Rhea Ripley Reveals She’s Been Dealing with Meniscus Tear Injury & Her Return Timeline Being “Up In The Air”

As noted before, WWE Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley has been out of action for WWE since this past May’s Clash In Italy event due to a knee injury.

Ripley and her husband and AEW talent Buddy Matthews were in attendance at Friday’s Power Slap event in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Nina Drama held an interview with Ripley at the show. One of the topics discussed included Ripley revealing that she has been dealing with a meniscus tear in her knee.

“I hurt my knee. I got a slight tear in my meniscus. It’s just healing. It’s getting there. It’s getting stronger. I just can’t bend it very well. It’s gotta bend, guys.”

Ripley also gave her thoughts about her recovery from her injury and a potential timeline for an in-ring return.

“I don’t know. I tore it in a really weird spot. It’s kind of a little up in the air with how fast my body recovers. I’ve been out just over a month now. It feels better and starts to throb. I can’t get up or bend down really slow or kind of move side to side while crouching. We’ll see how it goes.”

Damn, that sucks for Rhea 🥲

(hope her knee recovers fast & well ❤️‍🩹) pic.twitter.com/4DnjmLYrON

— iFriedNemo (@VladVilcu3) July 11, 2026

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