Rhea Ripley sends heartfelt message to her "first American child" 

Rhea Ripley has just come off the high of helping her team pick up the win inside WarGames. Now it appears that she is celebrating a major birthday.

The former Women's World Champion shared the news on Instagram that it is her first American child's birthday. She noted that her dog was celebrating her eighth birthday today and even shared a photo on her stories, along with the following message:

"Happy 8th birthday to my first American child."

Luna is celebrating her birthday today [Image via @rhearipley_wwe on Instagram]

Luna is one of Rhea Ripley's many dogs. She often shares updates about her animals, with Bella and Barry being the ones she updates about the most. Ripley has always been a huge fan of animals and shared many posts about her dogs while she was out of action with a shoulder injury last year.

Rhea Ripley is married to AEW star Buddy Matthews; the couple has several animals

Rhea Ripley is married to fellow Australian wrestler Buddy Matthews, who was known as Buddy Murphy in WWE.

The couple has been together for several years and has several animals together while they are still touring with their respective wrestling companies.

Ripley is expected to be part of tonight's episode of WWE RAW after competing in a brutal WarGames match at Survivor Series on Saturday night. Ripley and Charlotte Flair put their differences aside so that they could compete inside the WarGames structure, but it appears that Ripley could have her own problems coming out of the show.

Ripley and Iyo Sky were in a feud with the Kabuki Warriors ahead of her injury, and now that they have beaten their team at WarGames, they could challenge for the Women's Tag Team Championship. It will be interesting to see what the story for Ripley is coming out of WarGames and heading into the festive season.