Ronda Rousey Moved to WWE Alumni Section

10/29/2023 1:28 AM

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Ronda Rousey Moved to WWE Alumni Section

Ronda Rousey Moved to WWE Alumni Section

October 29, 2023 1:28 AM
Ronda Rousey Moved to WWE Alumni Section
Wrestling News

Is AEW Next?

Ronda Rousey has been moved to the WWE alumni section on its Superstars page. However, "Rowdy" Ronda may still be interested in professional wrestling. As reported earlier, Rousey showed up at the indie show Lucha VaVOOM. Rousey was sitting at ringside when she joined her friend Marina Shafir in battling Brian Kendrick and Taya Valkyrie. Rousey and Shafir defeated their opponents with Rousey forcing Kendrick to tap out after she put him in an anklelock. Now, there's talk that "The Baddest Woman on the Planet" is thinking about returning to wrestling.

A tweet from Rousey has fans thinking she could appear at another show come November and no, it's not Survivor Series. Ronda recently tweeted:

Is Rousey working the indie scene to see if she's still interested in wrestling or is this Rousey having some fun? Are there any promotions interested in bringing in Ronda should she decide to return to the ring? Dave Meltzer recently commented on this on Wrestling Observer Radio. In Meltzer's opinion, Rousey doesn't have the same value as she did during her first WWE run:

“I don't know if she's cost-effective for AEW because you know what she made with WWE. Everyone's cost-effective with WWE, but with AEW, it's like the bloom is off the rose. I mean, it's like, yeah, people talk about her and everything like that. But the bloom is kind of off the rose. The novelty effect of Ronda Rousey as a wrestler. And it's been more and more years. It's been years now since she fought. And she's not the celebrity that she was when she was a fighter. I wouldn't like to rule it out or anything, especially with all the people it does bring in. I guess you could. I wouldn't rule it out, but I. It wouldn't be a move that I would make now. But I suppose if you like, you get a Mercedes [Mone]. but I don't know. I mean, Ronda didn't knock him dead on her last WWE, but maybe in a new fan base and a new place, but it's also a different crowd that's more into the wrestling and less into the name, I don't know. Yeah, it's interesting, I don't see her like I don't see her as like a big ratings mover right now. Like when she was in WWE when she first came back, yes, there was interest and certainly on her first run, a lot, a lot of interest. But I just felt on the last run, it wasn't really that strong. They never went there [WWE going back to Rousey vs. Becky Lynch]. They never went there, which was the original idea. And yeah, they never went there. I think some of that, just because I think the feeling is, is that Ronda wasn't as strong as a character.”

H/T Wrestling News

Although Ronda might not seem as valuable, the argument can be made that the WWE is to blame for her flawed second campaign due bad booking. Even if AEW feels she's partly (or entirely) to blame, Tony Khan's fondness for hiring new wrestlers could lead to Rousey showing up in AEW. It's likely New Japan would be interested in her.

Do you think Rousey will return to the ring and if so, where?

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