During an interview on What’s Your Story? With Steph McMahon, WWE Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley was asked to talk about something important that she’s learned over the last year.
Rhea said the biggest lessons learned involve saying the word “no” more often rather than being such a people-pleaser, and to cut people out of her life who are bringing her down. In order to explain what she meant, Rhea talked about one person in particular whose constant negative presence led her to having a panic attack and collapse at Raw in her home country of Australia last October.
“It was like that for a while. I just couldn’t charge that battery. Because I was going home, and that person was around. I just couldn’t. It was just a dark place.
…The toughest time for me hit when we were in Australia, too. So I had that on my mind. I had the people-pleaser in me trying to see everyone at home. I had me trying to please everyone in Australia because I felt like the face of Australia in WWE. So I was like, I take full responsibility for everything that’s happening here. I take responsibility for how I perform. I take responsibility for how these fans treat my peers. I took responsibility for too much, and I just wanted to make sure everyone was happy. And I was just at such a really low point.
We had the three shows. I had SmackDown, then we had Crown [Jewel], and then we had Raw. By the time Raw was done, I collapsed in catering. Yeah, it was bad. I had a full panic attack. I hadn’t eaten, I hadn’t drank water, my body was shutting down, and I was probably the skinniest I have ever been. And I was just dying. And then that person kept lingering around, just making it worse. My panic attacks were just getting worse. I was like, I can’t do this.
After that trip, I made sure to start putting myself first, and chopping people out completely…I pretty much was like, we’re done here. I can’t give you any more of me. We are done. Don’t ever message me again. Don’t think that we have a friendship. Get the fuck out of my life. That was my breaking point. It felt really, really nice. That was a big lesson for me this past year.”
Can you strongly relate to what Rhea is talking about here? Let me me know in the comments below, Cagesiders.
