Rhea Ripley has revealed she went into her WrestleMania 42 match against Jade Cargill carrying stitches and a pulled groin, stating on What’s Your Story with Stephanie McMahon that an accidental injury from one of her dogs left her less than 100 percent heading into the event.
The interview was recorded before WrestleMania 42, with Ripley still the Women’s Champion at the time of taping and previewing her then-upcoming match against Cargill. Ripley ultimately lost the Women’s Championship to Cargill at WrestleMania 42, with the two now set for a rematch at Clash in Italy on May 31.
Ripley detailed the injury, which came from playing with her dog, Barry.
“Sometimes he just gets so excited, and he doesn’t understand that his teeth are sharp, and he opens his mouth. So I was playing with him, and I definitely rawled him up, and I started jumping over him, and I did one jump, but he also slid at the same time, and as he slid, he opened his mouth to turn, just out of excitement, and my leg just got caught on his one tooth, just one singular tooth. It was so perfect it couldn’t happen again, and it just instantly slit my leg open.”
“I looked down, and all I can see is like yellow flesh. It’s not even bleeding. It’s like I just have like fat hanging out, and I was like, oh god damn it. I looked at my leg, and I go, Matt, I need to go to hospital, I need stitches.”
Ripley discussed how the injury affected her WrestleMania 42 preparation.
“It’s hard, because right now I have stitches, and I like pulled my groin a little bit in that whole situation with the dogs. I know I’m not 100%, but I’m gonna try and be, and adrenaline is a wild drug, so I don’t know what’s gonna happen out there. I could be completely fine.”
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