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Liv Morgan Angrily Reacts to Ronda Rousey On Extreme Rules Poster

By John Canton • Published 4th October 2022
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The Smackdown Women’s Champion Liv Morgan isn’t happy about WWE’s choice for who is the lone superstar on the Extreme Rules poster.

Ever since Liv Morgan won the Money in the Bank contract in July and cashed in on the same night to beat Ronda Rousey for the Smackdown Women’s Title, Morgan has been trying to prove herself to everybody in WWE, especially Rousey.

When Morgan defended her championship against Rousey at SummerSlam, the match didn’t even last five minutes and it had a controversial finish. Rousey was applying an armbar on Morgan at the same time that Morgan was pinning Rousey. Even though Morgan tapped out before the referee counted to three, Morgan was awarded the pinfall win.

Morgan would later say in an interview that she didn’t like the finish of the SummerSlam match with Rousey:

“I hated it. It’s not the way that I would have hoped for it to go. But at the end of the day, I’m still SmackDown Women’s Champion, and I guess that’s genuinely all I really care about.”

After getting by Rousey, who would end up being suspended for several weeks, Morgan was impressive in beating Rousey’s good friend Shayna Baszler at Clash at the Castle.

Rousey earned another Smackdown Women’s Title shot against Morgan after winning a Fatal 5-Way match on the September 9th edition of Smackdown. Since then, Morgan and Rousey have been at odds with Rousey calling Morgan a “Hooters Barbie” at times as well.

The Morgan-Rousey match at Extreme Rules will be an Extreme Rules Match meaning weapons are allowed and anything goes before somebody wins the match by pinfall. WWE has chosen to put Rousey by herself on the poster. Morgan tweeted about it using a swear word to show she’s not happy about it.

I was never supposed to be your girl @WWE but the people made me THEIR girl 🖤✨

Keep ur shi**y poster 💩

Perhaps if Morgan was on the poster with Rousey then there’d be no issue, but with only Rousey on there, it’s easy to see why Morgan takes exception to week.

On the September 30th edition of Smackdown, Rousey beat Natalya in a singles match. After the match, Morgan confronted Rousey and the two women got into a ringside brawl that was eventually broken up by security after it was out of hand.

Here’s the full lineup for Extreme Rules on Saturday, October 8th:

Strap Match: Drew McIntyre vs. Karrion Kross

Fight Pit Match: Matt Riddle vs. Seth Rollins (Daniel Cormier is the referee)

Extreme Rules Match for the Smackdown Women’s Championship: Liv Morgan (c) vs. Ronda Rousey

Ladder Match for the Raw Women’s Championship: Bianca Belair (c) vs. Bayley

“I Quit” Match: Edge vs. Finn Balor

Six-Man Tag Team Good Old Fashioned Donnybrook Match: The Brawling Brutes (Sheamus, Butch & Ridge Holland) vs. Imperium (GUNTHER, Ludwig Kaiser & Giovanni Vinci)

You can watch WWE Extreme Rules on Saturday, Oct. 8, at 8 ET/5 PT, streaming live on Peacock in the United States and on WWE Network everywhere else.