Rhea Ripley reveals ‘pure happiness’ as WWE champion announces engagement to AEW star Buddy Matthews

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WWE star Rhea Ripley has announced her engagement to fellow wrestler Buddy Matthews.

The RAW superstar, 26, revealed the surprise news to her 2.8 million Instagram followers on Wednesday evening.

WWE champion Rhea Ripley is engaged[/caption]

The wrestling is getting hitched to AEW star Buddy Matthews[/caption]

The wrestling power pair announced they were dating last year[/caption]

Ripley – real name Demi Bennett – and Matthews went public with their romance in May 2022.

Matthews is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling but previously competed in the WWE as Buddy Murphy.

While Ripley is the reigning WWE Women’s Champion and a member of popular stable The Judgement Day.

The Raw fan-favorite snapped a selfie alongside her new beau, with an engagement band visible on her ring finger.

She captioned the snap: “1000x YES! Pure f***ing happiness.”

Fans were quick to send their congratulations to the happy couple, with one writing: “AHHHHH I’m so happy for you!”

While another said: “Omg congratulations!”

And a third added: “You two are the cutest.”

WWE fans also had messages for Dominik Mysterio, who is Ripley’s on-screen partner.

One laughed: “Y’all for real didn’t know they were together?! They’ve been together, Dom [Mysterio] is just a TV thing lmao.”

And another joked: “[Buddy] seen them Dom vibes getting a little too strong.”

Matthews chose Cocoa Beach in Florida as his place to pop the question, posting his own snap under bright blue skies.

He wrote: “My sunshine in the Sunshine!”

Ripley grew up in South Australia and was a multiple sport athlete in her youth.

She cites The Miz as being an inspiration for why she pursued a career in wrestling.

Rhea signed with the WWE in 2018 and has since become one of the organization’s most recognizable stars.

Earlier this year, she defeated Charlotte Flair at Wrestlemania 39 to become SmackDown Women’s Champion.