On the WWE RAW Netflix premiere on January 6, 2025, followers witnessed an iconic second between The Undertaker and Rhea Ripley. The present, held on the Inuit Dome in Los Angeles, featured a Ladies’s World Title match between Liv Morgan and Rhea Ripley.
Rhea Ripley defeated Liv Morgan to seize the WWE Ladies’s World Title. After the match, Ripley celebrated her victory however quickly confronted her ex-boyfriend, Dominik Mysterio, who entered the ring, seemingly able to assault her.
Nonetheless, Dominik Mysterio opened his arms for a hug, and Rhea Ripley appeared to go together with it. As a substitute, she kicked him and hit her signature transfer, Riptide. After taking down her ex, Ripley shared a second with WWE Corridor of Famer The Undertaker on the doorway ramp, the place they posed collectively.
Whereas the phase between The Undertaker and Rhea Ripley was particular for the present, The Deadman just lately admitted that he virtually turned it down on the WWE RAW Netflix premiere.
The Undertaker virtually turned down the phase with Rhea Ripley on WWE RAW
On the Six Toes Underneath with Mark Calaway podcast, The Undertaker defined that he was initially hesitant to look in the way in which he did. He stated, “Initially I used to be going to do an entrance and an interview, which might have been fantastic. I believe they’d somebody set to interview me, however then they thought it will make the entire thing even larger for her[Rhea Ripley] —simply, I assume, the rub.”
He continued, “Once they informed me at first, I used to be like, ‘Uh, I don’t assume so, ‘Dude, that’s her second, I don’t need step on any a part of that.’ I imply, that is the payoff to a really lengthy storyline. I positive don’t need to come out and step on her second. They principally defined that she was going to have a second within the ring. She’s going to have this second the place you two will, cross paths. And I used to be like, ‘Okay, properly now, okay, if it’s like that, you recognize, like, then it’s fairly cool.”
Not solely did The Undertaker share a second with Rhea Ripley, however in addition they each made the enduring pose of elevating their palms following her match.
