Buddy Matthews is the man Rhea Ripley has been dating and he is a professional wrestler.
Rhea is a professional wrestler currently working for WWE. She has also been a past Raw Women’s Champion, WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion, and NXT Women’s Champion.
People are going crazy over the fact that the Australian wrestler’s boyfriend is in the news right now. Fans want to know when the two will marry.
Rhea Ripley and Buddy Matthews have been dating for a while
Rhea isn’t married yet and she hasn’t said anything about planning her wedding. Although she was dating an independent wrestler named Demetri Action Jackson at the time, there were rumors that she was getting married.
But she is in a relationship with Buddy Matthews, who is her boyfriend at the moment. When a video was posted of Buddy working out together at the gym, people started to think they were dating.
In the video, Rhea is hooked to Buddy’s back and he’s doing gym moves. This video shows that they are together. Riley also gave hints about how she felt about Buddy.
Buddy is also a professional wrestler for the company All Elite Wrestling. His real name is Matthew Adams, but in the wrestling world he went by the name Matt Silva. But there is no news yet that Rhea and Buddy are getting married.
Relationship timelines for Rhea Ripley are considered
Although she was dating an independent wrestler named Demetri Action Jackson at the time, there were rumors that she was getting married. In 2019, Rhea and Demetri started dating, and she told the world about it in October of the same year.
They may have met at the gym and over time their friendship grew into a passionate relationship. But it looks like their relationship is over and they are no longer together.
She is currently in a happy, loving relationship with her boyfriend, Buddy Matthews. They might even decide to get married soon.
Who are the people in Rhea Ripley’s family?
Rhea Ripley was born to her mother and father Peter Bennett in Adelaide, South Australia. As a child, she watched American professional wrestler The Miz with her parents.
She has always chosen to keep her private life private. No matter what happens, her parents are still happy and proud of their daughter as she continues to do well.
Ripley is the first Australian in WWE history to win all four titles simultaneously. She has fans everywhere and a lot of people love her. In 2017 she joined the WWE. Rhea is always seen with dark eyeshadow and makeup on her face, giving her a unique look.
Career in professional wrestling
In 2013, Bennett began working for Riot City Wrestling. She was long in the promotion and twice won the RCW Women’s Championship. Bennett began wrestling for New Horizon Pro Wrestling on May 24, 2014, on the first night of NHPW Global Conflict. That night she took part in the Global Conflict Tournament. She was out of the tournament after the first round when Mercedes Martinez defeated her. She returned for the second night of the NHPW Global Conflict Event. She teamed with Garry Schmidt for a four-way mixed tag team match. Six months later, Bennett returned and was part of the opening night of the NHPW Final Chapter event. She wrestled the Madison Eagles, Evie and Saraya Knight in a four-way match with the vacant IndyGurlz Australia Championship at stake. However, Bennett did not win the title.
Bennett began wrestling for Melbourne City Wrestling on June 14, 2014 at MCW New Horizons. She defended the RCW Women’s Title against Savannah Summers and Toni Storm in a three-way match. At the MCW Clash of the Titans event on August 9, Bennett beat Miami and retained her women’s championship. Bennett defeated Savannah Summers at MCW Fight For A Cause for her third straight win, continuing her winning streak.
Bennett’s last RCW match was on April 22, 2017 at RCW Strength. She defended the women’s title against Kellyanne and won.
Classics by Mae Young (2017–2018)
Bennett joined WWE in 2017 and it was announced that she would compete as Rhea Ripley in the inaugural Mae Young Classic.
[9] She beat Miranda Salinas in the first round but lost to Dakota Kai in the second round. Ripley first appeared on NXT on October 25, 2017 when she competed in a Battle Royal to find a contender for the NXT Women’s Open Championship at TakeOver: WarGames. The winner of the Battle Royal was Nikki Cross.
Ripley entered the 2018 Mae Young Classic with a new look and a more aggressive and irreverent attitude, making her a heel. In her first three games, she beat MJ Jenkins, Kacy Catanzaro and Tegan Nox but lost to Io Shirai in the semifinals.
November 2018 Ripley
Shortly after the 2018 Mae Young Classic, Ripley joined the NXT UK brand and featured the first episode of the brand new NXT UK show.
