Rhea Ripley feels if you don't get nervous before shows, you just don't care.
Over the course of her WWE main roster career so far, Rhea Ripley has been a staple of WrestleMania events, most recently defending the WWE Women's World Championship at WrestleMania 40. At last year's WrestleMania, Rhea suffered from an extreme panic attack just moments before she faced off with Becky Lynch in the first match of the weekend last year.
While speaking to The Toronto Sun in a recent interview, Ripley was asked if she still gets nervous before shows, with 'The Eradicator' admitting she still gets extremely nervous.
"No, I still get so extremely nervous. Like... I feel like if you don't get nervous, especially before WrestleMania, I feel like you just don't care, and once you don't care, I think it's time to quit the business. I think everyone should be getting nervous, especially before WrestleMania. I think everyone should be getting nervous before every moment on TV or different PLE, because it means that you care about the product and what you're putting out there for everyone else to see as well. So I completely understand that. Tiffany being nervous and scared and having all these emotions while still being excited because, one, she's going out there with Charlotte Flair. I know what that feels like, first Mania. Two, it's her first WrestleMania, and it's just like it's a big deal. Everyone works so hard to get to the point where they can compete at WrestleMania, and she's finally been able to accomplish that. She's walking in as champion as well, to say the least, which is absolutely insane. For me, I get nervous, dude. I get so nervous. I remember WrestleMania last year, WrestleMania 40 against Becky Lynch. I legit had a panic attack for, like, two hours. I was freaking out. I remember it was 30 minutes before the show started. We were match number one, and I was still in hair and makeup. I didn't have my gear on yet. I was panicking because I was like, I don't know what's going on. Like, Gorilla is at least a 10-minute walk away. It's just like so many things go into that one moment before you step through the curtain and they're all so nerve-wracking because you're legit getting pulled in so many different directions throughout the day. Then you have the biggest match of your career as well on top of that. So it's a very terrifying show to be a part of, but an amazing show to be a part of."
Elsewhere in the same interview, Rhea looked back on her first WrestleMania at WrestleMania 36. You can read more about that here.
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