5 Reasons WWE Shouldn’t Sign Ronda Rousey
By Tom Thomas
WWE.com
3. Her History as a Credible MMA Fighter
Rousey is 12-1 in professional fights if we consider her Strikeforce fights as well. That record alone is proof of her badassery in the octagon. Out of her 12 wins, 11 of those came in the very first round, including a win by submission in mere 54 seconds. Think about that for a moment. How would the WWE creative come up with a scenario where a person like that would get beaten?
We have to compare Rousey signing with the WWE to Brock Lesnar’s return to the WWE. When Lesnar returned to the WWE, he would often be booked as an unstoppable force of nature. He did take a loss to Cena upon his return. However, during his second run with the company, Brock has remained practically unstoppable. He took down Cena in a way that no one ever did before that. He defeated the Undertaker at Wrestlemania and ended the greatest streak in sports entertainment.
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Whenever Lesnar took a loss, it was either to a name as big as his own or under questionable circumstances. When he lost the WWE title at Wrestlemania 31, Roman Reigns was the one who took the pin. WWE has always protected Lesnar. Can it do the same with Rousey? When Lesnar went down for a few minutes during his triple threat match against Cena and Rollins, it was as a result of a Phoenix splash from Seth. Would anyone in the women’s division be able to pull off anything similar in a match? women’s division lacks the depth and the moves to pull off something like that. Rousey would find it hard to maintain the aura she had in UFC.
Once again, in no ways is this establishing that women’s division can’t replicate something that the men can. Even with the Women’s revolution, even with Women main eventing a PPV, men are simply the majority in the WWE. There are more stars and multiple storylines there. Protecting Rousey’s credibility the way WWE did for Lesnar would be a major challenge. On the flip side, if WWE doesn’t protect her well enough, the WWE universe will witness her star power drop gradually as the losses pile up.