Tonight, on the WWE’s Monday Night Raw former UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey made her return to WWE action, with an exciting performance that saw her show off the first bit of pro-wrestling moves we have seen from the UFC star. (Replay above)
While on national television, the world’s largest pro-wrestling promotion also announced their plans for Ronda Rousey’s big match at Wrestlemania 34.
The event will serve as Ronda’s very first full matchup as a pro-wrestler.
Now, we are an MMA website, and we are only just dabbling int he world of fake fighting out of respect for Ronda’s contribution to our sport, and for the fight fans interested in the female fighting legend.
As such, we’ll let CBS.com’s write up provide all the details.
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It was announced at WWE Elimination Chamber during her storyline contract signing that Ronda Rousey would be competing in a match at WrestleMania 34 in New Orleans. Monday night on Raw, it was officially revealed what that match would be.
As has been rumored for quite some time now, the former UFC women’s bantamweight chamion will indeed be teaming with Raw general manager Kurt Angle to take on WWE COO Triple H and Raw commissioner Stephanie McMahon in a mixed tag team match.
Angle opened up the show on Monday night but was promptly interrupted by McMahon, who made her way to the ring to chastise her GM. This, of course, brought Rousey out to a nice pop from the live crowd, and shortly thereafter, Triple H made his presence felt despite his wife stating he had yet to arrive to the building. This is where Angle made the match official for April 8 in New Orleans.
Things were not finished at that point of the announcement, though. The final sequences of the segment would see Angle attempt to secure the ankle lock on Triple H, while Rousey planted McMahon with a Samoan Drop and the babyfaces ended up standing tall.
Slowly but surely, Rousey is getting acclimated to her new profession as a WWE superstar, and now she has her first official WrestleMania match on a marquee.
Ronda’s husband, UFC heavyweight fighter Travis Browne took to Instagram with his reaction to tonight’s announcement.
