Rhea Ripley Face or Heel Turns

Rhea Ripley is a Professional wrestler born on October 11, 1996, in Adelaide, Australia. Being one of the biggest names in female wrestling across the globe, she was a pro wrestling fan from a very young age and made her in-ring debut at 17. After wrestling in the indies for four years, she was hired by WWE and drafted to NXT UK. There, she became the first-ever NXT UK Women’s Champion, and soon got her hands on the NXT Women’s Championship, holding the two titles for 139 and 99 days, respectively. She then joined the WWE main roster in 2021.

She won the WWE RAW Women’s Championship and then the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship in 2021. In 2022, she joined the Judgment Day and then won the 2023 Royal Rumble. The Eradicator won the Women’s World Championship at WrestleMania 39 and went on to hold it for 380 days, which is the joint-longest reign in the title’s history. During the same time, she also acted as the de facto leader of the group.

Is Rhea Ripley a babyface or a heel?

Rhea Ripley is currently a babyface in WWE. She was a tweener since the 2023 fall and was injured in April 2024. Upon her return, she confronted Dominik Mysterio on her ties with Liv Morgan but Mysterio showed his support towards Mami. However, at SummerSlam, during Ripley’s match against Morgan, Dominik Mysterio aligned himself with Liv Morgan and turned on Ripley, making her a babyface. This is the first time Ripley has become a babyface since April 2022.

Rhea Ripley’s On-Screen Character History

There have been a few major changes in Rhea Ripley's character history. She first wrestled as a babyface for her entire career before WWE. In WWE, she switched between babyface and heel before joining the main roster in 2021 as a former. In April 2022, she joined the Judgment Day and became a heel alongside other members of the group. While in January, she began showing traits of a tweener, Ripley was still a member of the Judgment Day. However, upon her WWE return in July, she started transitioning to a babyface and was established as one following her exit from Judgment Day at SummerSlam.

Rhea Ripley Real Name

Rhea Ripley’s real name is Demi Bennett. She was born on October 11, 1996, in Adelaide, South Australia. Through her mother’s side, Ripley is of Italian descent. She attended the Henley High School in her hometown and soon made it to the independent wrestling circuit.

Rhea Ripley Ring Names

Rhea Ripley has, so far, wrestled under this name, and her real name, Demi Bennett. She earlier used to wrestle under her real name before adopting Rhea Ripley during her WWE debut in the 2017 Mae Young Classic Tournament. Besides her ring names, Ripley is also known by quite a few nicknames including “Mami”, “The Eradicator”, and “The Nightmare”.