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#2. She's made a career of silencing doubters
Rhea Ripley was ten years old when she saw WWE Superstar Triple H compete against the legendary Ric Flair. Ripley watched in awe as 'The Cerebral Assassin' took a screwdriver to 'The Nature Boy's' head, drawing a healthy amount of blood in the process. Much to her own mother's chagrin, it was at that very moment that Ripley decided that professional wrestling was her destiny.
Ripley began training at 16, made her in-ring debut at 17, and in 2017 made her WWE debut at the Mae Young Classic. She had no shortage of doubters along the way, but the detractors only fueled the NXT UK Superstar.
Ripley told Lilian Garcia:
"I just hate when people say that I can't do it. People said I couldn't wrestle - so many people said I couldn't wrestle....everyone was like, 'You like wrestling. Ha-Ha! That's silly, it's fake, you can't do that.' I was like, 'Watch me!'
"So many people said I couldn't wrestle. Even family members said, 'Why would you want to do that? That's silly. You will never make it to WWE.' I'm like, 'Where am I now?' Please tell me I can't do something."
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