{"id":30563,"date":"2026-08-07T02:29:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T21:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=30563"},"modified":"2026-08-07T02:29:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T21:29:24","slug":"rhea-ripley-reveals-knee-surgery-after-missing-two-months-of-smackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=30563","title":{"rendered":"Rhea Ripley reveals knee surgery after missing two months of SmackDown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_738863\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/organization\/wwe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWE<\/a> star Rhea Ripley announced on Thursday she underwent surgery on her right knee.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">Ripley is the reigning WWE women\u2019s champion and one of the top stars on the SmackDown brand.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_738864\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/pro-wrestling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>COMPLETE PRO WRESTLING COVERAGE ON FOX NEWS DIGITAL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/343\/192\/rhea-ripley-wrestlemania-lubbock.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/686\/384\/rhea-ripley-wrestlemania-lubbock.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/672\/378\/rhea-ripley-wrestlemania-lubbock.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1344\/756\/rhea-ripley-wrestlemania-lubbock.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/931\/523\/rhea-ripley-wrestlemania-lubbock.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1862\/1046\/rhea-ripley-wrestlemania-lubbock.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/720\/405\/rhea-ripley-wrestlemania-lubbock.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1440\/810\/rhea-ripley-wrestlemania-lubbock.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200\/675\/rhea-ripley-wrestlemania-lubbock.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Rhea Ripley prepares to deliver a move during a WWE wrestling match.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Rhea Ripley prepares to deliver a move during the WWE Road to WrestleMania show on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026, at United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock, Texas.<\/span> <span>(USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Life update,&#8221; she wrote on Instagram. &#8220;After just under 14 (years) in wrestling and doing sports my entire life\u2026 It\u2019s caught up to me. Surgery was never a first option for me, but it got to the point that it was needed\u2026<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;First one down\u2026Hopefully no more\u2026 I\u2019ve survived, now it\u2019s time to start thriving again so I can get back to what I love to do! See you all down the road&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Ripley hasn\u2019t been seen on &#8220;Friday Night SmackDown&#8221; since June 5. Reports indicated she suffered an injury but it was unclear what the injury was and whether she would be out for a long time.<\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/343\/192\/rhea-ripley-becky-lynch-wrestlemania-xl.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/686\/384\/rhea-ripley-becky-lynch-wrestlemania-xl.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/672\/378\/rhea-ripley-becky-lynch-wrestlemania-xl.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1344\/756\/rhea-ripley-becky-lynch-wrestlemania-xl.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/931\/523\/rhea-ripley-becky-lynch-wrestlemania-xl.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1862\/1046\/rhea-ripley-becky-lynch-wrestlemania-xl.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/720\/405\/rhea-ripley-becky-lynch-wrestlemania-xl.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1440\/810\/rhea-ripley-becky-lynch-wrestlemania-xl.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200\/675\/rhea-ripley-becky-lynch-wrestlemania-xl.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Rhea Ripley and Becky Lynch wrestle during a Women's World Championship match at Lincoln Financial Field.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Rhea Ripley faces Becky Lynch in a Women&#8217;s World Championship match during WrestleMania XL at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on April 6, 2024.<\/span> <span>(USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_738865\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Now, it\u2019s been two months. Ripley missed out on Night of Champions and <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_738866\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/wrestlemania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SummerSlam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">WWE crowned an interim women\u2019s champion at SummerSlam over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Chelsea Green outlasted Tiffany Stratton, <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_738867\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/wwe-womens-champ-jade-cargill-edge-rhea-ripley-wrestlemania-42\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jade Cargill<\/a>, Lash Legend and Charlotte Flair in a ladder match to win the Interim WWE Women\u2019s Championship. It\u2019s her first world title reign and she will seemingly be on top of the women\u2019s division for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/343\/192\/rhea-ripley-wrestling-barcelona.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/686\/384\/rhea-ripley-wrestling-barcelona.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/672\/378\/rhea-ripley-wrestling-barcelona.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1344\/756\/rhea-ripley-wrestling-barcelona.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/931\/523\/rhea-ripley-wrestling-barcelona.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1862\/1046\/rhea-ripley-wrestling-barcelona.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/720\/405\/rhea-ripley-wrestling-barcelona.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1440\/810\/rhea-ripley-wrestling-barcelona.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200\/675\/rhea-ripley-wrestling-barcelona.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Rhea Ripley, WWE Women's Champion, stands in the ring at Olimpic Arena.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>WWE Women&#8217;s Champion Rhea Ripley stands in the ring during Friday Night SmackDown at Olimpic Arena in Barcelona, Spain, on May 29, 2026.<\/span> <span>(WWE via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Ripley getting healthy and unifying the title against Green would be a matchup most pro wrestling fans would want to see.<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Ryan Gaydos is a senior editor for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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