One of the most anticipated matches at this Sunday’s Survivor Series is apparently no longer happening.
WWE Smackdown women’s champion Becky Lynch has reportedly been pulled from the card after suffering a concussion and possibly a broken nose during a segment on Monday Night Raw that was meant to build the anticipation towards her upcoming match against Ronda Rousey.
Fightful initially reported that Lynch was being pulled from the match and Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer later confirmed the report that the ‘Irish Lass Kicker’ was officially out of the showdown against Rousey.
There’s no doubt that Lynch vs. Rousey was one of the most highly anticipated matches taking place this Sunday as the Raw and Smackdown brands go up against each other at Survivor Series.
Lynch suffered her injury when the women’s stars from Smackdown Live ‘invaded’ Monday Night Raw and engaged in a brawl towards the end of the show.
It was a punch from Nia Jax that floored Lynch during the melee and when she got up from the canvas, her faced was smeared with blood but she kept going throughout the segment.
At the end of the show, Lynch stared back down at the ring — her face and hands covered in blood — as she locked eyes with Rousey in the waning moments of the episode.
Unfortunately it appears the accidental punch will cost Lynch a high profile match against Rousey but the good news is this only serves to further build the budding rivalry that was growing between the two women’s superstars.
Lynch has been on an upward trajectory for months ever since she was involved in a feud with Charlotte Flair that ended with her becoming champion and the retaining the title in several epic matches.
People, Becky being pulled out of the show Sunday will be for the best. She already got the rub of the Rousey feud without having to lose, the visual Monday made her look like a total badass and her being out will make fans rally behind her even more. She’s in a terrific spot.
While it appears Lynch won’t be wrestling at Survivor Series, it likely sets up an even bigger match down the road when she finally gets the opportunity to clash with Rousey in the ring.
Becky Lynch attacked Ronda Rousey on Raw last night. In 5 days arguably the two hottest acts in wrestling will collide one-on-one at Survivor Series.
Earlier this month the WWE was in the UK. While there, Becky was involved in an altercation during a planned sit-down interview. The reporter arrived wearing a Ronda Rousey jacket and Becky did not take kindly to this.
WWE recently posted video of the altercation to their YouTube channel:
Becky Lynch Offended By Reporter’s Ronda Rousey Jacket
Lynch originally questioned the reporter who noted that her Ronda Rousey sweater was official WWE merchandise.
“I don’t know if you know this,” Lynch started. “Or if you’ve done any work coming into this interview, to interview the champ but I actually have a big match against Ronda Rousey. I think it’s a little bit disrespectful and unprofessional to come in wearing a Ronda Rousey jacket. So if you actually want to do this interview maybe go out there, take your jacket off and come back in.”
Lynch will take on Ronda Rousey at Survivor Series in a Champion vs Champion match. Lynch won the title back at Hell in a Cell from Charlotte Flair and defended it successfully against Flair at Evolution.
Becky Lynch has recently responded to Ronda Rousey’s promo from last night on Raw. Rousey took aim at Lynch’s sensitivity and compared her to stereotypes of the millennial generation.
“Becky, you are so hypersensitive,” Rousey said last night. “You aren’t just the man, you are the millennial man. You are the skinny jeans wearing, V-neck sporting, avocado toast munching, winged-shoe wearing, millennial man, with a bubble-wrapped ego and a porcelain self-perception. Someone needs to tell the man that I am not Charlotte Flair, Raw is not Smackdown, and being offended doesn’t make you right.”
Becky has since offered up the following response on Twitter:
“When you’re babbling on about avocados, I’m main-eventing my show AND your show. Did you hear that last night, Ronda? That’s the sound they make when The Man comes around.”
Becky Lynch vs Ronda Rousey at Survivor Series
For the second year in a row, WWE will run a Champions vs Champions theme at Survivor Series. To a casual observer, this would seem like the biggest night of the year for WWE as it would determine the best of the best. Last year, Charlotte Flair defeated Alexa Bliss in the women’s Champion vs Champion match, arguably making her the top woman wrestler in WWE of the year in storyline.
The ending of last night’s episode of Monday Night Raw was an explosive way to lead us into this Sunday’s Survivor Series event.
With Becky Lynch leading the fray, attacking Ronda Rousey backstage and locking her in her Dis-Arm-Her submission, Lynch would strut out onto Raw to confront the Women’s Raw Survivor Team.
