PERTH: For all the fanfare centred around John Cena's retirement tour and Roman Reigns competing in a rare match on Australian soil, there was absolutely no doubting who the biggest star of WWE 's Perth takeover weekend was.

Over the past few years, Adelaide's own Rhea Ripley has cemented herself as not only the best Australian pro wrestler of all-time or the biggest female star in the industry, but quite literally one of the hottest performers on the planet.

The 29-year-old receives arguably the loudest reaction of the night in cities across the United States on a weekly basis, but nothing compared to what happened in Perth. Advertisement

This weekend was more of a celebration of Ripley's ascendance than what she did inside the squared circle - even if that was incredible in an

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