The first night of Ronda Rousey in WWE back in 2018 appeared to be quite polarizing, the way WWE wanted it to handle. While some liked the way and particularly the night chosen for her appearance, some thought it was inappropriate and disrespectful to the WWE Women’s Division. One of the cornerstone figures for WWE, Nikki Bella is one of them.
Ronda Rousey made an incredible WWE debut at the Royal Rumble 2018 night where the main event was the first-ever Women’s Royal Rumble match in WWE history.
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For the first time ever, 30 women competed in that over-the-top-rope battle royal. Asuka eliminated Nikki Bella to pick up the win to create history but her moment was overshadowed with the arrival of Ronda Rousey.
Once the night was over, everybody was talking about Ronda Rousey arriving at the WWE and what the future could be holding for her, instead of the bygone Women’s Royal Rumble match. In her new book named ‘Incomparable’, Nikki Bella talked about the event and claimed that it was a perfect night for them without a good finish.
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The longest reigning Divas Champion in WWE history mentioned Ronda Rousey’s debuting moment as ‘a bit of a slap’ to all the women who competed in the inaugural Royal Rumble match.
Nikki Bella continued saying that she found the entire booking of WWE creative for that night was a little triggering. She confirmed not having anything personal with the former UFC Bantamweight Champion but that moment was inappropriate,
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“But it was a bit of a slap in the face to all the historic women wrestlers who had come out for the match, the main event, only to have the moment upstaged by the Ronda announcement. It just didn’t need to happen like that.
It dominated the postshow news cycle and became the only thing everyone wanted to talk about—not the historic Royal Rumble and Asuka’s dominance in the league.” said Nikki Bella. “And by the way, it sucked for Ronda, too. Because that’s no way to join a team—they threw her right into the lion’s den.” (courtesy sescoops.com)
As noted earlier, Asuka eliminated Nikki Bella to win the first Women’s Royal Rumble match in 2018. As we often see during Rumble events, the show closes with the Rumble winner standing tall and thereby posing towards the WrestleMania sign. But this time around, Ronda Rousey eclipsed the Japanese star’s victory and the move taken by WWE was highly criticized.
