{"id":56981,"date":"2021-04-12T04:23:04","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T04:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=56981"},"modified":"2021-04-12T04:57:35","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T04:57:35","slug":"killer-move-that-crowned-aussie-world-champ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=56981","title":{"rendered":"Killer move that crowned Aussie world champ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/news\/wwe-superstar-rhea-ripley-on-triple-hs-high-praise-becoming-face-of-wrestling\/86340b69-2f45-431a-af42-ba8ab2dc0a10\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Rhea Ripley\">Rhea Ripley<\/a> has been crowned Australia&#x27;s first female WWE world champion after defeating Asuka in the semi-main event of WrestleMania 37.<\/p>\n<p>The hulking Adelaide fighter landed the killer blow on her Japanese opponent when she unleashed a &#x27;riptide&#x27;, one of her signature moves, on the second night of WWE&#x27;s marquee event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/news\/australian-wwe-star-bronson-reed-on-tough-journey-being-trained-by-legend-shawn-michaels\/eab9d3b5-d0ce-4672-9926-9a7303b2ab89\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Australian WWE star Bronson Reed on tough journey, being trained by legend Shawn Michaels\">Australian WWE star Bronson Reed on tough journey, being trained by legend Shawn Michaels<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ripley is one of two Australian WWE world champions along with Melbourne&#x27;s Buddy Murphy, a former cruiserweight champion.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Raw women&#x27;s championship title is the most illustrious ever won by an Australian.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"7ddbbc45-7e55-401d-8aa9-b27df0029634\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/7ddbbc45-7e55-401d-8aa9-b27df0029634\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/news\/mma-star-khetag-pliev-loses-finger-mid-fight\/8eb489e3-8fb4-4f5d-9113-19ed2dc518f5\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"&#x27;It&#x27;s gone&#x27;: MMA bout forced to a stoppage after fighter loses ring finger\">&#x27;It&#x27;s gone&#x27;: MMA bout forced to a stoppage after fighter loses ring finger<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ripley was only hauled in to fight Asuka because Charlotte Flair, the daughter of legendary American wrestler Ric Flair, had withdrawn from the match due to medical issues.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here! \" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Rhea Ripley has been crowned Australia&#x27;s first female WWE world champion after defeating Asuka in the semi-main event of WrestleMania 37. The hulking Adelaide fighter <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=56981\" title=\"Killer move that crowned Aussie world champ\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56981"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56981"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56983,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56981\/revisions\/56983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}