Even if you've only a passing interest in professional wrestling, chances are that you've heard of Rhea Ripley. The 26-year-old Aussie WWE star has been wiping the floor with just about anyone that steps in her way on Raw, Smackdown and NXT over the course of 2023. At Wrestlemania 39 in April, Ripley's already impressive career reached a new peak as she defeated Charlotte Flair to capture the WWE Women's World Championship in front of over 80,000 people at the Sofi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
Since then, she and her stable The Judgement Day - a black-clad foursome of goths and misfits also featuring Finn Bàlor, Dominik Mysterio and Damian Priest - have been dominating WWE television. As well as being an inspiration to wrestling fans, Ripley proudly flies the flag for metal via her entrance music, mannerisms and look. It's an extension of her lifelong love of the music and the metal scene itself, and has helped her stand out in an industry famous for loud, colourful characters.
