Ronda Rousey reflects on WWE chaos during Vince McMahon’s regime
Ronda Rousey discussed the chaos during her WWE run under Vince McMahon’s regime.
In an interview with Complex News, Rousey revisited her WWE career, stating that she felt she was portraying an impression of herself rather than being authentic.
“I felt like I was doing somebody else’s impression of myself. You can tell when I was allowed to write my own promos and when I wasn’t. I learned a lot from it and I really enjoyed my time in the ring. I didn’t really enjoy being under the death throes of Vince McMahon’s reign, but there were a lot of great experiences in there.”
Rousey also talked about working extensively while Vince McMahon was in leadership. She expressed last minute changes were frustrating to work with after much planning for matches and events.
“I mean the second run, Vince was just more far gone and more difficult to work with and there was a lot of inner turmoil going on in the company. It was kind of a sh*t show and nobody ever knew what was going on. And you would get to the arena and you would be made to do something that somebody threw in your lap that wasn’t, hadn’t thought about it until 15 minutes before. Everything was super last minute and not well thought out and there was no communication, no back and forth.”
Rousey stated the anxiety among the chaos and was rooting for Triple H to take over as the in charge.
“Any attempt to collaborate felt like we were trying to negotiate something as opposed to partnering together to make something great. And unfortunately I love being out there in the ring and doing it, but the process was just like cluster f*ck, sh*t show that it was so much more anxiety than it was worth. I just look back at it and I just remember the anxiety of not knowing what was going on and then at the last minute, maybe we’d be able to pull it out of our a** and have a good night and maybe not. I was definitely team Triple H to get up to take it over. Yeah. So, I’ve heard it’s been much better since he’s taken things over, but unfortunately I didn’t get to experience it.”
Rousey had two stints with WWE from within 2017 and 2023. She made an appearance at AEW Revolution to side with real-life friend and former WWE wrestler, Marina Shafir following her match against Toni Storm.
Rousey is gearing up to fight Gina Carano on May 16 at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles. It will stream live on Netflix.
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