Okay, so, I decided to dig into this whole Rhea Ripley no-makeup thing. You know, she’s always got that hardcore, dark look going on with the heavy eyeliner and black hair. I was curious, what’s she look like without all that?
First, I started by just looking up some recent interviews and appearances she’s done. Turns out, she was on this podcast, the BWGS Podcast, not too long ago. She was talking about her look and how it’s changed over time. Apparently, she wasn’t always so edgy. She said some other wrestler in WWE gave her the guts to try something different with her look.
Then I went down the rabbit hole of trying to find older pictures of her. I learned she actually started out in NXT back in 2017. And guess what? She was blonde! Like, naturally blonde. It blew my mind. She looked so different. She’s known for that jet-black hair now, but back then, totally different vibe.
I kept digging. She wrestled as a “babyface,” which I guess means the good guy, for a while before WWE. Then, in WWE, she switched between this good character and a “heel,” the bad guy. This was before she got to the main roster in 2021.
Then came the makeup-free chase
So, after learning all this history stuff, I really wanted to see her without makeup. I checked out some TikTok videos. There was this one, by someone named Eva, with the username cherripepsii, that showed this transformation of Rhea from full makeup to nothing. It was wild to see her so bare-faced after seeing all those intense, in-ring photos.
- Scoured the internet for interviews and appearances.
- Dug into her past in NXT and pre-WWE.
- Discovered she was a natural blonde!
- Tracked down some TikTok videos showing her without makeup.
Honestly, it was a fun little investigation. It’s cool to see the different sides of someone, especially a wrestler like Rhea Ripley who’s built this whole persona around a specific look. It just goes to show you, there’s always more than meets the eye, even when it comes to someone you only ever see with a face full of makeup and jet-black hair.
