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.