While many might be scared to challenge the status quo, resolving to spend their lives settling for the bare minimum, this is not the case with Rhea Ripley. Once a blonde with long hair, the wrestling powerhouse challenged the status quo. She cut her hair short and dyed it black, taking her on-screen persona to another level, and look where is she now.

According to a recent report by PWI, she is in the number 1 position in PWI’s Women #250 list. Certainly changing her hairstyle has changed Ripley’s life. However, she didn’t just do it for her gimmick. Let’s find out what made her cut her hair short, altering her life in the best way possible.

Rhea Ripley was scared of expressing herself 

Over the years, ‘Mami’ had many interviews where she let her fans know about her life-altering decision. Cutting hair seems like a regular thing, but it not only changed Ripley’s look but her life, too. During an interview with The National in 2022, Ripley stated that she always loved goth metal. However, she was too timid to express herself.

If you have seen the old pictures of Ripley, then you know how she looked, a typical white girl with long blonde hair. In an interview with The National, she stated that when she arrived in America at the age of 20; she was a scared and shy girl. “I moved to America when I was 20, I was very shy and very scared. And I just wanted to do a good job. I was scared of getting fired and I just wanted to, like, please everyone. I had the long, blonde hair and I think I used that as a hiding mechanism sort of thing. When I got shy or I didn’t feel comfortable, I would hide behind my hair,” she said.

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This was not a healthy way for her to deal with her problems. Things kept piling up, as she suffered a lot in the early days of her career between 2017 and 2018. One day, she reached her saturation point and decided to change her life for good.

Rhea Ripley inspired many people with her journey

Fed up with personal, professional, and relationship problems in her life, The Eradicator made the decision to cut her hair. It was one special day when a person in the locker room suggested that a shorter hairstyle would suit her and she just went for it.

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Not only that, she changed her outfit too and adopted a bold look. And that marked the onset of her new phase of life. Within the following years, her confidence only grew stronger, making her more like the current version of herself. Gradually she started transiting to a dark gothic persona, which has made her a favorite of the WWE Universe now.

While speaking with Sports Illustrated in 2021, Ripley confessed that she not only changed her own life by cutting her hair short but also provided inspiration to countless other people who idolize her. People reached out to her, claiming that she changed their lives and gave them the confidence to do the same, which made her very proud.

What do you think about Ripley’s inspiring story?

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