How long has Rhea Ripley been on WWE?

Demi Bennett is an Australian Professional Wrestler, who is currently signed with WWE under the ring name Rhea Ripley. She is primarily a part of the Raw roster, where she is the reigning Women’s World Champion on her first reign. Ripley is a member of one of the most dominating heel factions of WWE “The Judgment Day”.

She has transformed herself into one of the dominant women in the company, by making opponents suffer in pain and fear. Thus, she is nicknamed “The Eradicator”. Ripley is one of the youngest and successful wrestlers of the company. She is a one time Raw Women’s Champion, one time Women’s World Champion, one time Women’s Tag Team Champion, one time NXT Women’s Champion and one time NXT UK Women’s Champion. She is also the fifth Women’s Grand Slam Champion and Seventh Womens Triple Crown Champion. Ripley also holds the record for the fastest to become Grand Slam Champion in 1,200 days.

How long has Rhea Ripley been on WWE?

Rhea Ripley has been in WWE for more than six and a half years (three and a half years in NXT & NXT UK; three years in the main roster). Rhea’s first appearance in WWE was in July 2017, where she participated in the Inaugural Mae Young Classic tournament. However was eliminated in the second round by Dakota Kai. Ripley made her NXT Television debut on October 25, 2017 as one of the participants to determine one of the contenders for the vacant NXT Women’s Championship, in which she was unsuccessful.

Rhea Ripley participated in the 2018 Mae Young Classic, with a new look, change in character and disrespectful attitude. She won the first three matches and progressed to the semi-finals, but was eliminated by Io Shirai. In 2018, Rhea Ripley became a part of the newly formed NXT UK brand. Rhea participated in the NXT UK Women’s Championship tournament, where she defeated Dakota Kai in the semi-finals and Toni Storm in the finals to become the inaugural NXT UK Women’s Championship.

Ripley successfully defended her championship against various opponents and finally dropped the title to Tony Storm on January 12, 2019, by ending the championship reign in 139 days. Which also marks her first loss in the NXT UK brand. Ripley appeared on the main roster for the first time as the 24th entrant in the Women’s Royal Rumble Match and eliminated three before being eliminated by Bayley. Ripley then made her surprise NXT return and picked up a feud with Shayna Baszler and turned face. She participated in the first ever Women’s War Games match and led Team Ripley against Team Baszler, in which they won.

Following night at Survivor Series, Rhea was a part of Team NXT in the 5-on-5-on-5 Elimination Match against Team Raw and Team SmackDown and survived with LeRae and Shirai. She continued her feud with Baszler and challenged her for a NXT Women’s Championship match and won. Ripley became the first woman to win both the NXT UK and NXT Championship.

Ripley then confronted the 2020 Royal Rumble Winner Charlotte Flair and challenged her to use the championship opportunity on her NXT Women’s title, which she accepted. At WrestleMania 36, Ripley lost her Championship to Charlotte Flair and was unsuccessful in the rematch.

In 2021, Ripley entered the Royal Rumble and was eliminated as the last woman. She debuted on the main roster two months later and challenged Asuka for the Raw Women’s Championship. They had a match at WrestleMania 37, where Rhea Ripley won. She held the championship for 98 days and lost the championship to Charlotte Flair at Money in the Bank.

Ripley turned face and teamed with Nikki A.S.H. to win the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship by defeating Natalya and Tamina. They lost the championship two months later after which Nikki A.S.H. turned heel and attacked Ripley. Following which Rhea picked Liv Morgan as her Tag Team Partner and had a pursuit for the tag titles, but were unsuccessful. After which Ripley turned on Liv to become heel once again.

Rhea Ripley joined Edge’s Judgment Day with Damien Priest and forced Fin Balor, AJ Styles and Liv Morgan to join them, but they regretted it. Balor however joined The Judgment Day, by kicking Edge out of the faction. The trio had a long feud with Edge, Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio, making Dom turn on them and join the Judgment Day. Rhea then became an unstoppable force. She won the 2023 Royal Rumble and headlined WrestleMania 39, where she defeated Charlotte Flair to become SmackDown Women’s Championship for the very first time. With that Rhea Ripley became the fifth Women’s Grand Slam Champion and Seventh Triple Crown Champion. The Championship was then updated to the Women's World Championship. Rhea Ripley is the current Women’s World Champion surpassing 181 days.