However, she didn’t come alone.
Even with Rousey making her way out to assist the Raw roster, the SmackDown invaders were able to rally, with Lynch attacking an injured Rousey with a steel chair before leaving the ring bloodied, courtesy of a broken nose.
In response to this, The Lass Kicker took to Twitter with an awesome reaction to the blood masking her face:
With both women coming off major wins in recent events, they both have a wave of momentum behind them coming into Survivor Series. They also seem to have the fans attention firmly affixed on the outcome of their champion-versus-champion clash.
Becky’s brazen attack and proud display of her “Irish war paint” only add to the feud that has developed between the two women, and further propels Lynch as a top star within the company — one that has been compared numerous times to “Stone Cold” Steve Austin.
With this brash attitude, disregard to injury, and anti-hero persona, it’s hard to argue against.
WWE RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey was recently a guest on the PWI Podcast to talk about multiple topics. For those who may have missed it, Rousey has been named number one in Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s “Women’s 100.”
She made her pro wrestling in-ring debut back in April at WrestleMania 34 that saw her and Kurt Angle beat Triple H and Stephanie McMahon in a mixed tag team match.
When asked about realizing the opportunity she has with WWE, she stated, “I’m very aware of how privileged I’ve been from a lot of people who worked their entire lives just to get somebody to take one look at them.” Rousey continued by stating that from day one, she didn’t know anything but listened to Triple H as he taught her many things. She thinks that it would be spitting in the face of every woman that would want this opportunity to not take full advantage of it. When it comes to her schedule, she brought up how working it has given her a lot more respect towards what the wrestlers do as when she first signed with WWE, she thought they worked once a week for TV events. She praised them for going non-stop. “Like, I have nowhere near the schedule that everybody else has. Like, if I’m on a week of live shows, it takes me a week to recover from it. If anything, I have the super easy tourist version.” She added that she has nothing to complain about regarding her schedule as she has an easier one than everybody else.
Current WWE SmackDown Champion, Becky Lynch, is slated to face off against RAW Women’s Champion, Ronda Rousey, next Sunday at Survivor Series, and it’s anyone’s guess as to who has the advantage.
With Becky Lynch having staved off Charlotte Flair’s attempts at her title, and Ronda having successfully retained against Nikki Bella, both women come into this matchup with serious momentum.
This equal footing adds further interest for their inevitable RAW vs SmackDown clash, come November 18th.
“Ronda Has To Be Scared”
Speaking with Gorilla Position, Lynch addressed her upcoming champion-versus-champion confrontation against the former UFC Bantamweight Champion.
The Lass Kicker didn’t mince her words, stating that Ronda should, of all things, be scared.
Lynch, who maintained character for the entire interview, proclaimed that, “[Ronda Rousey] is based on being strong, dominating people, and running through them, and that’s not how I was built.”
“I’m not scared of losing,” she continued, “and I have been taking a beating my entire life and I came back from them time, after time again, and that’s why Ronda has to be scared.”
What are your thoughts on this? With such a high profile clash between both champions, should Ronda be intimidated? Who do you see winning this encounter?
Nia Jax is looking to settle some unfinished business with Ronda Rousey in the squared circle under the WWE banner. Jax recently spoke to SportBible about the initial match and the inevitable rematch.
Jax stated that their match at the Money in the Bank pay-per-view event was pretty incredible as she was in the ring with one of the greatest athletes in the world “And she has a great work ethic, she’s incredibly strong and I feel like we have some serious unfinished business that I really want to get back to where we started. I feel like we started something really special and it can only get better so I can’t wait to see where it goes.”
Jax won the battle royal at the WWE Evolution pay-per-view event in Long Island, New York at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on the WWE Network. As a result of this win, she has earned the right to challenge for the Women’s Title at a later date.
That potential date for their battle over the WWE RAW Women’s Title could come next month at the TLC pay-per-view event on Sunday, December 16th, 2018 in San Jose, California at the SAP Center. Time will tell when WWE decides to book this match.
WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch and WWE RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey are on a collision course. The WWE has already announced that they would take part in a champion vs. champion match at the upcoming Survivor Series pay-per-view event.
