10 Wrestling Facts We Didn’t Know Last Week (April 26)

2. Ronda Rousey Almost Left WWE In November 2018

Ronda Rousey Survivor Series 2018
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Ronda Rousey was a key part of WrestleMania 35's main event, broken hand and all. She was there to put Becky Lynch over clean before dashing off to start a family with fellow MMA bad ass Travis Browne. Job done then, though it could've been done a hell of a lot sooner.

Ronda was supposed to leave WWE after Survivor Series 2018.

In a new YouTube update on her future plans, the former Raw Women's Champion said she initially planned to wrestle from 'Mania 34 until November's Survivors Series. After that, she'd take time off the road to make babies with her man. Things changed when Rousey realised how much fun she was having, and could see the potential to turn heel.

Rousey's words make it clear that a Triple Threat headliner at WrestleMania this year wasn't in WWE's thinking. Keep in mind she was originally meant to face Lynch at Survivors too. Injuries changed that, and she worked Charlotte Flair instead.

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