This last, I wanna say seven months, has just been insane.
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>> Against all odds, Ripley wins the first ever Women's Wargames Match.
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>> What a moment for team NXT, Rhea Ripley does it again!
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>> An avalanche riptide.
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>> One, two, three!
>> Here is your winner, and
New NXT Women's Champion,
Rhea Ripley!
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>> Rhea Ripley, believe it!
>> Rhea! Rhea!
Rhea!
>> It's seriously a dream come true, like little me would be so
proud, and probably be crying by now.
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>> To be able to be in the ring with Charlotte Flair,
full stop is absolutely incredible.
To think of how far she's come since being in NXT.
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It's just insane in itself, like Charlotte Flair came to NXT, just to talk to me.
I never thought that I could be saying that in my life,
like I never thought that would be a thing.
And its incredible like, I'm not good with words and
I feel like I say the word incredible, and I'm speechless, and
all this stuff like a thousand times, and I use it to describe everything.
But it's true, like that's exactly what my job is.
Its incredible, and I wouldn't change it for the world.
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>> The NXT Women's Champion, Rhea Ripley.
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>> I started 2019 as the first ever NXT UK Women's Champion.
>> Ripley with the riptide!
Rhea Ripley has made history.
>> And then I ended 2019 as the NXT champion.
>> The brass in the old Rhea Ripley,
NXT Women's Champion >> To now, going to WrestleMania
to face Charlotte Flair, and one of the main event spots, it's just like, what?
Like, what is life?
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I was just standing here, minding my own business, and then all of a sudden,
in front of my eyes, I see sprinkled Steve Austin walking over.
And then yeah, he came over and he said hi, and he's like, is this for some event?
Yep, sure is.
I'm surprised you don't know who I am, but, hello.
He was saying that I was doing real good, and that is just,
it's such a weird but cool feeling, coming from someone like him.
And we had Mickie James, we had Edge come over, and I'm very happy and
glad that I got to experience that.
It was a good start to the day.
[LAUGH] To think that last year,
WrestleMania 35 was the first WrestleMania that I've ever attended,
to now going to WrestleMania 36, and facing off against Charlotte Flair.
One of the best in the business, and being able to
have my NXT Women's Championship on the line, which has never been done.
Never at WrestleMania.
It's just insane, like, from being a little girl
going to a birthday party that my friends and I have made up for the Miz,
making a Miz cake in our Miz t-shirts, to now being on the same show as him.
And then being in WrestleMania?
My whole family is gonna come down on Friday to WrestleMania, but
they haven't seen me on the massive stage like this, like, that's crazy.
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Yeah, my parents was supposed to be coming down for
my first WrestleMania, and I was gonna share it with my family.
I haven't seen them in a year, I wanna say, and I miss them, like I was
really excited to be able to see them and share that special moment with them.
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>> Representing the NXT brand for the first time ever, the NXT World's title,
defended at WrestleMania.
>> My first Mania experience, it wasn't really what I expected from our
WrestleMania, but at the end of the day, it's still WrestleMania, you know?
Even though yes, the outcome wasn't how I wanted it to be or
what I expected it to be.
>> Rhea Ripley is tapped,
Charlotte Flair has done it again, this time at WrestleMania.
>> It was still an amazing thing, and I was so
happy to be a part of it and get my first WrestleMania.
To be able to experience my first one at 23 years old, is incredible.
My message for everyone that was supporting me at Mania and might be upset,
sit down, and might be upset over the results,
is to just stay positive, because at the end of the day, it's not the end.
And I'm gonna get my championship back at all costs.
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So yeah, just don't give up on me, pretty much.
[LAUGH] Don't give up on me cuz I'm gonna keep fighting for all you guys.
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