Rhea Ripley On Comparisons To Chyna, Women’s Rumble Match
Rhea Ripley talked with Ariel Helwani of BT Sport after last night’s Royal Rumble premium live occasion. She went over the injuries she sustained, which belt she may chase after at WrestleMania, and contrasts to WWE Hall of Famer Chyna. Emphasizes of her remarks are listed below:
Discussing the injuries she suffered throughout the match: “So, I simply have knee issues. I’ve constantly had them maturing playing soccer. My kneecap simply often moves out of location, and it like sort of goes to the side. Often it will go to the really back of my knee, and after that I simply need to align it, and it returns. It hasn’t done it for several years. I do not understand what made it do it. I think I have not consumed adequate water today or consumed enough. Yeah, it moved out for a bit, however I popped it back in immediately. I indicate it occurred possibly midway through, possibly a bit previously. Due to the fact that to be sincere the rest of my body was quite confined anyhow so I simply sort of disregarded it, I wasn’t too concerned. And my nose was busted too, so all I might smell was blood and it was simply all over however I live for this things, you understand.”
The contrasts to Chyna: “I believe it’s cool. I desire individuals to keep stating that. I understand Kofi [Kingston] stated that he wishes to see me opt for the IC title, and I’m so down for it. I like being compared to Chyna. I understand I get a great deal of hate, which at the exact same time is unusual, however I comprehend where it’s originating from where like, ‘You can’t be the next Chyna!’ Yeah, I understand. I can’t be the next Chyna. She was definitely fantastic, and she was herself, and she was special to her, however I’m the very first Rhea Ripley. And if I can get rather compared to her like I’m doing something right, however I’m likewise going to be doing it in my own unique method sort of tweaking method. Yeah, I like to see it.”
Which belt she may opt for: “I do not understand, brother! I’m believing. I understand I got a great deal of believing to do. I got chemistry with both of them women. I’ve fought with both of them numerous times. There’s rewards for me to go to Bianca [Belair] and there’s rewards for me to go to Charlotte [Style], so I’m going to take a seat and have a huge consider this one.”
The competitors in between the males’s and ladies’s departments: “So I’ve viewed bits and pieces of theirs [the guys’s Rumble] Undoubtedly, I was out there for a little bit. I got Speared on the concrete. Thank you, Beth [Phoenix] You understand, I got up, and I won it, so it does not matter. Yeah, there’s constantly competitors in between us and the males. Usually, the females were constantly on initially, so the important things that we state is ‘follow that,’ however we were on 2nd this time, so certainly, we’ve been doing it right the last couple of years since we’ve made it down the card. We got to go on semi-main and truly placed on a program, and get the time and simply head out there and reveal everybody what the females can do.”