These top female stars in WWE today will get a chance to prove which is the more dominant champion of the company. With a week away from one of the big four events of the year for the WWE, the hype and promotion for this match have only gained traction. Partly due to the job that Lynch and Rousey have been doing on social media, which outside of television, is the driving point for hyping up such a battle between two champions.
Lynch and Rousey have done just that as they have been exchanging words through the power of Twitter since this champion vs. champion showdown was announced.
At one point, Lynch brought up Ronda’s husband, former UFC fighter Travis Browne, who hasn’t been used on WWE programming other than being seen at ringside for her matches inside of the squared circle. Lynch wrote, “Hey @travisbrowneMMA come get your wife, she’s drunk.” You can see their exchange here:
Oh damn Champ…the hashtag…I just realized I’ve been using #RondaVsBecky but of course, The Man needs front billing!! (see I’m getting better im even catching myself now!) #BeckyVsRonda it is from now on! 😉👍🏼See ya at #SurvivorSeries#Nov18 Champ!!!
Hey @beckylynchwwe Champ, okay I took some time and looked around and I really think I FINALLY found a The Man approvable #SurvivorSeries poster!! See, you’re completely in the foreground… https://t.co/okYFxeL5js
WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle has some history with current WWE RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey as he teamed up with the former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion to take on Triple H and Stephanie McMahon at WrestleMania 34 in a Mixed Tag Team Match this past April at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Thus, when speaking with Sam Roberts at Ringside Collectibles’ Ringside Fest, he gave some insight into Rousey and what her ceiling is in the WWE. He can’t believe how well she adapted to it as he felt it was like him as he thinks she is adapting to pro wrestling too quickly.
He was quoted by stating, “This girl has been the best in judo, the best in the UFC but I think this is her thing. I think the WWE is the thing she’ll be the most known for.” He added if healthy, in another six-ten years, WWE will be her legacy.
Rousey is slated to take on SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch in a champion vs. champion match at the upcoming Survivor Series pay-per-view event on Sunday, November 18, 2018 in Los Angeles, California at the Staples Center that will air on the WWE Network.
Ronda Rousey recently appeared on the PWI Podcast. The RAW Women’s Champion discussed a number of wrestling-related topics, including the possibility of women headlining WrestleMania and which WWE Superstar she most wants to work with.
Women Headlining WrestleMania
Ever since Ronda Rousey’s incredible in-ring debut at last year’s WrestleMania, there has been buzz that women will be headlining WrestleMania sooner than later. Rousey is arguably the top star in the company and she will almost certainly be part of a women’s WrestleMania main event when that day comes.
“Yeah, I would love to be one of the first women to headline WrestleMania,” she said. “I think it’s time. But it’s not up to me. Even if it’s just somebody [else], I just think it’s time for any women to be headlining WrestleMania. I don’t own a multimillion dollar company and I don’t make these decisions.”
She aded that there are many female Superstars who could work the final match at WWE’s biggest show of the year, but she’s not convinced it will happen in the immediate future.
Rousey Versus The Boss
WWE has never had so many talented women on their roster. When asked which wrestler she’d most like to work with, Rousey named Sasha Banks. As much as she’d like to mix it up with Banks Rousey doesn’t feel she’s ready for that challenge just yet.
“I would really love to wrestle Sasha Banks. I think I’ve just been so impressed watching her work, and see her in the back, and see her work. And I was already a fan of her’s before. I think that we would be able to make something great together and I think she has given a lot of women their best matches ever. But I almost feel like I’m not at the right level yet for her.”
While she would love to embark in a feud with The Boss, it seems that the WWE isn’t interested in paring the two just yet, but in a perfect world, it would be dream match many would love to see.
Other topics that were discussed were equal matches on cards for both the men and women on the roster.
“I would just like to see women represent 50% of the roster and 50% of every card. I don’t think that’s too unreasonable.” Rousey noted, “I think that’s a far way down the line, but I think it’s a good goal to pursue.”
You can listen to the interview here.
Credit to Wrestlinginc for transcribing the quotes from the interview.
Pro Wrestling Illustrated released their top-100 list of women wrestlers recently. As per usual, the list is filled with controversy. The #1 ranked female wrestler in the world according to PWI in 2018 was Ronda Rousey. Despite only ever having wrestled in 25 matches, the magazine ranked Ronda Rousey as better than any other female in the world.
