WWE star Rhea Ripley reveals slight tear in her meniscus keeping her out of action

Rhea Ripley successfully defended the WWE Women’s Championship astatine Clash successful Italy against Jade Cargill, seemingly putting an extremity to their rivalry for the clip being.

But Ripley’s appearances connected "Friday Night SmackDown" person been fewer and acold between. She didn’t look astatine Night Champions past period and hasn’t been connected the amusement to support her on-screen partners successful Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss arsenic they woody with Cargill, Michin and B-Fab since June 5.

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Rhea Ripley is successful enactment against Jade Cargill during Clash successful Italy astatine Inalpi Arena successful Torino di Sangro, Italy, connected May 31, 2026. (Rich Freeda/WWE via Getty Images)

Ripley was seen astatine a Power Slap lawsuit connected Friday and she provided an update connected her health, revealing she suffered a flimsy teardrop successful her meniscus.

"I wounded my knee. I got a flimsy teardrop successful my meniscus, it’s conscionable healing. It’s getting there. It’s getting stronger. I conscionable can’t crook it precise well. Kind of request to bend, guys," she told contented creator Nina Drama.

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Rhea Ripley makes her entranceway during Clash successful Italy astatine Inalpi Arena successful Torino di Sangro, Italy, connected May 31, 2026. (Andrew Timms/WWE via Getty Images)

She added that she didn’t person a timeline for her return.

"I tore it successful a truly weird spot, truthful it’s benignant of a small spot up successful the aerial with conscionable however accelerated my assemblage recovers. But I’ve been retired for astir apt astir a period now. I deliberation it’s been a period and 1 week," she said. "It feels better. It inactive starts to wounded and throb and it gets tired. I can’t get up oregon crook down truly oregon benignant of determination broadside to broadside portion crouching. We’ll spot however it goes."

Ripley is 1 of the astir fashionable superstars connected the WWE roster – men oregon women.

Rhea Ripley, the WWE Women's Champion, stands successful the ringing during Friday Night SmackDown astatine Olimpic Arena successful Barcelona, Spain, connected May 29, 2026. (Rich Freeda/WWE via Getty Images)

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She recaptured the WWE Women’s Championship astatine WrestleMania 42 erstwhile she defeated Cargill.