The future of the famous American female boxer, nicknamed “The Queen of Arm Breaking” Ronda Rousey is becoming more uncertain than ever. After the statement: “WWE is just a fake fight, for entertainment”, she was heavily criticized by this organization, many WWE boxers demanded to “punish” Rousey. Currently, many WWE stars are asking Rousey to publicly apologize, but even so, it is difficult for her to return…
Rousey’s UFC career ended after two disastrous defeats – both by knockout to Holly Holm and Amanda Nunes. Both defeats turned Rousey from a UFC “feminist” icon into a miserable loser. She even suffered such severe psychological trauma that she almost committed suicide. But in the end, the fault was her own unprofessionalism towards her own career.
Dubbed the “Queen of Arm-Breaking” with a series of victories using the ultimate arm-breaking move that forced opponents to surrender, Rousey’s fame skyrocketed. She was noticed by Hollywood. Rousey’s heroic appearance on the big screen, participating in many famous blockbusters such as The Expendables 3 (2014), Furious 7 (2015)… made her start to neglect her training sessions, and as a result, Rousey – the first female fighter to participate in the UFC, began to slow down, while many other female fighters coming to the octagon became more and more mature and formidable. Rousey’s career ended after 2 losses and she decided to retire from the UFC, a right decision.
After leaving UFC, Rousey was welcomed by WWE with open arms. With the entertaining wrestling tournament and the often “scripted” matches, Rousey, who had acting experience from Hollywood, quickly became a superstar. However, on April 7, Rousey lost to Becky Lynch and lost the championship belt. This defeat put an end to her reign in WWE, which lasted 231 days, and was also the second longest “Raw Women’s Champion reign” in WWE history. After this loss, many people began to doubt the remaining stage of Rousey’s career in WWE, and very quickly, she “put an end” herself with controversial statements about the “truth” of WWE.
In an interview on the podcast “Wild Ride! with Steve-O”, in response to some fans insulting her, Rousey said that she had sacrificed a lot, had to travel to many places to compete, did not spend enough time with her family, but felt disrespected by the audience, which made her less motivated to compete (perhaps, that is why she has been absent from the ring since losing to Lynch at Wrestlemania 35, there are also sources saying that she is focusing on building a family and wants to become a mother). She added that, anyway, she enjoys every opportunity to step into the ring, because “performing fake matches for entertainment is the best thing”.Rousey’s comments drew a backlash from the WWE community. She defended herself by tweeting, but her tactless words only earned her more flak. Rousey wrote: “Anyone who is offended by me calling pro wrestling fake entertainment has never been in a real fight. While you’re tiptoeing around some big-ass, soft-hearted pro wrestler, no one is thinking about the real fighters you’re insulting, who have to fake fight, but make it look as real as possible. Yes, I get it, wrestling 300 days a year is incredibly hard on the body, it’s a tough job. But do you know what would happen if you fought 300 real matches a year? You’d die.”
Before Rousey’s statements, recently, a WWE star spoke out very tensely. That is Alexa Bliss. This beauty born in 1991 said: “I think the recent statements, certainly hurt, because we welcomed her to WWE with open arms, we accepted her into the locker room and created something for her. The way we say we fake fights is unfair. The matches were scripted, 100% ended according to the script, but we told everyone about it. However, don’t say we fake fights, that would be offensive. She must apologize to us.”
