Rhea Ripley talks her viral stinkface spot with Nia Jax.
In March 2024, Rhea Ripley and Nia Jax went viral online after Ripley delivered a stinkface to Jax at an untelevised live event. The clip went viral on social media, amassing millions of views and impressions across multiple platforms.
In a new interview with Chris Van Vliet, Ripley talked about putting together the spot with Jax and how viral it went.
"I knew it was gonna be big, but that sh*t exploded. It wasn’t even my idea. It was Nia’s idea. She's like, 'Yeah. And then you stink face me.' I'm like, ok, if you want. But then, before all of that, I was like, I think I should do like the Rikishi pull them up, just do the little dance beforehand. I was like, I'm not gonna get it spot on, so I'm just gonna do my own thing. But I'll do the whole gimmick and yeah, it still pops up on my Twitter, it's wild. I got so much publicity off that, but I also got so much like, negativity. I was like guys, you need to calm down."
Ripley is set to battle Raquel Rodriguez in a street fight at WWE Night Of Champions.
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Special thanks to Chris Van Vliet and his team for the quote(s).
