WWE: Ripley Ripley on She Didn’t Think Her Story with Dominik Mysterio Was “Supposed To Be A Relationship” Storyline, A&E WWE Ratings for July 27th, More News

Ripley Ripley Comments on She Didn’t Think Her Story with Dominik Mysterio Was “Supposed To Be A Relationship” Storyline

Episode One of the WWE Unreal docuseries featured a segment involving Rhea Ripley giving her thoughts about working with Dominik Mysterio and Liv Morgan and how she did not think that her story with Mysterio during her feud with both was supposed to be a relationship storyline.

“So the story between me, Liv and Dom has actually been going for like an eternity. It feels like it. Liv and I, we have been feuding for, like, three years. It’s been a long time cause we started as a tag team and Dom and I, we kind of just like, we kinda got put into this storyline together, which I don’t think was supposed to be a relationship storyline, and then Liv Morgan decided to try and steal my family, which she accomplished. Dom turned on me and helped Liv beat me for the Women’s World Championship. It was a wild ride. Before that, she’d ruined my entire life at work.”

Ripley also gave her thoughts about her lengthy feud with Liv Morgan and compared it to “Groundhog Day.”

“I feel like I’ve been living Groundhog Day for, like, the past two and a half years. So now that this is the end, it’s kind of weird. It was just hard coming up with a different way to do it all. But we kind of, like, grabbed the ball and ran with it. Liv and I really just wanted to go off… with a bang.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

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A&E WWE Programming Ratings – July 27, 2025

This past Sunday’s WWE LFG episode drew 114,000 viewers on A&E. This episode also drew a 0.02 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

This was up compared to last week show’s 74,000 viewers but equal to its 18-49 demographic rating.

Source: Programming Insider

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WWE News & Notes

Tuesday’s WWE NXT show at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida featured musician Jelly Roll being seen in attendance in the crowd.

Tuesday’s WWE NXT show in Orlando also featured WWE providing storyline injury updates for Ricky Saints and Jordynne Grace. During a backstage segment featuring NXT GM Ava, Stevie Turner, and Robert Stone, Turner stated that Saints suffered some broken ribs and a bruised sternum after his match with Jasper Troy at last week’s show. Turner also stated that Grace would be in a neck brace for a while but she avoided severe spinal injury after Blake Monroe had hit a DDT to her onto a chair at last week’s show.

The Orange County Register reported that WWE and Universal Studios will be launching a new Wyatt-Sicks themed haunted houses called “WWE Presents: The Horrors of The Wyatt Sicks” at the Universal Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. It was reported that these Wyatt-themed haunted houses will be available on select nights from September 4th to November 2nd. It was also reported that these Wyatt-themed haunted houses will also be available at Universal Studio’s Orlando park from August 29th to November 2nd.

John Cena reached the milestone of 100 days as current Undispted WWE Champion as of Tuesday.

As noted before, WWE recently cancelled their “WWE Late Night Featuring Tony Hinchcliffe” comedy show that had been scheduled to take place on August 2nd in Englewood, New Jersey. Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that despite the cancelled show, WWE is still open to working with Tony Hinchcliffe in the future.

Fightful Select also reported that their sources stated that WWE officials have been “extremely happy” with the buzz and attention their newly released WWE: Unreal series on Netflix has been receiving.

As noted before, a lawsuit was filed against Cody Rhodes, WWE, and Fanatics this past September by punk rock band American Nightmare’s lead singer Wesley Eisold over allegations of trademark infringement and breach of contract regarding Rhodes’ usage of the “American Nightmare” name in wrestling and for merchandise. PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that Judge Andre Birotte Jr. of The United States Court, Central District of California (Western Division, Los Angeles) approved on July 22nd a joint motion filed by all parties in the lawsuit granting additional time for the defendants to respond. Johnson reported that the defendants will now have until September 26th to official respond. Johnson also reported that a court hearing has been scheduled for October 10th regarding a motion filed by the defendants to dismiss the lawsuit. Johnson also reported that a conference hearing regarding the scheduling of the case is currently now scheduled to take place on October 31st.

WWE recently released one new video for their on-going Top 25 SummerSlam matches of all-time countdown. The #2 spot was the singles match of John Cena vs. AJ Styles from SummerSlam 2016.

In a recent episode of the WWE Unreal docuseries, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson gave his thoughts about his belief that his “Final Boss” character is the greatest ever heel in pro wrestling. The Rock stated “The Final Boss. The greatest heel professional wrestling has seen. Insurmountable antagonist. There is nothing the Final Boss can’t do. There’s nothing the Final Boss can’t say. Becoming this new version has been the most gratifying decision that I’ve ever made.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

In a recent episode of the WWE Unreal docuseries, a backstage segment shown featuring WWE CCO Paul “Triple H” Levesque speaking with WWE producer Shane Helms following the Women’s Elimination Chamber match putting over WWE’s women’s roster in comparison to their men’s roster. Levesque stated “Their pacing and their understanding of the moments and not arguing about the moments is better than the fucking dudes. Look, to be honest, when you go down to the PC there’s fucking five women who that are great for every guy. It’s like they come in, six months later they’re really good, the guys are just starting to figure shit out. They’re just way smarter than us.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)