Ronda Rousey joined WWE in 2018 after retiring from UFC in 2016. Rousey’s initial WWE run was praised by many fans. However, her second run failed to live up to expectations.
The Baddest Woman on the Planet last competed in WWE at the 2023 SummerSlam, where she lost to Shayna Baszler in an MMA Rules match. Rousey competed in ROH and two independent events after leaving WWE.
On Wednesday, Ronda Rousey appeared on LiveSigning to promote her book, “Our Fight: A Memoir.” Rousey stated that she had to retire from MMA due to concussions. The former women’s champion noted that WWE is an absolute sh-t show backstage and didn’t intend to return there. Rousey added that she doesn’t want anything from them.
“[An unexpected thing people can read in my book] is my concussion history that I had to keep secret for years so that I’d be able to continue to compete and perform and is basically why I had to retire [from MMA]. And another thing that people don’t know, oh God, behind the scenes? Oh yeah. How much of an absolute sh-t show it is at the WWE… They can’t hold the sword over my head and hold me hostage with my own career, and I don’t need anything from them, and I don’t intend on going back [to WWE]. So, I can actually say everything that I think and feel where everybody else that is still held captive by their organization cannot.”