Summary

Rhea Ripley said it was a surreal moment when she first met Drake backstage at WWE Elimination Chamber 2025.

Speaking during a recent interview, Ripley looked back on the rapper attending the Toronto event and said the meeting happened in Gorilla Position after he quietly came backstage. She also addressed Drake previously referring to her as his "muse" after saying she had taken over his social media feed.

Elsewhere in the same interview, Ripley also revisited the Australia "shoey" story involving Grayson Waller that she had discussed previously. Wrestling Remembers covered that moment in a separate story about Ripley being upset over her ruined Chuck Taylors.

Quote from Rhea Ripley

"It was wild. Like, just, I remember meeting Drake for the first time and we were in Gorilla, and he just kind of, like, snuck in. Just seeing him in person, I was like, damn, like, that's Drake, that's wild and then like to hear him pretty much put me over as his muse, it's just wild. Yeah, it's nuts."

Ripley later clarified when the backstage meeting took place:

"It was Elimination Chamber last year, I believe."

What the Drake moment says about Rhea Ripley

Rhea Ripley being the subject of a celebrity shoutout from Drake adds another small reminder of how visible she remains outside WWE's usual weekly storylines. Even when this was just a backstage anecdote, it still reinforced Ripley's crossover presence at a time when she remains one of the company's most recognizable stars.

Sources

As reported by Fightful.