During an interview with Sportskeeda, Rhea Ripley spoke about how her tag-team with Nikki ASH started.
āIt sort of just formed one day and I donāt really know how. But I am sort of glad that it did. Because even though sheās older than me, I look at her like a little sister because she is so crazy. I have to reel her in. I need to get one of those backpacks with the lead on them because I feel like she could just disappear at any moment and Iād be like, āwhere did Nikki go?ā Itās been a lot of fun, and I think that opposites really do attract. She keeps me excited and positive and I keep her grounded and sort of remind her that she has to fight for herself. In the same way, she reminds me that I have to be nice to people.ā
Ripley said she was disappointed Nikki didn't make it into the Survivor Series team this year.
āI think I am more disappointed than Nikki is because sheās such a positive person. Yes, I know sheās upset. But I am very upset for her because I know that sheās worked so incredibly hard for everything that sheās accomplished. Sheās been in this business for a lot longer than I have. To not have her on the team is a little bit disrespectful. To have one half of your Tag Team Champions on the team and not the other half, it seems a little bit silly to me. We obviously work well enough together to be champions, so why not half Nikki on the team with us? I think we could really make some magic. Iām just disappointed, I really am.ā
Ripley also took some time to reflect on her feud with Toni Storm.
āIt was really, really bound to happen. Toni and I have been fighting each other since we were 16 years old in Australia. We have a match over there that we had and itās just sort of progressed over time and gotten more and more popular. So our feud is definitely something that is going to go on for the longest time. I love Toni, but I hate Toni. We have matching tattoos, but I want to punch her in the face. Sheās just always going to be there and itās going to be a feud for a long, long time.ā