Last week’s episode of NXT was huge for Rhea Rhipley, as she managed to defeat Shayna Baszler in the main event and win the NXT Championship for the first time in her career.
Rhipley recently spoke to Sporting News about her victory, and during the interview she talked a little bit about Triple H’s reaction to her big moment.
“He was pretty much just saying how proud he is of me and that means a lot coming from him, someone that I’ve looked up to for the longest time. He’s the reason that I started watching wrestling. He’s the reason that I started wrestling and why I’m here where I’m at today. So, to have him say he’s proud of me and actually believe in me and give me the spotlight that I’ve always wanted is an amazing feeling. I can’t even really describe it. There’s no words to describe it. I’m proud that he’s proud. He just kept going on about how I deserve it.”
The new NXT Women’s Champion also shared a story about the first person she called after she won the belt.
“I called my partner. After I saw everyone backstage and seeing them so proud of me and so happy and applauding Shayna and I, it was such an awesome feeling. But after all that, I finally got changed and sort of calmed down a little bit and then I called my partner Kevin. It’s funny because when he answered the phone, he was there with one of our friends and as soon as he answered the phone, I had to stick it away from my ear because it was just them screaming. ‘OHHHHHHH YOU’RE THE CHAMPION! OH MY GOD!!!!’ (Laughs) It was so embarrassing. I’m just glad it wasn’t on speaker.”
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