50 Things You Learn Binge-Watching Every WWE WrestleMania

Ultimately, MMA trailblazer Ronda Rousey proved to be a poor fit for pro wrestling. She never got to grips with the idea that characters shift alignment like some sort of adapt or die dialogue choice in a video game. Not thriving as a babyface? Well, you can always turn heel to restore freshness on the baby side later on. Ronda didn't want to be booed - she took it as a personal insult and described the whole WWE experience as "needlessly stressful" after the fact.

Nobody on the planet can take WrestleMania 34 away from Rousey though. She teamed with Kurt Angle on the show, and they worked one of the greatest mixed tags ever vs. Triple H and Stephanie McMahon. This was Ronda's proper in-ring debut. Think of the pressure attached to that. This could've blown up in everyone's faces, but 'Rowdy' Ronda was prepared, and three class acts helped guide her through.

The poise and aura Rousey displayed that night may never be matched by anyone working their first ever feature length match at 'Mania. She was Logan Paul before Logan Paul! On that, far more was expected from a combat sports specialist like Ronda than a YouTuber like LP. Her Terminator like armour would've been shredded had she sucked.

Some may point to Rousey headlining the following year as bigger. It was, but it wasn’t better than 34's dazzler, at least not in terms of her overall performance personally. Too much of Ronda's WWE output dropped below this standard. In fairness, she'd set the bar bloody high in 2018.

Going from this to the woeful MMA infused battle vs. Shayna Baszler at SummerSlam 2023 was quite the drop off.