look after this AEW star! #WWE #RheaRipley #RubyRiott #AEW #Inspiration #BeYourself

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00:00 Rhea Ripley has always been open and honest

00:02 about trying to fit in.

00:03 When she first joined the WWE roster in 2017,

00:06 the then blonde realized there was still a hangover

00:08 from the old diva days,

00:09 so she tried marrying that style with her own.

00:12 Then she spotted Ruby Riott,

00:14 the current AEW star Ruby Soho,

00:16 who was called Ruby Riott at the time,

00:18 had tattoos and short hair,

00:19 and wasn't afraid to stand out from the crowd.

00:21 That caught Rhea's eye

00:23 because she also fancied being true to herself.

00:26 During a chat with the BWGS podcast,

00:28 Ripley revealed that Ruby gave her the confidence

00:30 to do her own thing.

00:32 The ripple effects of that influence

00:33 are still being felt today.

00:35 In 2024, Rhea is comfortable in her own skin on WWE TV

00:38 and knows she has the freedom to be herself.

00:40 That wasn't always the case,

00:42 and it wasn't until Ripley worked some tags with Ruby

00:45 on NXT house shows

00:46 that she started to really, really think this way.