Rhea Ripley

About Rhea Ripley

Demi Bennett is an Australian professional wrestler. As of April 2024, she is signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Rhea Ripley. She is a member of The Judgment Day stable and her 380-day reign as a former Women's World Champion is tied with Bayley (Pamela Rose Martinez) as the longest in the title's history.

After competing on the independent circuit under her real name since 2013, Ripley joined WWE as a part of the inaugural Mae Young Classic in 2017. After reaching the semi-finals of the 2018 edition of the tournament, she was part of the original roster of NXT UK, becoming the inaugural NXT UK Women's Champion in August 2018. After a run on the NXT brand from 2019 to 2021, which saw her win the NXT Women's Championship and become the brand's first member to defend an NXT title at WrestleMania, WWE's flagship event, she was promoted to the main roster on Raw where she joined The Judgment Day in 2022.

In addition to the NXT UK Women's Championship and NXT Women's Championship, she is a former one-time Raw Women's Champion and a former one-time WWE Women's Tag Team Champion with Nikki A.S.H. (Nikki Cross). After winning the SmackDown Women's Championship in April 2023, she became the seventh WWE Women's Triple Crown Champion and fifth WWE Women's Grand Slam Champion, as well as the only wrestler to have held all five of these titles. She is also the first female Australian champion in WWE history. Ripley was the 2023 Women's Royal Rumble winner, becoming the fourth wrestler and the first woman to win a Royal Rumble match as the number one entrant.

Bennett cites watching The Miz as an inspiration growing up. In addition to wrestling, Bennett is also trained in or practices swimming, karate, rugby, netball, and soccer. She is a supporter of the Adelaide Football Club.

As of 2022, she has been in a relationship with fellow Australian wrestler Matthew Adams, known professionally as Buddy Matthews. In August 2023, Bennett and Adams got engaged.

Bennett is a fan of the bands Ice Nine Kills, Falling in Reverse and Motionless in White, the latter of which co-wrote her WWE theme song "Demon In Your Dreams and performed the song live for Bennett's entrance at WrestleMania XL.