“That’s absolutely incredible,” Rousey said on the phone to PWI. “I don’t really know how to react to that. I mean, I really appreciate it.”
Ronda would admit she’s not certain her 6 months in the business is enough to have earned the honor, “I don’t know how much I deserve it, but, wow. Thank you.”
PWI said that while she hasn’t wrestled much and has only been an active wrestler for 6 months, the impact she has had in that time is significant enough to earn her the #1 spot.
Rousey continued to tell PWI about how happy she is in her WWE career.
“Honestly, coming into this I expected all the fans and everyone in the locker room to hate my guts from day one,” Rousey said. “I really did. I was really blindsided by how accepting and amazing everyone has been and how amazing the WWE Universe has been, how amazing everybody in the back has been. I’m really not here for a quick paycheck or some extra fame or anything like that, honestly. I just really love this and I really want to contribute as much as I can, I don’t want to take credit for the Women’s Evolution.”
Ronda Rousey PWI 100
Top-10:
Ronda Rousey
Alexa Bliss
Charlotte Flair
Io Shirai
Asuka
Shayna Baszler
Carmella
Nia Jax
Mayu Iwatani
Kairi Sane
The heavily WWE-influenced top-10 will likely cause much debate. The only non-WWE wrestler in the top-10 is Mayu Iwatani from Stardom. The Knockouts division in Impact Wrestling and the Women of Honor division seem to be completely ignored at the top of this list, surprising considering the historical role Impact’s women’s division has had over the years.
Ronda Rousey spoke to People Magazine about the importance of Sunday’s (October 28, 2018) WWE Evolution pay-per-view event in Long Island, New York at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on the WWE Network. The WWE RAW Women’s Champion successfully retained her title against Nikki Bella in the main event.
During this interview, she spoke about her WWE progression and Evolution as she stated that this move from MMA is different as she’s able to enjoy the process of it instead of enjoying her MMA career in hindsight. “It’s new for me from being an Olympian and a fighter from having this tunnel focus and not being able to think about anything else. I would feel myself becoming a smaller and smaller fraction of my personality as the event came closer because as a survival trait you have to. I don’t really feel like I’m in fight or flight mode all the time. I’m ready to fight but I’m happy at all time and relaxed at all times. It’s pretty different for me to be able to relax and be in a high pressure situation at the same time.”
The former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion also was asked about advice that she would give her younger self, which she said that she would want herself to know that she’s beautiful and everything is going to be okay as long as she continues to work hard. “I don’t think I’d want to tell her that all of her dreams are going to come true because I think the risk of failure is what makes me work so hard.”
Both SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch and Raw Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey were successful in defending their championships at the Evolution PPV.
After the show WWE announced that these two will now face each other at the upcoming Survivor Series PPV and posted a confrontation video too, but it appears that they originally had a different plan for the angle.
After last night’s Evolution PPV concluded, WWE.com published an article announcing their upcoming match. Interestingly, this press release mentioned a physical altercation between the two, that never took place:
“However, the Rowdy titleholder’s celebration was short-lived; just moments after she and Becky stood triumphantly side-by-side along with the rest of the female Superstars in the culmination of the monumental event, The Irish Lass Kicker unleashed a vicious assault on her fellow champion backstage.”
It’s unclear whether this altercation was expected to happen during the closing segment of Evolution where all women came up on the stage or during the after show interview where Becky confronted the former UFC Star:
Though this article makes it seem like the altercation was nixed at the last minute. Since we know Vince McMahon was running the show from gorrilla position, it’s possible that he made the decision on the fly.
Becky Lynch will now face Ronda Rousey in a one on one match at the upcoming Survivor Series PPV on November 18th.
The first match has been announced for the upcoming WWE Survivor Series PPV.
As seen on this week’s episode of Monday Night RAW in Charlotte, NC at the Spectrum Center on the USA Network, WWE revealed that SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch would take on RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey in a champion vs. champion match at this event.
As seen at Sunday’s (October 28, 2018) WWE Evolution pay-per-view event in Long Island, New York at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on the WWE Network, Rousey beat Nikki Bella to retain the RAW Women’s Title in the main event of this first-ever all-women’s event. On the flip side, Lynch retained her SmackDown Women’s Title against Charlotte Flair in a Last Woman Standing match, which served as the co-headliner.
