Ronda Rousey: WWE pitched singles match vs. Becky Lynch at Evolution 2
Ronda Rousey says WWE pitched her the idea of a singles match between her and Becky Lynch at Evolution 2.
Rousey, who headlined WWE’s first all-female PLE in 2018, appeared on an episode of Ring the Belle recently to promote her upcoming graphic novel, Expected the Unexpected. During the discussion, she mentioned that WWE offered her a singles match with Lynch on a second all-female PLE that would have taken place six weeks after WrestleMania 35.
“They offered to bring (Evolution) back for a second time,” Rousey said. “They said ‘Ronda if you stay after WrestleMania, we’ll have another Evolution in 6 weeks and have you and Becky as a singles.'”
“I was like, I promised my family that – first, I was always saying I want to go from WrestleMania until Survivor Series, and then Triple H convinced me to stay from WrestleMania to WrestleMania and I promised my family, like, okay that’s it.”
“I have kids and a husband and a home and I’m gone for weeks on end. So, when they said that I was like, ‘No, I have already asked too much of my family.'”
“I promised you I would stay this long and I promised them I would only stay this long and I’m not going to keep moving the goalposts. And then I ended up shattering my knuckle anyway, so I wouldn’t have been able to do it regardless but yeah, they tried to dangle that carrot for me but I just couldn’t. Hopefully, they’ll bring it back and I don’t think that they need me for it. I think they are past that point and they just need to believe in the women because they can do it.”
Rousey defeated Nikki Bella to retain the WWE Raw Women’s Championship to headline WWE Evolution from the Nassau Coliseum on October 28, 2018. Other matches featured on the show included Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair, Shayna Baszler vs. Kairi Sane, and Toni Storm vs. Io Shirai in the finals of the 2018 Mae Young Classic.
“That event was incredible. It sold out the venue and I feel like there should be more, but no one is asking me,” Rousey continued.
The full 27-minute interview with Rousey is available below:
