Another Honor: Rhea Ripley Named Finalist For Special Award

She’s on the list. Over the weekend, WWE presented Elimination Chamber from Perth, Western, Australia. This was the first time that WWE had held a premium live event in Australia since 2018 and was headlined by Australia’s own Rhea Ripley successfully defending her Women’s World Title against Nia Jax. It turns out that is not the only honor Ripley has achieved.

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According to WWE.com, Ripley has been named a finalist for The Advertiser Sunday Mail Woman Of The Year Award. The award, presented by the Advertiser, a newspaper from Adelaide, Australia, features 40 finalists from across various fields. There is no word on when the award will be announced. Ripley is scheduled to defend her title against Becky Lynch at WrestleMania 40.

Ripley is a special kind of star. Check out what she has been doing lately:

Opinion: You do not get to see something like this very often and Ripley’s amazing run continues. She is rapidly approaching the top of the list of biggest female stars in WWE history, if she is not there already. Ripley is rapidly running out of accomplishments to achieve, but being nominated for something like this is all the more impressive as it goes outside of the wrestling world.

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