Rhea Ripely: Jim Cornette makes shock admission about WWE star

Jim Cornette has heaped praise on Rhea Ripley and believes in time she will be the number one female attraction in WWE. 

Cornette, who worked in WWE for nearly twenty years from 1993, is never shy at sharing an opinion or two and recently spoke about how well The Judgement Day have been portrayed. Stating that each member of the group looks like a star.

The faction has been a massive part of Raw since Damian Priest pledged his allegiance to Edge at WrestleMania and was then quickly followed by Rhea Ripley joining the group at WrestleMania Backlash. And it’s Ripley that Cornette has reserved extra praise for. 

Speaking on Jim Cornette’s Drive Thru, the WWE Hall of Famer lavished praise on the 25-year-old and stated that he believes she’ll end up being the top female star in WWE. 

She’ll be the No. 1 female star attraction in the business in 2-3 years, there’s almost no way around it.

It’s the second time Cornette has gone on record to say how much he enjoys Ripley’s work. Last month, the 60-year-old described Rhea as an ‘action star’ and a ‘movie star’ and again said she should be the top female in the company.

Ripley was in action on Raw this week, as she was defeated by her former tag team partner Liv Morgan. The loss has set up a match for Hell in a Cell this Sunday, that will see Edge, Ripley and Priest team-up to face Morgan, AJ Styles and Finn Balor in a mixed tag team outing. 

Before Sunday however, Ripley could be headed for NXT on Tuesday if we were to read into her recent tweet. The former NXT Women’s Champion sent a cryptic tease to her timeline this week, posting the word Tuesday and a sand timer emoji. Opening suggestions that Rhea could be headed to NXT 2.0.