UFC women’s Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey did an “Ask Me Anything” session on Reddit yesterday. She was asked if she would consider entering WWE after retiring from UFC. She responded with the following:
“Definitely,” Rousey replied. “I love being in WrestleMania and will find a way to get back in the squared circle I just have no clue when. And any real wrestling fan would want to be surprised anyway.”
Source: WrestlingINC.com
Words most dominate athlete, UFC women’s bantamweight champion, 2008 Olympic bronze medalist, New York Times best seller. The list of accomplishments are ever growing for Ronda Rousey, and now you can add Official sponsor of fast food chain Carl’s Jr. to the list.
The chain confirmed to Eater.com that Rousey will be the new face of the company’s commercials with the first spot debuting in a few weeks.
Carl’s Jr. has always been one of my personal favorite fast food joints but I along with many others find previous commercials to be totally pointless and in some ways believe they degrade women. I mean how does a woman in a bikini help sell a burger???
Previous faces in Carl’s Jr. commercials include the likes of Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton. I personally think having someone like Rousey as the new face is a great business move for both Carl’s Jr. and the UFC. I mean who doesn’t love fast food? This can possibly bring a new set of eyes to UFC along with marking Carl’s Jr. more appealing.
Are you excited for this new partnership? The first commercial is said to be debuting by the end of this month so be on the look out.
-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)
This past Saturday at UFC190 Ronda Rousey successfully defended her Women’s Bantamweight title by disposing Bethe Correia via KO in a astounding 34 seconds.
The 12-0 athlete shows no signs of slowing down. She aims to defend her title for a 7th time against well known rival Miesha Tate in December and then go off to shoot Mile 22, a film Rousey will star in opposite Mark Walburg
Now variety has an exclusive that Rousey’s memoir and New York Times best seller My fight your Fight has been picked up by Paramount Pictures to become a major motion picture as Ronda Rousey playing herself. It’s not often someone plays themselves on a film but as we all know by now Rousey loves to break down barriers.
The film has no release date but director Mark Bomback is on board to adapt the book into a movie while Mary Parent will serve as producer.
Parent had this to say about the opportunity of making a best seller into a blockbuster
“It’s a real honor to be a part of bringing Ronda’s incredible story to the big screen,”
You can read the full story on this major announcement here http://variety.com/2015/film/news/ronda-rousey-biopic-autobiography-my-fight-your-fight-1201553460/
Who’s excited for this film!? I know I am.
-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)
UFC 190 from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Main Card PPV – 10PM ET
Women’s Bantamweight Title Fight: (C) Ronda Rousey VS Bethe Correia
Light Heavyweight: #8 Mauricio Rua VS #11 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Bantamweight: Reginaldo Vieira VS Dileno Lopes
Heavyweight: #15 Stefan Struve VS Minotauro Noguerira
Heavyweight: #12 “Bigfoot” Antonio Silva VS Soa Palelei
Women’s Strawweight: #1 Claudia Gadelha VS #15 Jessica Aguilar
FOX Sports 1 Prelims – 8PM ET
Welterweight: #6 Demian Maia VS #13 Neil Magny
Light Heavyweight: #10 Rafael Cavalcante VS #14 Patrick Cummins
Welterweight: Warlley Alves VS Nordine Taleb
Bantamweight: #13 Iuri Alcantara VS Leandro Issa
UFC Fight Pass Early Prelims – 7PM ET
Middleweight: Vitor Miranda VS Clint Hester
Bantamweight: Hugo Viana VS Guido Cannetti
UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey won 2 ESPY Awards last night. She won Best Female Athlete and Best Fighter.
She beat out boxer Floyd Mayweather for Best fighter. She was presented that award on the red carpet and she took a couple of verbal shots at him. Rousey said, “I wonder how Floyd feels being beat by a woman for once.” She also said, “I’d like to see you pretend to not know who I an now!”
Ronda Rousey recently made a Wall Street Journal cafe appearance and was asked about WrestleMania 32. Rousey says she wants to do something with WWE again because she wants to finish the angle with Stephanie McMahon because the fans need a resolution.
Rousey expressed interest in coming in for a period of time, not just for one show, so they could build her up for a match. She will be filming a movie during WrestleMania 32 season so it’s not likely she could work that show. Rousey believes she could change UFC President Dana White’s mind about letting her work WWE.
Rousey also said she had an idea to try keeping her name alive by getting “Four Horsewomen” Shayna Baszler and Jessamyn Duke involved with WWE or NXT.
http://on.aol.com/video/will-ronda-rousey-return-for-wrestlemania-32-518846866
Real Sports profiles MMA star Ronda Rousey and sees how she’s become a full-fledged celebrity outside of the octagon.
The moment involving The Rock, HHH, Stephanie McMahon and Ronda Rousey was easily one of the best moments of this years WrestleMania. It was all over every sports media outlet and left the fans wanting more. Ever since then people have been asking will we see Ronda Rousey again??
Just a few days ago Dana White was asked if Rousey would be back in WWE to which he quickly replied “No it was one and done.
Now according to WrestlingInc.com it is being said that white’s response shocked creative since they were hoping for a match between Stephanie and Rousey at WrestleMania 32. They had even hoped for a small angle during this years Hell in a Cell PPV since it’s taking place in Rousey’s back yard of LA.
One source at Wrestling News Obsever says that the feeling within WWE is that it’s still not a dead deal even if White hasn’t signed off on anything. It is also being said that WWE has videos set up of Rousey and Stephanie and that Stephanie may be talking about the situation on the Live with Chris Jericho special tonight on the WWE NETWORK
It should also be noted that when Rousey was a guest on the Pipers Pit podcast she said from the moment the segment at WrestleMania was over she knew that she couldn’t not come back and she’d do what ever she could to get back in there again.
I personally think Dana White saying it was one and done is damage control and we will be seeing her again. WWE has always been open to it, Rousey has friends within the company and quite frankly it would be a dumb business move on White’s part not to work out some sort of deal since it would be a huge crossover and could potentially bring new eyes to the UFC.
What do you guys think? Will we see Rousey in the squared circle again? Let us know in the comments.
-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)
F4WOnline reports that while there is no deal in place for a Ronda Rousey VS Stephanie McMahon match, there is said to be an understanding between the two sides that they want the match to take place at WrestleMania 32.
According to Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, WWE has wanted to do the match between Rousey and Stephanie since Rousey attended the 2014 SummerSlam pay-per-view when the 4 Horsewomen helped Stephanie with her ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.
There are many factors to be worked out in order for Rousey to compete in a WWE ring due to her being under contract with UFC, if UFC would even consider it. With that said the Rousey VS Stephanie singles match could easily end up being something like The Rock VS Triple H with Rousey and Stephanie in their corners.
Source: F4WOnline via WrestlingINC.com
While there is no deal for Ronda Rousey to work WWE’s WrestleMania 31 next year, it’s said that if they do another angle with her and Stephanie McMahon between now and next spring it could be at the October 25th Hell In A Cell pay-per-view from the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Source: WrestlingINC.com
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