Rhea Ripley: Mami Is ALWAYS On Top, Dirty Dom, Crazy Fans, Fav WrestleMania Moment, Buddy Matthews

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

Business, Sports, Mental Health, Wrestling, Health & Fitness, Entrepreneurship

4.9 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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https://cvvtix.com - Get your tickets for INSIGHT LIVE in NYC with VIP Meet & Greet! Rhea Ripley (@RheaRipley_WWE) is a professional wrestler currently signed with WWE. She sits down with Chris Van Vliet to discuss her rise in WWE, working with Dominik Mysterio and being called "Mami", intergender spots and being compared to Chyna, her favorite WrestleMania moment, her viral stinkface spot with Nia Jax at a house show, an unwanted fan visit to her house, how she came up with the Riptide as her finisher, overcoming anxiety, her husband Buddy Matthews and more!

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Fleet.
0:19.6	Welcome back, my friends, to another one here on Inside.
0:25.0	I'm CVV.
0:26.3	Chris Van Fleet.
0:27.2	What an intro there by Downstate.
0:29.4	That song just gets stuck in my head all the time.
0:31.9	Thank you for being with us on this one, and thank you for making Insight the number one
0:36.5	wrestling podcast on the planet hit a rip
0:40.6	tight on that follow button wherever you're listening right now and if it's not too much to ask
0:45.5	if you haven't done so already could you leave a rating on spotify or a review on apple
0:51.7	podcast because the bigger the show gets, the bigger the guests can get.
0:56.7	And we've got a massive episode today with the one and only Ria Ripley. I mean, you already
1:03.0	know how good she is in the ring. But if you didn't know, she is hilarious. Like,
1:08.7	there were so many times during this interview where I was bursting out like uncontrollably
1:13.6	laughing.
1:14.5	She's just so talented, so down to earth.
1:17.0	And she deserves all of the success that she's had.
1:20.7	And there is just so much more to come.
1:22.3	She hasn't even turned 30 yet.
1:24.1	Also, happy first wedding anniversary to her and Buddy Matthews.
1:27.2	We recorded this just a few
1:28.6	days before their anniversary. We recorded this in New York City during Fanatics Fest weekend. My goodness,
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