{"id":797682,"date":"2026-07-12T19:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T19:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/797682\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T19:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T19:57:09","slug":"wwe-womens-champion-rhea-ripley-confirms-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/797682\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley Confirms Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"


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When fans last saw WWE Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley<\/a>, she came face-to-face with a number of potential challengers on “WWE SmackDown,” all while sporting a sleeve on her right knee. According to Ripley, that’s because she suffered a slight tear in her meniscus.<\/p>\n

“I hurt my knee. I got a slight tear in my meniscus,” Ripley told Nina Drama<\/a> while attending the July 10 Power Slap event. “It’s just healing. It’s getting there. It’s getting stronger. I can’t bend it very well. I kind of need it to bend, guys. I don’t know [what the recovery timeline is]. I tore it in a really weird spot, so it’s kind of a little bit up in the air with how fast my body recovers. I’ve been out just over a month now. I think it’s been a month and a couple weeks. It feels better. It still starts to hurt and throb. It gets tired. I can’t get up or bend down really slow or kind of move side to side while crouching. It gets stuck. We’ll see how it goes.”<\/p>\n

Ripley last wrestled at the June 3 WWE live event in Portugal, during which she, Charlotte Flair, and Tiffany Stratton picked up a tag team win over Fatal Influence. Fan footage revealed that “Mami” competed while wearing the same knee sleeve.<\/p>\n

Due to Ripley’s injury, reports indicated that WWE made several creative adjustments<\/a> in case she is unable to perform in the ring for an extended period of time. Currently, WWE is just three weeks away from its two-night SummerSlam premium live event in Minnesota. Given the condition of her knee at this point, though, it’s unclear if Ripley herself is factored into it or not.<\/p>\n

If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit Nina Drama with a h\/t to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.<\/p>\n


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