Rhea Ripley has enjoyed a meteoric rise through the WWE ranks since late in 2019, leading to the biggest match of her career: an NXT Women’s Championship defense against Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania 36.
Although not quite yet a household name in wrestling, that will change in a hurry with a WrestleMania victory against Flair.
Though WWE has shown confidence in Ripley for years now (she became the first-ever winner of the NXT UK women’s title in August 2018), her run in NXT since returning stateside in August 2019 has shown her true star power.