Picture Credit: Rhea Ripley (Instagram)
Rhea Ripley has been in a relationship with the current AEW wrestler, Buddy Matthews, previously known as Buddy Murphy in WWE. She started dating him in late 2022. After dating for a year, he went down to knees and popped the big question in August 2023, remaining engaged for ten months until tying the knot in June. Despite the kayfabe of Ripley’s WWE character, she regularly posts about her husband on various social media platforms.
Buddy had a great run in WWE, spending eight years to become a noteworthy name in the Cruiserweight division. He is a former Cruiserweight Champion and the RAW Tag Team Championship with Seth Rollins. Before his relationship with Rhea Ripley began, he dated and got engaged to the former WWE Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss. The former couple once featured on the popular TV show Total Divas.
Other than similar professions, the Aussie couple shares an unmatched passion for fitness, owning a home gym together. Both Rhea and Buddy have been in phenomenal shape throughout the years, hitting workout sessions together.
Do Rhea Ripley And Buddy Matthews Have Kids From Their Relationship?
Buddy Matthews and Rhea Ripley have been together for a couple of years, and they are a recently married couple. Aged at 36 and 28, both are at the pinnacle of their respective careers, flourishing in AEW and WWE. Hence, she hasn’t had the chance of having kids and start a family like Becky Lynch, Alexa Bliss, and Carmella.
Recently, talking to ‘Jazzy World TV’ on YouTube, Mami talked about the possibility of having children. As per Rhea, motherhood drifts away from female WWE stars due to the demanding schedule and being at the top of their careers.
” I probably can’t have kids for the next five to ten years because I don’t want to have to bring them on the road and put them through that.”
Praising her former nemesis Becky Lynch, Rhea Ripley said that The Man efficiently handled the motherhood and the duty as a WWE Superstar together, bringing her daughter on the road.
In light of her remarks, it is evident that she is solely focused on her thriving WWE career at present and lacks time to consider having children. Considering she is still in her late 20s, Rhea Ripley might wrestle at the top level for at least a few years before committing to motherhood.
Was Dominik Mysterio And Rhea Ripley’s WWE Romance Real?
Seeing the chemistry and banter in Dominik Mysterio and Rhea Ripley’s relationship, many fans speculated if the duo shared a real connection. Given both of them were highly professional during the association, their relationship was featured only on TV, and they never more than peers and good friends in real life. Akin to dozens of kayfabe wrestling relationships in WWE, it was only for entertainment.
This is also true for Dom’s current romance with Liv Morgan. Turning on Mami, Dirty Dom has sided with the 30-year-old, welcoming her as the new member of The Judgement Day.
In real life, Dominik Mysterio has romanced neither Rhea nor Liv. He
has been in a long-term relationship with her high-school sweetheart, Marie Juliette. They walked down the aisle on March 6, 2024, with Rhea Ripley attending the wedding as a guest.
Rhea Ripley’s Past Relationships Before Buddy Matthews
Meanwhile, Buddy Matthews isn’t the only wrestler Rhea Ripley has dated. Previously, She was in a relationship with Demetri Jackson, an independent wrestler. The couple officially started dating in 2019 when they met while working out at the same gym. After three years of dating, Demitri Jackson and Rhea Ripley were separated in 2022, leading to the beginning of the relationship between Rhea Ripley and Buddy Murphy.
Before the wrestling fame, her initial publicly known relationship was as a teenager. Rhea Ripley had an impressive wrestling resume before WWE, earning a name in her home country, Australia. She wrestled for a promotion called Riot City Wrestling based in Adelaide, where she fell in love with a fellow aspiring wrestler named Dane Davies. Their romance lasted for about a year.
During the twilight of her indie days, Rhea Ripley entered into a new relationship with her fellow Riot City Wrestling competitor, Jeff Armstrong, who was also from Australia. Once Mami made the relationship public, their bond seemed to be strong until she received the opportunity in the Mae Young Classic and eventually signed for WWE. Maintaining the long-distance relationship didn’t seem feasible for the couple, and they called it quits for good.
Rhea’s Dating Rumors In WWE
Due to Dominik’s kayfabe romance with Rhea Ripley, there were rumors of them dating, which was false as stated before.
In addition to Dom Dom, Mami was also linked to her Judgment Day teammate, Damian Priest because they were seen together in several social media posts behind the screen, especially when they were in the early days of The Judgment Day. However, their relationship wasn’t more than friendship, and they recently performed as the mixed tag team, The Terror Twins.
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