Rhea Ripley Addresses Fiancé Buddy Matthews Competing In AEW

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WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley has addressed her fiancé Buddy Matthews competing in AEW.

With the rise of AEW, wrestling fans has seen more and more couples being separated between the two top promotions in the industry.

While pairings like Andrade and Charlotte Flair or Malakai Black and Zelina Vega have been separated by company lines in the past or present, there might not be another couple more talked about than Rhea Ripley and Buddy Matthews.

With Ripley’s on-screen relationship with Dominik Mysterio, many fans have wondered how the two are able to maintain a strong relationship out of the ring.

Appearing on the latest edition of the IMPAULSIVE podcast, Rhea Ripley was asked about her relationship with the AEW star. She said:

“Like you’re different and connecting with the crowd on a certain way, you’re obviously skyrocket to the top. When for him, he’s been in WWE. He’s been wrestling for over 10 years. I think maybe over 15 years.

“He’s been wrestling for a long, long time and he knows that like when he was in WWE, he hit a peak there. And then over in AEW as well, he’s doing well and it’s slowly growing.

“Like The House of Black is slowly growing and getting more steam, but he also knows that at the end of the day that the platform that I’m on, this might make a lot of people mad, but it’s obviously higher.

“And yeah I feel he doesn’t get threatened by that and he says he doesn’t either, so like I take his word. I trust him, I believe him. And like he’s very comfortable in what he’s doing and who I am.

“And he also loves to help me along the way and help me grow, which is what a relationship should be.”

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Meanwhile, Rhea Ripley is set to defend the WWE Women’s World Championship against Becky Lynch at WrestleMania 40 on April 6.

While discussing her relationship with Buddy Matthews and his AEW run on Impaulsive Rhea Ripley kinda calls AEW the secondary promotion.

"At the end of the day the platform that I'm on This might make a little people mad but is obviously HIGHER"

AEW fans won't like this 😭 pic.twitter.com/aUi6Mx97IN

— EliteRockerz 𝕏 (@EliteClubS0B) March 26, 2024

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