Rhea Ripley attends AEW Grand Slam Australia (photo), note on Ricky Starks in NXT

Feb 15, 2025 - by Steve Gerweck

– WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley is in attendance for AEW Grand Slam Australia for her husband Buddy Matthews.

– While speaking on the Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer revealed why Ricky Starks debuted on NXT instead of going straight to the main roster. According to Meltzer, the decision was due to WWE wanting to prove the value of NXT to investors by making sure enough people go through the development system.

7 Responses

  1. DB says:

    Chief Wiggum: The woman has black hair and a tattoo. That matches the description of the perpetrator. Book her Lou.

  2. Luke says:

    @DB
    See, this is how you separate fact from fiction. You check. For some, it’s enough to look at the picture. For others who don’t trust their eyes but are bright enough to know it can’t be true, they go online. A select few will go do further lengths and find out where Rhea actually was at that time. Unfortunately, most people will believe it as long as they hear it from a “reputable” source.

    This is my point in the other reply. Your new education system will basically be Rhea Ripley in attendance for AEW Grand Slam Australia.

  3. Joseph says:

    Is it her? I don’t know. As far as I know she doesn’t have a tattoo like that, but she could have easily gotten one since she was last seen on Raw. She could have also flown down to Australia to support her husband and visit family. The way I look at it, if she has the tattoo when we see her next, there’s a high chance that it was her. If she doesn’t, it definitely wasn’t her.

  4. Bob says:

    Where was she I’m too lazy too look it up

  5. DB says:

    @Luke Yet this happened under the current education system. Check and mate.

  6. Joseph says:

    As far as I can tell, this has nothing to do with our current, past, or even future education system. People believe what they want to believe. That person can be a dullard or a well-educated person, and they will believe something because it’s on the internet, because they want to believe it’s true, or because it comes from a source, they deem reputable. Look at this very site as an example. There have been a number of times in the past where someone would post an article or something about someone and a number of people on this site would believe it without question.

  7. Luke says:

    @Joseph
    I agree, people are generally stupid regardless of their education.

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