Rhea Ripley, Mike Santana, Mercedes Mone, and more react to former WWE champion's emotional update

Several current and former WWE personalities, including Rhea Ripley, Mike Santana, and Mercedes Mone, recently took to social media to react to a former champion's emotional post. The name in question is former NXT Women's Champion Indi Hartwell.

Since getting released from World Wrestling Entertainment in November 2024, Indi Hartwell has been making a huge name for herself in different wrestling promotions, including TNA. She recently took to Instagram to announce that she had gotten engaged to her longtime partner, Lisette. Hartwell shared several photos of herself wearing her engagement ring. In the post's caption, she expressed her feelings after taking a huge step in her relationship.

"It's giving forever 💍; Thank you @hinge" she wrote.

Check out her Instagram post below:

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Several current and former WWE personalities, including Rhea Ripley, Mike Santana, Mercedes Mone, Julius Creed, Mia Yim, Natalya, and more, reacted with a like on Indi Hartwell's Instagram post.

Meanwhile, Nikki Bella, Gigi Dolin, Cassie Lee, Jessica McKay, Cora Jade, Chelsea Green, Katana Chance, Bronson Reed, Megan Morant, Thea Hail, Matt Cardona, Adriana Rizzo, Bayley, Nixon Newell, Jacy Jayne, Bianca Belair, Maxxine Dupri, Roxanne Perez, Kelani Jordan, and Alicia Taylor left wholesome comments on it.

Check out screenshots of stars' likes and comments below:

Screenshots of stars' likes and comments [Image via @indihartwell]

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Indi Hartwell talked about possibly returning to WWE

During an edition of Chris Van Vliet's INSIGHT in May 2025, Indi Hartwell said that she could thrive the most in TNA Wrestling at the moment, but was not ruling out a return to WWE in the future.

"It’s not my intention right now to sign with TNA so I can go back to NXT. I went to TNA because TNA is a company I grew up watching. I’m genuinely a huge fan of TNA, and I feel like that’s where I can thrive the most. But like I mentioned before, I’m only 28, so I do feel like there is a path back to WWE someday. I’m not closing the door on that. All my friends are still there, and there’s a lot that I didn’t get to do, so it’s definitely something that I can see happening," she said.

It remains to be seen if the Triple H-led creative team has planned anything for Indi Hartwell's return.

Edited by Aashrit Satija