Rhea Ripley comments on how Tegan Nox saved her WWE career twice

Tegan Nox was one of eight wrestlers released by WWE on Thursday, November 18th 2021. During an interview with TalkSport.com, Rhea Ripley commented on Tegan Nox…

“Tegan, she doesn’t understand how much I appreciate her and what she’s done for me. But there was a time at the Performance Center where my name was on the list to get fired and I’d only been there for a year. I don’t know why my name was on the list, I guess people just didn’t like me at the time. It is what it is – I changed their mind! But I was on the chopping block and I had a PC live match in front of all our peers and it was against Tegan. One of the guys found out I was on that list and he told her – he didn’t tell me because he knew I’d freak out – but he told her and was like ‘look, you’ve got to make Rhea look good because this might be her last match here otherwise.’ And that’s exactly what she did,” Ripley said, beaming. Even though it was in front of our peers – and that’s the most terrifying time to have a match – she made me look like an absolute star. She took everything of mine and made me look so incredible that it got my name taken off that list. And that was just one of the times!”

“The other time was in the Mae Young Classic. She got injured and I really wish it didn’t happen, but if that didn’t happen, honestly – even though it sucked for her and I really wish it didn’t happen – that skyrocketed my career because no one believed in me before then. But because that happened, I was forced to go into that match with Io [Shirai] and we pulled off such a fantastic match people had to book me. They knew that I was a rising star. So she not only helped me on purpose, but she helped me by accident as well.”

Rhea Ripley explains exactly how Tegan Nox TWICE saved her career in WWE

Rhea Ripley is still in her first year on the main roster, but her rise has been nothing short of mercurial. The Aussie only turned 25 last month but has already won a world title at WrestleMania and even before debuting on RAW had defended her NXT Women’s title at the previous WrestleMania against Charlotte Flair.