Posted on 01/29/2018 10:00:03 AM PST by EveningStar
Trailblazing UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has agreed to terms with WWE to perform for the company as a full-time professional wrestler.
Rousey made a surprise appearance at the WWE's Royal Rumble pay-per-view in Philadelphia on Sunday night. After the conclusion of the first-ever women's Royal Rumble match, Rousey emerged and shocked the crowd.
"This is my life now. First priority on my timeline for the next several years. This is not a smash-and-grab; this is not a publicity stunt," Rousey told ESPN's Ramona Shelburne of her decision to join WWE. "When I first met with Triple H, I told him, 'There are other things I can do with my time that'll make way more money, but I won't enjoy nearly as much.'"
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There is no off season in wrasslin... I believe they generally working 3-4 nights a week 50+ weeks a year. Once you are injured, you never really get time to heal... at least not the day to day type of injuries.. obviously serious injuries are a different story...
I doubt a top tier working wrassler is ever working without an injury
She was led down a stupid path by a bad trainer and manager... She’s a grappler, who was convinced she could fight... It was foolish of her ever to try think she was going to ever out box a boxer etc.. She should have stuck to her strengths, but she was young and believed too much of her own press.
Sure she will do fine in the WWE, provided she listens to and learns from the right people... otherwise she’ll be gone from there as well.
Will her stage name be “Rowdy Rhonda Rousey”?
Probably. She got permission from the late Rowdy Roddy Piper to use it and Piper’s son gave her a Piper jacket.
She always said she wanted to do three things:
1) Be a champion MMA fighter. She did it.
2) Appear in movies. That will happen too.
3) Work in the WWE. She’s already done it once. Now she’ll be fultime and make millions. I don’t blame her.
Oh, that’s right! I forgot she was in Expendables and a couple of other films.
100 percent better to support Berney then Hillary. At least she didn’t go there.
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