6 Times Ronda Rousey Stirred The Pot For No Reason
A wave of heat may await the 'Rowdy One' in the WWE lockerroom.
Since making an appearance at WrestleMania 31, fans speculated incessantly that Ronda Rousey would someday find her way to WWE. Finally, she appeared at the end of the first-ever Women’s Royal Rumble match. On the following RAW, WWE continued promoting the “highlight” of the event, which in their mind, was Rousey’s debut. WWE posted images of Rousey and the Rumble on Twitter, referring to her as “the moment you’ve all been talking about.”
Nia Jax immediately responded with, “Cool she’s here... I guess 30 women making history can just be forgotten.”
On 30 January 2018, Sasha Banks joined Busted Open Radio for an interview centered around Rousey’s arrival, something which rattled ‘The Boss.’ When asked what she thought, she answered, "I have nothing nice to say, so I can't say anything at all.”
Heat appears to be already building for the former UFC star, and she hasn’t even had her first match in WWE. Of course, the jabs from other superstars might be all a work—it’s pro-wrestling, after all. But history shows ‘Rowdy’ Rousey does have a way of instigating, which if unchanged, could lead to backstage woes in the future.
6. Picking A Fight With GSP
Rousey had a history of giving her honest opinion about Georges St-Pierre ever since her days in Strikeforce. While a claim could be made that some heat stemmed from when he said he had a “hard time” watching female fighters, GSP otherwise tried to stray away from confrontation with Rousey to maintain his clean-cut image. However, it seemed ‘Rowdy’ never missed a chance to sneak in a jab, describing him as “boring” and “bad for the sport.”
In January 2013, the Las Vegas Review Journal asked if she still felt the same way about the UFC Champion. While she could have taken the high-road and simply stated they had contrasting styles, Rousey decided another blow to GSP made no difference: “I think he lucked out a lot that he's Canadian. I love Canadians. They are the coolest, nicest, most patriotic people, and they will support their countrymen no matter what, and I think that's commendable. But if GSP wasn't really good-looking, and really Canadian, he would be really unknown.”
What being “really Canadian” or “really good-looking” had to do with anything might never be known, but when they were her best lines of offense, it was clear that Rousey reached for her shots simply to get a rise from the champ.