Ronda Rousey has signed with WWE as she made a surprise appearance at the Royal Rumble Sunday night. ESPN revealed the news after Rousey came down the ramp wearing a jacket given to her by Rowdy Roddy Piper’s son at the end of the show.
There was much speculation about Rousey’s appearance tonight as she was scheduled to be out of the country to film a moving. It was an obvious swerve. Maybe there was some foreshadowing as Rousey’s photographer was in Philadelphia according to a tweet he put out (looking for weed).
Rousey indicates in the Ramona Shelburne story that she will be in WWE full-time despite there are other options for her career-wise.
She has not shut the door on an MMA return as Brock Lesnar has returned from WWE to head back into the Octagon.
Rousey’s last fight was at UFC 207 where she was stopped by Amanda Nunes in the first round. The PPV drew 1 million PPV buys.
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Rousey is a life-long pro wrestling fan and it’s clear that living out her dream of being a wrestler is something that she would like to do. She made a memorable cameo with the Rock at Wrestlemania a couple years ago. Her friend Shayna Baszler is on the NXT roster and this past summer there was the hint of a possible feud between Rousey’s Four Horsewomen and the NXT Four Horsewomen of Sasha Banks, Becky Lynch, Charlotte and Bailey. All indications point to her wrestling debut this spring at Wrestlemania.
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