Ronda Rousey Uses Valuable Advice From WWE Hall Of Famer To Promote MMA Fight

Ronda Rousey’s WWE career is proving useful in promoting her MMA return.

The MMA return of UFC Hall of Famer Ronda Rousey is here, since the women’s MMA icon is facing Gina Carano in a fight live on Netflix on Saturday, May 16th.

Rousey vs. Carano streams live globally on Netflix on Saturday, May 16, at 6 p.m. PT / 9 p.m. ET. The event takes place at Intuit Dome in Los Angeles and is included in all Netflix plans.

In an interview with Forbes’ Alfred Konuwa, the former WWE Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey credited the “Wise Man,” WWE Hall of Famer Paul Heyman, with giving her great advice to promote her fights.

“I don’t think in the training, but definitely in the preparation for press conferences and how I organize my thoughts.

I learned so much from Paul Heyman. He told me that no matter what you’re saying, always bring it back around to the fight. You’re always trying to sell the fight, and always end on the best line.”

Ronda Rousey has an MMA record of 12-2, with her last fight coming in December 2016. Since then, she has had two runs in WWE and given birth to two children.

Second WWE Run Was Frustrating For Ronda Rousey

There were two WWE runs for Ronda Rousey, who had her first match at WrestleMania 34 in 2018 and main evented WrestleMania 35 a year later. When Ronda Rousey returned to WWE in January 2022 (after giving birth) to win the Royal Rumble, she had a second run that lasted until August 2023.

During that second WWE stint, Ronda Rousey was very frustrated due to how Vince McMahon was managing the company.

“The second run, Vince was just more far gone and more difficult to work with. 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. You would get to the arena and you would be made to do something that somebody threw in your lap that 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. Any attempt to collaborate felt like we were trying to negotiate something as opposed to partnering together to make something great.”

I love being out there in the ring and doing it, but the process was just such a clusterf*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 ass and have a good night, and maybe not.”

It’s unknown if Rousey will ever return to WWE, but she appeared in AEW without a contract earlier this year to support her close friend, Marina Shafir.

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