WWE presents the Survivor Series pay-per-view event on Sunday, November 18, 2018 in Los Angeles, California at the Staples Center that will air on the WWE Network. WWE will be announcing more matches for this show in the coming weeks. This show is considered one out of the big four events for the company throughout the year along with WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, and SummerSlam.
What are your thoughts on this match being added to the card? Sound off in the comment section.
Ronda Rousey successfully retained the WWE RAW Women’s Title once she beat Nikki Bella at Sunday’s (October 28, 2018) WWE Evolution pay-per-view event in Long Island, New York at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on the WWE Network. This served as the headliner of the first-ever WWE all-women’s event.
After the match, Rousey had a nice message to Roman Reigns. She said, “Keep fighting, Roman. All the women are behind you. You’ve got this. Beat leukemia again. We love you.”
Reigns revealed on last week’s episode of Monday Night RAW in Providence, RI at the Dunkin Donuts Center that he’s been living with leukemia for 11 years, and unfortunately it’s back. Due to this, he is forced to relinquish the WWE Universal Title as he said that needs to focus on his family and his health.
Since then, several WWE stars have reacted to the news as well as showed their support of the former WWE Universal Champion.
He was originally supposed to make his next title defense against Braun Strowman and Brock Lesnar at the upcoming Crown Jewel pay-per-view event on November 2nd, 2018 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at the King Saud University Stadium and will air on the WWE Network.
Obviously, that won’t happen as it will now be Lesnar vs. Strowman battling it out for the vacant title at this show. Reigns is already advertised for an appearance in 2019, which you can see here.
Becky Lynch retained the Smackdown Women’s Championship last night at Evolution. She defeated Charlotte Flair in a Last Woman Standing match. Ronda Rousey’s victory over Nikki Bella for the Raw Women’s Championship closed the show, however. This morning, Lynch took a shot at Ronda “following” her performance later on Twitter.
If Survivor Series this year follows the same pattern as in previous years, the Raw Women’s Champion would face the Smackdown Women’s Champion on the show. There has been some speculation that this is not what will happen this year, however, at least for the women’s champions, anyway. If this is the case though, it means Becky Lynch would face Ronda Rousey at Survivor Series. Last year, Charlotte Flair defeated Alexa Bliss in the Raw vs Smackdown Women’s Champion vs Champion match.
Lynch told media this summer that she feels her armbar is actually better than Ronda’s.
“Here’s why. Her’s is of course — have you been in a straight armbar before? Very painful. Very painful, it will snap your arm,” Lynch said to In This Corner. “But from my location, I can snap your arm, and choke you out with my leg at the same time. It’s a double whammy.”
Ronda Rousey was able to successfully retain the WWE RAW Women’s Title once she beat Nikki Bella at Sunday’s (October 28, 2018) WWE Evolution pay-per-view event in Long Island, New York at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on the WWE Network.
Rousey has put distance between herself and MMA as now she’s in the WWE and is learning to make the transition from the Octagon to the ring after being out of the fight game for two years after suffering devastating losses in her last two bouts under the UFC banner.
Rousey made her professional wrestling in-ring debut when teaming up with Kurt Angle to defeat Triple H and Stephanie McMahon in a mixed tag team match at WrestleMania 34 in April after signed made her promotional debut at the Royal Rumble event.
It’s possible that WWE will book a rematch between these two stars at the next PPV show or the company has different plans for the two stars. The Survivor Series pay-per-view event takes place on Sunday, November 18, 2018 in Los Angeles, California at the Staples Center and will air on the WWE Network and some traditional pay-per-view outlets.
What are your thoughts on Rousey retaining the title? Who do you want to see her work with after her program with Bliss? Sound off in the comment section.
Tomorrow night (Sun. October 28, 2018) SmackDown Live Women’s Champion Becky Lynch will defend her title against Charlotte Flair. The two bitter rivals will go head-to-head in a Last Woman Standing match for the strap. Ahead of their contest, Lynch participated in an “Ask Me Anything” on Reddit.
Despite currently being in a feud with Flair, Lynch was asked about a possible program with current RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey. Lynch likes the idea of getting the chance to punch “The Rowdy One” in the jaw:
“Ronda’s jaw is always running but my fist is itching to catch up with her. Charlotte first, and then I’ll plan my next move. But I’ve said it before: Ronda reminds me of a slot machine — the harder you kick her, the more money falls out.”
