{"id":105414,"date":"2025-08-31T19:06:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T19:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/105414\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T19:06:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T19:06:13","slug":"wwe-star-issues-16-word-rabid-zombie-rant-as-swarm-of-fans-refuse-to-let-her-get-into-an-uber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/105414\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE star issues 16-word ‘rabid zombie’ rant as swarm of fans refuse to let her get into an Uber"},"content":{"rendered":"

Footage reveals a ‘swarm’ of fans, which she scathingly likens to a ‘pack of rabid zombies’, physically obstructing Ripley from getting in a taxi<\/p>\n

19:24, 31 Aug 2025Updated 19:37, 31 Aug 2025<\/p>\n

\"RheaRhea Ripley is known for being WWE’s first NXT UK Women’s Champion and the first Australian woman in WWE(Image: WWE via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

WWE star Rhea Ripley has slammed<\/a> a “swarm” of fans for physically obstructing her from entering a taxi in Paris, reminding them that celebrities are in fact people too.<\/p>\n

Footage<\/a> shows her being “mobbed” by a “rapid zombie” crowd who “pushed [her] against an Uber’s door”. The incident happened ahead of WWE’s Clash in Paris premium live event<\/a>, which is taking place today. She appears to been leaving the hotel where the wrestlers are staying \u2013 where dozens of fans were waiting for her, armed with phones for snapping pictures.<\/p>\n

In the X post<\/a>, she says: “Remember, we are people. Do not swarm me or anyone like a pack of rabid zombies\u2026 No one should ever be pushed up against a Uber driver\u2019s door and completely mobbed like I just experienced. Use common courtesy and humanity. No means no. Wtf.”<\/p>\n

\"TheThe swarm of fans refused to let her even get in an Uber(Image: Twitter\/X\/rhearipley_wwe)<\/p>\n

WWE Clash in Paris 2025 is taking place today, on Sunday August 31, at the Paris La D\u00e9fense Arena. WWE is on its European tour, with Ripley featured as a top-level women’s wrester.<\/p>\n

WWE has not commented on what happened.<\/p>\n

In the past, Ripley has enforced boundaries with her fans. In February, she said that fan mail to her private home address, by post and in person, was a violation of her privacy.<\/p>\n

She wrote on X on Feb 24, 2025: “Shouldn\u2019t have to say this\u2026 Do not ever send fan mail to my house. That is by mail, or SELF DELIVERED! That is 100% not ok.”<\/p>\n

\"TheThe 16-word post on X(Image: Twitter\/X\/rhearipley_wwe)<\/p>\n

It came just weeks after wrestler Asuka said she had been feeling in danger, and that WWE and TKO were taking precautions to protect her.<\/p>\n

Asuka wrote on X: “I’ve been feeling in danger recently. I’ve already consulted the police. At this rate, even if fans approach me at the airport or in the city, I will feel the possibility that something might happen, and it will scare me, making me unable to respond.”<\/p>\n

\"TheThe fans wielded phones, snapping pics of the wrestler(Image: Twitter\/X\/rhearipley_wwe)<\/p>\n

She then wrote: “I absolutely reject any romantic or personal approaches toward me. There is absolutely no possibility for others to interfere in my private life.”<\/p>\n

\"RipleyRipley is known for her distinctive metalhead aesthetic(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

WWE star Kelvin Owens in the past has also slammed fans for “stalking” wrestlers at airports. In an interview on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Owens voiced his frustrations.<\/p>\n

Owens said: “There’s one that I wrote that I don’t think anybody has found yet. It says ‘Don’t follow us at the airport.’ And that’s one that people should take to heart.<\/p>\n

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