5 Things you might not know about NXT UK Superstar Rhea Ripley 

#3. She's navigated her way through 'mind games' backstage

The inaugural NXT UK Women's Champion

The world of professional wrestling is nothing, if not political. Wrestlers and wrestling personalities often find it challenging to navigate their way through the intricate inner workings backstage amid wrestling's political landscape.

Rhea Ripley has also had to navigate her way through backstage politics,

"It's hard because in wrestling, there's so many mind games that people like to play. It happens with wrestlers or like anyone - just people in wrestling, in general. Everyone wants to succeed, so they're gonna do whatever they can sometimes. Just finding out who the good ones are is always my plan.

"That's also why I'm very to myself. I trust myself and I trust a handful of people. The rest - I talk to. I'm nice, I'm humble. I'll always be humble. I don't care where I am in life. I'm always gonna be the nice person, even though I'm not in the ring."

Ripley has found at least one true friend while in WWE and the two have quickly become inseparable:

"Reina Gonzalez, for one, I can trust her with anything. I love rooming with the girl. I love training with the girl. I love everything about her. She's probably my best friend here, to be honest. She's great. I have nothing bad to say about Reina Gonzalez at all and that's why she's my tag partner."