Rhea Ripley: I Love Beating Kevin Owens’ Ass, It’s My Favorite

Rhea Ripley discusses her instances where she has took the fight to Kevin Owens in intergender spots over the years.

Throughout her time with The Judgment Day and the aftermath, Ripley would brawl and be involved in spots where she would lay out several of the men’s roster, including Kevin Owens, most notably at WWE Payback 2023, where she would spear Owens through a barricade.

While speaking to ESPN looking back at some of her biggest moments in WWE, Rhea Ripey spoke about beating up Kevin Owens, noting how much she enjoyed doing it.

“I love beating Kevin’s ass. It’s my favorite. I don’t know. It’s just fun. I love fighting the guys in general. I really love beating up the men. I always have like since being a kid. I remember growing up and like literally beating my friend’s ass just because they would say like, girls aren’t as strong as guys. Like guys are so much stronger than girls, and I was like, all right, we’ll break it then, and I’d make them cry every time. Like I would make them cry. So I don’t know if it’s like, still part of my childhood that’s shining through, but I love beating up the men, and Kevin Owens is one that I’ve targeted a lot, and he’s just fun to beat up.”

Rhea also recalled prior to their first spot together, where Owens would talk to her and asked her to just not kill him.

“I remember beforehand, he came to me. He’s like, ‘please just don’t kill me,’ and I was like, ‘you know I get excited.’ I get so excited when it’s involving a man. I don’t know why. So I was like, ‘I will try not to kill you. But if I do, I’m really sorry.'”

Elsewhere in the same interview, Rhea spoke about how close she was to letting go of the ropes during her Royal Rumble 2023 finishing spot. You can read more about that here.

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