Rhea Ripley On Shutting Up The Puerto Rican Fans – ‘It Felt Amazing’

Rhea Ripley doesn’t give a damn about the fans in Puerto Rico, and she was happy to shut them all up on Saturday night.

At Saturday’s WWE Backlash 2023 pay-per-view event, the WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion defeated Zelina Vega. Following the match, Rhea Ripley commented on her big win and overcoming a pro-Vega crowd.

You can check out some highlights from the post-show interview below:

On not caring about the crowd: “I don’t really care if the crowd was strongly behind Zelina. I don’t care about these people. They don’t mean anything to me, just like Zelina doesn’t. But carry on with your stupid little question, Megan.”

On how her first title defense felt getting a win: “I mean, you could’ve just asked that question instead of all the other stuff that came with it. But you know what? It actually felt amazing. It felt amazing because they were behind Zelina Vega so much, and I shut them all up for good when Mami walked out the SmackDown Women’s Champion still, and Zelina Vega was left in the ring like a little pretzel. So yeah, you could say I’m pretty ecstatic. That’s all you’re going to get from me. Goodbye.”

EXCLUSIVE: After defeating @ZelinaVegaWWE, #SmackDown Women’s Champion @RheaRipley_WWE has some choice words for the WWE Universe in Puerto Rico. #WWEBacklash pic.twitter.com/KpngUKVrXT

— WWE (@WWE) May 7, 2023

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