Lynch was then asked about a possible intergender match in WWE. The trend has been very popular in the indy professional wrestling community as of late. While it’s highly unlikely WWE picks up on it, Lynch knows who she’d like to share the ring with if given the opportunity:
“Seth Rollins.”
What do you think about Lynch wanting a feud with Rousey, and a match with Rollins?
RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey is the latest WWE Superstar to defend the company’s decision to host Crown Jewel from Saudi Arabia. Rousey spoke to TMZ in New York City this week and offered a unique perspective on WWE sticking to their guns despite widespread backlash from fans and the mainstream media.
Rousey talked about the time she was training for 2004 Olympics and recalled how she trained with a boxer from Iraq and they respected each other despite the time being the start of Iraq wars Rousey said that sports is where we find a common ground and believes pulling out of Crown Jewel will be a wrong move because it’s an opportunity to share the American culture and define what we have in common.
She then goes on to explain why holding the event in Saudi Arabia is a good idea in detail. With her being one of the faces of the entire Women’s Division, Rousey’s comment probably mean more than any other star who has talked about the situation so far.
You can check out her full interview in the video below:
WWE has dispatched a lot of their talent to do mainstream media in advance of Sunday’s WWE Evolution show.
The Bellas appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday, their second appearance on the show in recent months.
Sasha Banks also appeared as a guest on Friday’s episode of the syndicated talk show, The Real. The Boss appeared on the Conversations With Maria Menounos podcast and spoke about the possibility of WWE Women’s Tag Team titles being introduced at Evolution.
Nikki, Brie, and Ronda Rousey were originally slated for Friday’s edition of Megyn Kelly Today. That appearance was cancelled when NBC made the decision to air a rerun of Kelly’s show. Later reports indicate that Kelly’s show has been cancelled.
Additionally, WWE has announced three roundtable discussions that will air on the WWE Now livestream on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.
On Saturday at noon, Cathy Kelley will host a panel discussion featuring Toni Storm, Sasha Banks, and Trish Stratus. The selling point for the discussion is “Then, Now, Forever”, with Stratus representing WWE’s history, Banks the present, and Storm the future.
A second panel will be streamed at 2 PM Eastern on Saturday, featuring three women who will challenge for singles titles at Evolution, Shayna Bayzler, Charlotte Flair, and Nikki Bella.
The third discussion will take place Sunday at 3 PM Eastern. Kelley will discuss the Evolution event with WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon.
Are you excited for WWE Evolution? Make some noise in the comments section.
Ronda Rousey was interviewed by Refinery 29 to talk about various topics including her WWE career. During the interview, the WWE RAW Women’s Champion gave some high praise to Sasha Banks and Bayley as she pointed out that they have taught her so much and have been these great examples of being effortlessly great at what they do.
Rousey started that they have been a great resource and made her feel so comfortable about coming to them and asking them questions. The champ continued by stating that she has learned so much from every woman that she ever been in the ring with.
“The people you are against [are the ones] you spend the most time with and you learn the most from. There isn’t a single woman in the locker room that hasn’t been instrumental to my success.”
Rousey, who makes her next title defense against Nikki Bella at the upcoming Evolution pay-per-view event, also spoke about her next WWE goal that she wants to achieve in her career with the company. “We’ve never had women headline WrestleMania and I would love to be one of the women to do so, or at least be one of the women watching when it happens. It’s that one ‘first’ that has still been kept away from us that every single woman on the roster is ravenous for.”
WWE’s all-female PPV, Evolution, takes place in Long Island on October 28th, 2018. Up until recently, ticket sales had not thought to be going well.
According to a recent report from the Wrestling Observer, however, sales spiked after WWE announced Ronda Rousey vs Nikki Bella would headline the event.
“The announcement of Rousey vs. Nikki Bella last week did lead to a surge in ticket sales for the Nassau Coliseum show and it is expected to sell out,” wrote Dave Meltzer.
