During an interview with Uncrowned's Raj Prashad, UFC Hall of Famer and former WWE star Ronda Rousey discussed various topics, including her proudest achievement.
This is what Ronda Rousey said, “I think I’m most proud of being able to create a way for women in combat sports to be able to make a living that just didn’t exist before. I went and won an Olympic medal, and then became a bartender. There was just nothing I could go to from that. Reverberating out from what happened in the UFC to now, women in WWE are getting a lot more respect and making a lot more money. Women in boxing are getting a lot more respect and making a lot more money. And I know that is a direct result from what we were able to do in the UFC. It warms my heart to be able to see all the women taking that torch and running with it, and setting fires of their own.”
On if she believes she gets enough credit for her trailblazing work:
“I don’t think any woman trailblazer gets enough credit because I think people forget very quickly the way that it was and how difficult it used to be. I think the people not remembering how it was, that no one wanted to give women fighters a minute of their day as opposed to seeing them as a valuable investment now. But I don’t want them to be able to know what that was like. There’s no way you could know if you hadn’t lived it. And I don’t want them to live it.”
On why she has no interest in returning to WWE:
“It was a lot of needless anxiety and things like that. And the whole company was just a chaotic **** show on the inside, and then they ended up dropping all my friends. So I really have no reason to go back. I wanted to do a run with the Four Horsewomen and I never got to do that. And now I feel like I’ve already accomplished everything that I wanted to in WWE and all that’s really left for me is to go there and have fun with my friends, and none of my friends are there anymore.”
On how she parted ways with WWE and not wanting to go back on the road:
“I didn’t hear from anybody. It was more of the way we left it was, they were like, ‘There’s always an open door; if you ever want to come back, let us know.” I just don’t think I could ever be on the road with the company again. I have two girls now, and hopefully we can have some more soon, I’d love that. And there’s just no room in my life to be able to maintain that lifestyle and a family at the same time.”
On her friend Marina Shafir thriving in the Death Riders:
“Going from being like, ‘How do I do an arm drag,’ to being part of five-star matches and stuff like that, it’s really great to see her just having so much joy with it and rising to the top level of the industry. I think so much has to do with Jon Moxley being the most incredible human being ever. He is just so supportive and so kind and so passionate. He’s just so humble and I feel like so much of that success stems from his talent — and not just his talent, but his willingness and passion to give back and to bring up everybody with him and have his rising tide lift all of their boats. And I’m so grateful for him and the kind of friend that he’s been to Marina.”
