Rhea Ripley Says She Could Handle Power Slap but Doubts Her Accuracy

Rhea Ripley has offered her take on how she thinks she would fare in Power Slap, the combat sport in which two competitors stand opposite each other and exchange free, undefended slaps to the face until a knockout, TKO, or judges’ decision determines a winner.

The WWE star is confident she has the chin for it. Ripley believes she would be able to absorb the punishment the sport demands — a claim that would surprise few fans who have watched her absorb punishment in the ring for years. Where she expressed some doubt, however, was in her own offensive precision; Ripley acknowledged she does not think she would be as accurate with her strikes as the sport’s specialists.

It is not the first time the worlds of professional wrestling and Power Slap have intersected. The sport, which gained mainstream visibility through its association with the UFC’s Dana White, has attracted curiosity from combat sports crossover fans, and wrestlers — accustomed to physical punishment as a professional baseline — have occasionally been drawn into the conversation around it.

Ripley is currently one of WWE’s most prominent women’s performers, making her musings on a potential Power Slap appearance an easy talking point. Whether the comments amount to anything beyond casual speculation remains to be seen, but the self-assessment — tough enough to take it, less sure about landing it — is about as candid a scouting report as you are likely to hear from a top-tier WWE Superstar on any combat format outside the squared circle.