Rumor: Rhea Ripley Reportedly Set to Travel to Wrestlepalooza
Summary: Unconfirmed: WrestleVotes reportedly said in a Q&A that Rhea Ripley is scheduled to travel with WWE to Perth for Wrestlepalooza on Dec. 12. It did not say she will wrestle. WWE has not commented.
Single source, not confirmed. Heat 2/5 · Chatter
This is a rumor and it is not confirmed. WrestleVotes reportedly said in a Q&A that Rhea Ripley is scheduled to travel with WWE to Australia for Wrestlepalooza, which Fightful lists for Saturday, Dec. 12, at RAC Arena in Perth. WWE has not said anything about her plans.
The quick version
- Not confirmed by WWE or Ripley. We found no WWE statement on her status or on the Perth card.
- Reliability: Single source, not confirmed. The origin is WrestleVotes. We read eWrestlingNews' copy of it and saw WrestleZone and Ringside News only as search excerpts. We did not see the Q&A itself.
- Heat 2 of 5. The report is about a travel list. It does not say she will wrestle.
What is being reported
eWrestlingNews (Ryan Clark) wrote on Nov. 9 that WrestleVotes was asked about Ripley in a Q&A. It quotes WrestleVotes: "Rhea Ripley, all signs indicate she's part of the traveling roster to WrestlePalooza. Couldn't tell you if she will get cleared in time. All we know is she's getting on a plane and getting to Australia. She's scheduled to travel."
It also quotes: "The people we talked to backstage want her as part of this WrestlePalooza tour." WrestleZone and Ringside News carry the same quotes, per their search excerpts.
What is on the record
Ripley has been out since an August knee surgery for a torn meniscus, per WrestleZone and Ringside News. On Sept. 23, footage of her walking without a large brace circulated. Ringside News quotes her answer: "Walking and wrestling are very different, learnt how to walk last week so don't get too excited, stay patient with me." We did not read her original post.
Fightful's event page lists WWE Wrestlepalooza 2026 for Dec. 12 at RAC Arena in Perth, Australia. Ripley is from Australia, per WrestleTalk's feature on her return plans, which also lists Perth as one guess among several. WWE has not named her for any show.
What we do not know
Whether she will be cleared, whether she would appear on camera or only travel, and who WrestleVotes' backstage sources are. The report says WWE officials want her on the trip. It does not say what she would do there.
What would confirm or kill it
A WWE announcement naming Ripley for Wrestlepalooza, or a report that she was left off the travel list, would settle it. Wrestlepalooza is a month away.
Reported by: WrestleVotes, in a Q&A, as quoted by eWrestlingNews (Ryan Clark), Nov. 9, 2026. We read the eWrestlingNews copy in full. WrestleZone and Ringside News are search excerpts we did not open in full. We did not hear the Q&A or contact WWE or Ripley. Reliability: Single source, not confirmed.
Sources
- WrestleVotes, Q&A answer on Rhea Ripley, date not given. No link: we did not find the original, and eWrestlingNews and WrestleZone do not link it.
- eWrestlingNews (Ryan Clark), "Backstage Update - Rhea Ripley's Return", Nov. 9, 2026, 11:22 PM UTC. https://www.ewrestlingnews.com/news/wwe/backstage-update-rhea-ripleys-return
- WrestleZone, "Rhea Ripley's WWE Return Gets an Exciting Backstage Update, Report", Nov. 2026 (date not seen; search excerpt only). https://www.wrestlezone.com/news/1670556-rhea-ripley-wwe-return-backstage-update-wrestlepalooza
- Ringside News, "Rhea Ripley's Status for WWE WrestlePalooza Amid Injury Recovery", Nov. 2026 (date not seen; Ripley's Sept. 23 quote; search excerpt only). https://ringsidenews.com/rhea-ripleys-status-wwe-wrestlepalooza-amid-injury-recovery
- Fightful, "WWE Wrestlepalooza 2026" event page (Dec. 12, RAC Arena, Perth), undated. https://www.fightful.com/events/wwe-wrestlepalooza-2026/
- WrestleTalk, "Rhea Ripley WWE return plans: Four ways to bring 'Mami' back to the company after injury", Nov. 2026 (date not seen; search excerpt only). https://wrestletalk.com/features/rhea-ripley-wwe-return-plans-2
- Reliability: Single source, not confirmed.
- WrestlingNews.com staff reporting: read the eWrestlingNews copy and checked the event date and venue on Fightful's page. We did not contact WWE or Ripley.
How we credit sources: Editorial standards.