Rhea Ripley Recalls Doing Shoey In Australia With Grayson Waller, Ruining New Chuck Taylors: I Was So Upset

Rhea Ripley recalls doing a shoey in Australia with Grayson Waller ahead of Elimination Chamber.

In the build up to the Elimination Chamber 2024 Premium Live Event, the Australian born WWE superstars Rhea Ripley and Grayson Waller would share a shoey at the Kickoff show for the event. For Ripley, doing the shoey came at a cost.

While speaking to Sneaker Shopping in a new interview, Rhea Ripley recalled sharing a shoey with Grayson Waller at the event while discussing the Australian custom.

“I don’t know if I’m a pro. I feel like Grayson’s the pro. It’s definitely like, how do I even explain this? It’s something that you do when you’re just really drunk. When you get too drunk and you’re partying, it definitely happens a lot. But also it’s like a celebration as well. Like you hit a celebration with a shoey, and that’s what Grayson’s kind of been using it for as well. But yeah, you just pour your beer in your shoe and you just drink straight out of it. It doesn’t matter if it’s the newest shoe or the dirtiest shoe. You just do a shoey. I’ve literally- I did one on stage in Australia with Grayson and I had my brand new Chucks on. They were so new. Like it was probably the first week of me wearing them, and I was so sad because then after that it just smelled like beer. I was so upset.”

Elsewhere in the same interview, Rhea spoke about potentially wrestling again in Chuck Taylors. You can read more about that here. 

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