Ronda Rousey vs Nikki Bella at WWE Evolution
WWE originally had announced Alexa Bliss vs Trish Stratus and Mickie James vs Lita for Evolution. Those two matches were later changed to single’s matches, however. The company was not able to announce Rousey vs Nikki until after Super Show-Down and Nikki’s heel turn. Some speculation holds that WWE announced the two single’s matches originally in an effort to boost ticket sales. Then, after they were able to announce Rousey vs Nikki Bella, WWE produced the angle where the legends matches were combined into one tag-team match.
In addition to Rousey vs Nikki and the legends matches, the NXT, Smackdown, and Raw Womens’ Championships will be defended on the show. Evolution will take place October 28th from Uniondale, New York.
“Rowdy” Ronda Rousey delivered an impassioned promo against the Bella Twins on this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw, surprising a lot of fans as to how well delivered, energetic, and genuine she was able to make her words – especially when compared to previous promo time that the former UFC champion, and current Raw Women’s champion, Ronda Rousey has had.
The reason for this stark change is surprising: she wrote the whole promo herself.
“Do Nothing Bellas”
According to Dave Meltzer, the promo was based on her real-life feelings about women who get by in life on nothing but their looks. That spark was the genesis for her promo this past Monday, highlighted by her coining the phrase, “Do Nothing Bellas.”
Speaking about it on Wrestling Observer Live, Bryan Alveraz commented that the “Ronda Rousey promo Monday […] she wrote the entire thing herself. She did not have a writer. She wrote that. The line about the Bella’s name being a stain on society? She wrote that. That’s how she talks.”
Evolution Sell Out
Since announcing Nikki Bella vs Ronda Rousey at WWE’s Evolution event last week, ticket sales have reportedly increased. With the crowd engaged and reacting positively to the feud as it continues to develop, it appears the WWE has tapped into a prominent feud that continues to escalate as Evolution continues to grow ever closer to selling out.
What did you think of her promo? Surprised that she was allowed free reign to script her own words?
The build for Ronda Rousey vs. Nikki Bella at Evolution has gotten personal. Yesterday (Mon. October 15, 2018) before Monday Night RAW, the women took to social media to take shots at one another. On the show, Rousey and Bella exchanged words, with Rousey hitting Bella with a line that left a lot of fans “ooing.”
Rousey told Bella that “the only door that you have ever knocked down was the door to John Cena’s bedroom.” But that was just the beginning of the RAW Women’s Champion’s tirade. Shortly after their segment, Rousey took to Instagram to continue her assault on Bella:
“In response to your post @thenikkibella – There’s a big difference to being present and being useful. Mentioning your name with respected names doesn’t make you respectable. It makes you a name dropper.
“And name drop you do! You drop so many names it amazes me you ever could hold them all in your pea sized brain in the first place.
“You were GIVEN a title, you were GIVEN a show, you were GIVEN a producer credit (I’m sure you have no clue what a producer actually does) the only thing in your whole life you’ve worked to earn is a really Rowdy ass whoopin. And come Oct 28th at #Evolution you’ll finally deserve what you receive. #RondaVsBella #DNB #DoNothingBellas #DontbeaDNB”
Ronda Rousey is one of WWE’s biggest stars, but before her professional wrestling career, she made a name for herself in the UFC. For several years Rousey was the queen of mixed martial arts (MMA) and undefeated inside the cage. That all changed against Holly Holm, and subsequently Amanda Nunes as well.
Now, Rousey is the RAW Women’s Champion in WWE and is preparing to headline the company’s first-ever all-female pay-per-view (PPV). She will defend her title against Nikki Bella at Evolution. Now that Rousey is one of wrestling’s bigger stars, she has left Conor McGregor to take over that role in MMA.
Recently, the Irishman was involved in a post-fight brawl that erupted after his loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov. This was largely sparked by his bus attack this past April in New York. While it may simply be a promotion tactic, Rousey tells TMZ that she’s not a fan of it:
“I understand promoting fights and having to sell them. I really do. But, I don’t think people have to get arrested in order to do that. I think I’ve been able to prove that you can make a fight exciting and make people really wanna see it without crossing any legal lines.
“I think that Khabib jumping out of the Octagon was not as bad as throwing objects at a bus, because my friend Rose Namajunas was on that bus. My friend Michael Chiesa missed his fight because [he got cut by the glass].
“I think, if you’re gonna draw the line there, you should have drawn it before that. I just feel like there has to be equal treatment all the way across the board, I don’t think that anyone should get special treatment because they’re a bigger draw.”
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