12 MMA Fighters Who Could Save WWE

2. €˜Rowdy€™ Ronda Rousey

Bit of a no-brainer, this one: the undefeated UFC women€™s bantamweight champion has steamrollered all her competition in the division, and it€™s a poorly kept secret that she€™s got one eye on the main chance: she knows that her value is only going to go down over time, especially after someone finally topples her from that pedestal everyone has her on. Blessed with good looks and charisma to spare in addition to all the asskicking talent, Rousey€™s also a pro wrestling €“ and WWE €“ fan from way back. She has permission to use €˜Rowdy€™ as her nickname from none other than Roddy Piper himself. Likewise, both Ric Flair and Arn Anderson gave their consent for her and her three best mates in MMA to call themselves the Four Horsewomen €“ that was them at Summerslam last year, where, amongst other things, the four of them assisted one Stephanie McMahon in her own ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Fast-forward seven months, and Rousey€™s not just being filmed meeting and greeting backstage, but is actually getting involved in the action at Wrestlemania 31, throwing Triple H out of his own ring and threatening that selfsame Stephanie with her patented armbar. Despite assurances from her management that this was a one off, it seems more likely that, provided an agreement could be reached with the UFC, we might be seeing Ronda Rousey actually competing in a WWE ring sooner rather than later.
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