3. The Ultimate Crossover Promotion
Not all crossovers are created equal. While the Terminator looked horribly out of place during Triple Hs entrance, bringing UFC Womens Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey out to help her Furious 7 costar the Rock against the Authority was a deliciously perfect WrestleMania moment. That appearance made perfect sense, and it even had some symmetry given Rouseys appearance at SummerSlam to watch Stephanie McMahons match against Brie Bella. Stephanie got in Rocks face and asked whether hed hit a woman, then kicked him out of her ring. The Great One spotted his costar, Rousey, and brought her into the ring, sending fans into a frenzy. The idea of Rousey stepping into a WWE ring has been the subject of much speculation for some time now, but seeing her and Rock squaring off against the Authority and then sending them fleeing was simply unreal. The question isnt one of Will they? but more of When will they? Its only a matter of time before Rousey steps into a WWE ring for a match, but whether that happens at SummerSlam, WrestleMania 32 or sometime down the line.
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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
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