Australia’s Demi Bennett, extra extensively recognized by her ring title Rhea Ripley, has taken the wrestling world by storm.
Over the previous few years, we have watched the 27-year-old ascend from native Adelaide wrestler to WWE Women’s Champion.
Now, she’s one of many faces of WWE 2K24, the most recent entry within the massively widespread online game collection.
Ripley says the news of her making the WWE 2K24 online game cowl got here as a large shock.
Speaking to 9news.com.au from her house in Orlando, Florida, Ripley says she thought she was attending a Christmas promo shoot.
“Where are the Christmas props? Where’s my Santa hat? It better be purple!” she laughed.
After getting her hair and make-up executed, Rhea was taken right into a room with a TV – then WWE Legend Triple H popped up on the display screen.
“He explained everything. It just didn’t feel real!” she mentioned.
Ripley is sharing the duvet of the WWE 2K24 Deluxe Edition with WWE star Bianca Belair.
“An all-female cover is insane. And to be one of the ones on that cover with Bianca Belair, it’s a very proud moment for me” Ripley instructed 9news.com.au.
Ripley says this newest achievement will see her and Bianca launch the brand new period of the ladies’s wrestling division.
“We’re showing everyone that we can do everything that guys can do!”
WWE 2K24 is coming to PlayStation, Xbox, and PC on March 8.
Ripley can also be coming to Perth later this month to tackle the WWE Elimination Chamber, the primary time this occasion is going down in Australia.
“I’m very excited for this. It’s going to be absolutely insane. February 24th can’t come quick enough for me,” she mentioned.
“We haven’t been there in a long time as well, so I just know that everyone in Australia is just so ecstatic and excited for this show – and so am I… I don’t think Australians are ready for it.”
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This will likely be Ripley’s first time wrestling in Australia in seven years.
Source: www.9news.com.au