Ripley was one of eight women who entered a tournament in August to find the inaugural NXT UK Women’s Champion. The tournament was televised and broadcast in November. She won the first championship by defeating Xia Brookside in the first round, Dakota Kai in the semifinals, and Toni Storm in the final. With the win, Ripley became the first Australian woman to win the WWE Championship and second Australian champion overall after Buddy Murphy. In October, ahead of the first-ever women’s all-pay-per-view event, Evolution, Ripley fought Dakota Kai in a dark match. She won the match and retained her title (since the tournament had not yet aired at the time, she was not yet recognized as a champion on screen). During her time as champion, Ripley beat Isla Dawn and Deonna Purrazzo, who were also in contention for the title.
Ripley lost her title to Toni Storm on January 12, 2019 at NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool. It was the first time she lost in the mark. Ripley made her first pay-per-view appearance on the main roster at the Royal Rumble. She entered the women’s Royal Rumble match at number 24, beating Kacy Catanzaro, Dana Brooke and Zelina Vega before being eliminated by Bayley. After that, Ripley and Piper Niven, who are just starting out at NXT UK, fought for most of 2019 to be the most powerful woman on the list. The match, which took place on June 15 and aired on July 3, was won by Niven. In a rematch on August 31 (which aired September 4), Ripley beat Niven. The two later worked together after Ripley saved Niven from an attack by Jazzy Gabert and Jinny, who they defeated in a tag team match on October 4. Ripley defeated Nina Samuels in their final match for the brand on October 5, 2019 at NXT UK was taped.
Ripley made her signature hand gesture
On the August 28, 2019 episode of NXT, Ripley surprised everyone by returning to the brand. She interrupted NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler and said that maybe Baszler beat everyone at NXT but not her. Then she turned and started a feud with Baszler.
On the November 1 episode of SmackDown, Ripley and Tegan Nox, two NXT wrestlers, emerged and challenged Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville to a tag team match, which Ripley and Nox won. This happened at the same time as her feud with Baszler. Later that night, Ripley joined Triple H and the rest of the NXT roster as they declared war on both Raw and SmackDown, vowing to win the Survivor Series 2019 Brand War. As part of a storyline that has been going on for a while, she defeated Raw’s Charlotte Flair and SmackDown’s Sasha Banks in a triple threat match on the 22nd episode of SmackDown.
At TakeOver: WarGames, Ripley led Team Ripley in the first-ever Women’s WarGames match against Team Baszler, which consisted of Baszler, Io Shirai, Bianca Belair and NXT UK Women’s Champion Kay Lee Ray. Despite teammate Dakota Kai going nauseous and attacking Tegan Nox before the two even got into the match, Ripley and Candice LeRae left a de facto two-on-four handicap match.
[33] Ripley was on Team NXT, which defeated both Team Raw and Team SmackDown the next night at Survivor Series. She was also her team’s leader in the women’s 5v5v5 elimination match, which her team won after eliminating SmackDown Captain Sasha Banks, leaving her, LeRae and Shirai as the lone survivors.
Ripley defeated Baszler on the December 18 episode of NXT to win the NXT Women’s Championship. She is the first person to win both the NXT Women’s Championship and the NXT UK Women’s Championship. She then retained the title by defeating Toni Storm at Worlds Collide on January 25, 2020.
Ripley appeared on the February 3, 2020 episode of Raw speaking to Charlotte Flair, who won the Royal Rumble. She told Flair that she should use her chance to win the Royal Rumble title to challenge Ripley for the NXT Women’s Championship at WrestleMania 36. Flair showed up on the next episode of NXT to respond, but she was stopped by both Bianca Belair, who would challenge Ripley for the title at TakeOver: Portland, and Ripley himself. Eventually, the two worked together to attack Flair. [ At the event mentioned above, Ripley defended his title against Belair and was then attacked by Flair, who took Ripley up on his challenge. [40] Then on the second night of WrestleMania 36, Ripley lost the title to Flair. The next day, after WrestleMania, WWE said that Ripley had left WWE and returned to Australia due to issues with her visa. Ripley returned to NXT on the May 6 episode after Io Shirai attacked and threw Flair out of an NXT Women’s Championship match against Io Shirai. Afterwards, a backstage interview with Ripley and Shirai was shown where they started arguing and had to be separated by officers. Ripley and Flair both lost to Io Shirai in a triple threat match for the NXT Women’s Championship at TakeOver: In Your House on June 7. On the November 18 episode of NXT, Ripley attempted to take the NXT Women’s Championship from Shirai, but she lost. Ripley was added to Shotzi Blackheart’s team for the second WarGames women’s match on the December 2 episode of NXT.
