Ronda Rousey returned to WWE for one thing; it didn’t even happen

Ronda Rousey worked with WWE from 2017 to 2019, and then again from 2022 to 2023. She made quite the impact during her two runs with the company.

In 2019, WWE had the first-ever main event with female superstars. Rousey vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Becky Lynch at WrestleMania 35 in a Winner Takes All match. Both the then-RAW Women’s Championship and then-SmackDown Women’s Championship were on the line at the match. Lynch won that match to become Becky Two Belts, and Rousey disappeared from WWE TV.

While speaking to Zack Heydorn of SI’s The Takedown, Rousey revealed that before taking time off for her pregnancy, Rousey had pitched a singles feud against Becky Lynch to WWE, which Vince McMahon absolutely loved.

“After WrestleMania, I literally printed out a whole presentation for them, for me and Becky — the singles match,” Rousey said. “How we would do it, how we would plan it out and rehearse these things and have them woven throughout the show. To do something really exceptional and new, and then Vince and them were like, ‘oh yeah, this is a great idea, this is great.’ Then I went and had my baby, I came back, and they were like, well, we talked about that a year ago”, said Ronda Rousey.

However, when she returned in 2022, it never came to fruition. She feuded with Charlotte Flair in 2022, but not with Becky Lynch, even though it was teased.

“They said, ‘We love this plan, it’s an epic showdown with you and Becky that’s going to build all year.’ I wanted to make basically a final showdown of me and Becky woven throughout the entirety of the show. It would summarize the entire rivalry for anyone watching it for the first time. Someone could watch it and not need to watch everything that came beforehand. It would sum it up and then deliver the ending. I thought it was fucking incredible and it was why I came back,” she added. [H/t: The Takedown]

Ronda Rousey opened up about working with Vince McMahon

During an interview with Complex, Ronda Rousey opened up about working with WWE’s former CEO. She claimed that things had taken a poor turn, given the internal turmoil within WWE.

The environment lacked concrete plans, and more often than not, talents were under stress about how the shows would proceed.

She showered praise on Triple H taking over, revealing that she was Team Triple H already. Unfortunately, she never got to experience it.

Ronda Rousey is returning to MMA on May 16 to take on Gina Carano during Most Valuable Promotion’s debut on Netflix.