Damian Priest On The Origins Of Rhea Ripley’s ‘Mami’ Moniker

On a recent edition of the “Inside the Ropes” podcast, Damian Priest spoke about his Judgment Day ally Rhea Ripley and the origins of her ‘Mami’ nickname. He said,

“Obviously when Dom [Mysterio] started, when he joined the Judgment Day, she was kind of his boss in a way. We were doing all the talking about Eddie [Guerrero] and whatnot and it was like, ‘You should start calling yourself Papi.’ So that was the first idea, but obviously, that’s Eddie Guerrero.

“So it was like, well we can’t really just do that because that’s his thing and that’s completely being somebody else. So I was like, ‘Easy fix – Mami.’ We had the Mamacita [in Chyna], but not Mami. I pitched it, and I think she said it one time or something and it took off. There was signs everywhere [saying] ‘Mami, Mami, Mami.’ So, it’s cool.”

Priest has been with the faction since the very start when he and Edge aligned at WrestleMania 38, while Ripley would join the next month.

Dominik Mysterio would join the faction’s ranks at WWE Clash at the Castle, turning on his Hall of Fame father Rey Mysterio in the process.

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