Rhea Ripley Says She Had A Panic Attack Two Hours Before Her Match At WWE WrestleMania XL Night One

Rhea Ripley says that if you don’t get nervous before a match, you don’t care enough.

Rhea Ripley says that if you don’t get nervous before a match, you don’t care enough.

In the opening match of WWE WrestleMania XL, Rhea Ripley defeated Becky Lynch to retain the Women’s World Championship. Ripley had a special entrance, as Motionless in White performed her theme song live.

Speaking at a WWE World panel (via WrestlingNewsCo), Rhea Ripley was asked about her preparation ahead of the match, as it was noted that she was talking to herself. Ripley then revealed that she had a panic attack before the show, but she stated that she was glad that the nerves were there.

“It’s quite funny how this whole thing works in this crazy world. I legit was having a straight-up panic attack two hours before I walked through the curtain, and I was violently shaking, just nervous. If you don’t get nervous before you go out, especially at WrestleMania, you obviously don’t love it enough. That’s the way I think about it. So I’m glad the nerves were there. But at the same time, that was sort of taking over my body. So when I got to step through into the stage with the band Motionless in White, all those nerves that I had just sort of flew away. I was in the zone, I was moshing out like it was a little mosh pit. I was living in the moment, and that’s what I love about this business. We get to live in the moment a lot of the time. I just snap into Rhea Ripley, and I’m instantly comfortable, instantly ready to go and ready to fight,” Ripley said.

Check out Rhea Ripley’s comments about beating Becky Lynch here.

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