WrestleTalkTV is reporting that HHH has made an offer to Rhonda Rousey.
Rousey has been a life long WWE fan and appeared at Wrestlemania 31 in a segment with the Rock, Stephanie McMahon, and HHH. I’ve always seen Rousey as the missing link that is needed to take women’s wrestling to the next level.
It looks like WWE and Rousey have struck a deal, or are about to strike to a deal:
An employee backstage in WWE told us that Rousey spoke to HHH to set up her appearance with fellow Fourhorsewoman members at the Mae Young Classic. According to sources, WWE had referred Rousey and company to current superstar Brian Kendrick for training purposes in Southern California.
Don’t get me wrong, they had the roster to do something special with the women, but they fucked it up like only WWE creative can. The only way to build the women’s division (or any fighting division) is to build the division around one dominant person. Stories that draw interest are about individuals, not collectives.
I knew right away the so-called Women’s Revolution would not get over. The story needed to be about a woman, not women in the abstract. But this all goes back to the problem of 50-50 booking that plagues the entire WWE except the top 5% of the roster. The proper way to do it, would have been to pick either Sasha Banks or Charlotte Flair or Becky Lynch to go 50-0 or some kind of Goldberg-type streak. (I love Bayley but this wouldn’t work with her. She’s an underdog). The story is that the women’s division has never seen a freak athlete like this before.
That is how Ronda got over in UFC. And when she lost twice, she lost her drawing power. I don’t think is a big deal. Enough time has passed. People remember her has the most dominant female fighter of all time (whether that’s true or not doesn’t matter). With Rousey, WWE has another chance to do this right.
I imagine, Ronda will have the Brock Lesnar deal (I can’t see how she would want to be on the road). And she deserves a deal like that for the interest she will bring to the women’s division and entire WWE. Let’s hope the WWE is smart enough to book her like Brock and to give her a Goldberg like streak, which I think will bring eyeballs to the WWE.
I think Ronda will do great in WWE. UFC fans make fun of us, but unfortunately, we can’t make of fun of them back. As wrestling legend Jim Cornette always says, UFC has learned to do pro wrestling better than WWE.
To UFC fans, this is not a diss. He means UFC has learned the showbiz side better than WWE. There is no one in the WWE right now that cuts a promo better than McGregor. UFC Fighters have to learn what to say to promote themselves. Winning is not enough.
WWE Wrestlers (I won’t call them Superstars), just memorize scripts and use garbage corporate speak. The exceptions are the wrestlers who have the leverage to control what say, such a Brock Lesnar (who doesn’t speak much) and John Cena, who probably really does speak from the heart on the mic. Wrestling used to be like UFC where the wrestlers, largely wrote their own material, which was congruent with who they really are. I think Rousey will have control of her character and will be presented the right way for that reason.