Rhea Ripley and Buddy Matthews are getting married!
Ripley and Matthews broke the news on August 9th, with Ripley posting a photo on Instagram of her wearing an engagement ring with the caption “1000x YES! Pure F—ing happiness! ❤️.”
Once the announcement made its way around social media, thousands of fans sent congratulations to the couple, as others joked Ripley’s on-screen relationship with Dominik Mysterio had pressed Matthews into action.
When Did Rhea Ripley And Buddy Matthews Begin Dating?
Rhea Ripley and Buddy Matthews went public with their relationship in 2022, but have largely kept their private lives out of the public eye.
Matthews signed with WWE in 2013 and joined up with NXT, where he found success teaming with Wesley Blake. The pair eventually won the NXT Tag Team Titles. Matthews — known as Buddy Murphy — went on to win the Cruiserweight Championship before enjoying his most high-profile run on the main roster beside Seth Rollins in 2020.
The Australian star was released by WWE in June 2021 and signed with AEW in February of the following year. Matthews immediately teamed up with Malakai Black and Brody King as part of the House of Black. The trio are the current AEW World Trios Champions.
By contrast, Rhea Ripley didn’t make her WWE debut until she appeared in the 2017 edition of the Mae Young Classic. Although she lost in the second round, she returned to the competition the following year and made it to the semi-finals.
Ripley went on to become part of NXT UK, before moving to the United States. There, she also became NXT Women’s Champion and tangled with the likes of Shayna Baszler and Toni Storm. Ripley moved to the main roster in early 2021 but didn’t become the huge star she is today until joining the Judgment Day a year later. Since joining with Finn Balor, Damian Priest, and of course, Dominik Mysterio her career has gone to a whole new level.
Ripley is the current Women’s World Champion, and at WrestleMania 39 became the only woman to ever win the NXT UK, NXT, Raw, and SmackDown Women’s Titles.
In June 2024, the couple announced that they are married.
Everyone at Inside The Ropes would like to send their congratulations to the happy couple.