Ronda Rousey On WWE’s Women’s Division: With Vince McMahon Gone, I Think We Are Taking Steps Forward

Ronda Rousey discusses the state of women in combat sports.

Ronda Rousey has had successful runs with WWE and UFC, and she made history with both. Along with Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair, Rousey was one of the first women to main-event WrestleMania when the three of them clashed at WWE WrestleMania 35.

Speaking with Scott Fishman of TV Insider, Ronda Rousey was asked to share her thoughts on the landscape of women in combat sports in WWE, UFC, and beyond.

“I think women in combat sports everywhere are succeeding more than ever before because people are taking them seriously. I think that being able to prove that women can fight and be exciting and dynamic. There has been this ripple effect on boxing, UFC, pro wrestling, and even Olympic wrestling. Women’s combat sports are exploding everywhere. Where fighting like a girl was an insult, and it’s not that anymore. I’ve been running around doing the mom thing and doing all these things that I haven’t been able to watch wrestlng as much as I used to. I saw a post from Nattie the other day that they had a card or half of the matches on the card were women. That was the last real hurdle for us to get to. To have equal representation in the programming time,” Rousey said.

Rousey continued by saying that the forward progress made it easier for the women to continue pushing, compared to where they were when they started. She stated that they can keep pushing to help the next generations. Rousey noted that it felt like WWE took several steps back, but she shared her belief that the company is taking steps forward again under Triple H.

“I’m sure the matches themselves didn’t get the time the men got for the most part, but all these steps forward make it so much easier for those after us to continue to start where we left off rather than all the way to the back. We can keep pushing farther and farther and help the next generations. There was a point after we had the main event of WrestleMania that I feel like WWE took several steps back, but now that Vince McMahon is gone and Triple H is at the helm, I feel we are taking steps forward again. I’m extremely encouraged by what is happening across the entire industry,” Rousey said.

Rousey recently said that, as far as running WWE, anyone was better than Vince McMahon. Check out her comments here.

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