Current WWE Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley was in attendance at Friday night’s Power Slap event. During a brief interview on the show, Ripley revealed she has a slight tear in her meniscus.
“Yeah, I hurt my knee.I got a slight tear in my mensiscus, so it’s healing. It’s getting there. It’s getting stronger. I just can’t bend it very well. Kind of need to bend, guys.”
When asked about when she might return to the ring, Ripley was not sure, noting she tore her meniscus in a really ‘weird spot’:
“I don’t know. I tore it in a really weird spot, so it’s kind of a little bit up in the air with just how fast my body recovers. But I’ve been out for probably about a month now. I think it’s been a month and one week. It feels better. It still starts to hurt and throb, it gets tired. I can’t get up, or bend down, really or kind of move side to side while crouching.”
Damn, that sucks for Rhea 🥲
— iFriedNemo (@VladVilcu3) July 11, 2026
(hope her knee recovers fast & well ❤️🩹) pic.twitter.com/4DnjmLYrON
Ripley sustained the injury during her successful Women’s Championship defense against Jade Cargill at Clash in Italy back on May 31. Ripley has not wrestled since then and WWE has not addressed the future, if any of the Ripley’s status as it relates to the Women’s Title.