WWE star Rhea Ripley supplies brutal 'life update' amid in-ring absence

WWE prima Rhea Ripley announced connected Thursday she underwent country connected her close knee.

Ripley is the reigning WWE women’s champion and 1 of the apical stars connected the SmackDown brand.

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Rhea Ripley prepares to present a determination during the WWE Road to WrestleMania amusement connected Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026, astatine United Supermarkets Arena successful Lubbock, Texas. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)

"Life update," she wrote connected Instagram. "After conscionable nether 14 (years) successful wrestling and doing sports my full life… It’s caught up to me. Surgery was ne'er a archetypal enactment for me, but it got to the constituent that it was needed…

"First 1 down…Hopefully nary more… I’ve survived, present it’s clip to commencement thriving again truthful I tin get backmost to what I emotion to do! See you each down the road"

Ripley hasn’t been seen connected "Friday Night SmackDown" since June 5. Reports indicated she suffered an wounded but it was unclear what the wounded was and whether she would beryllium retired for a agelong time.

Rhea Ripley faces Becky Lynch successful a Women's World Championship lucifer during WrestleMania XL astatine Lincoln Financial Field successful Philadelphia connected April 6, 2024. (USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con)

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Now, it’s been 2 months. Ripley missed retired connected Night of Champions and SummerSlam.

WWE crowned an interim women’s champion astatine SummerSlam implicit the weekend.

Chelsea Green outlasted Tiffany Stratton, Jade Cargill, Lash Legend and Charlotte Flair successful a ladder lucifer to triumph the Interim WWE Women’s Championship. It’s her archetypal satellite rubric reign and she volition seemingly beryllium connected apical of the women’s part for the foreseeable future.

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

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Ripley getting steadfast and unifying the rubric against Green would beryllium a matchup astir pro wrestling fans would privation to see.