Ronda Rousey made her shocking return to the WWE at the Royal Rumble 2022 even on January 29. She entered the 30-woman fray and ended up winning the contest to solidify her spot in the main event of Wrestlemania 38. She has also chosen her opponent at the Biggest Event of the Year where she will challenge Smackdown Women’s Champion, Charlotte Flair.
Needless to say, Ronda Rousey returning to WWE TV after a gap of almost three years, marked the highlight of this year’s Royal Rumble. Her, winning the Rumble, also garnered major mainstream attention from all around the globe. She is an icon in combat sports history and WWE fully intends to use her star power at this year’s Mania.
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The other major mainstream stars from The Rumble, The Bella Twins shared a few moments in the ring with Ronda Rousey. During the Women’s Royal Rumble match, Brie was able to eliminate her sister, Nikki, and thereby seek revenge from four years ago but then Brie was immediately upstaged by the returning superstar for the elimination.
Then on a recent episode of The Bellas Podcast, Nikki and Brie had just talked about the Rumble match that took place in St. Louis, Missouri. The Bellas entered the match as entrant number 19 and number 24, respectively. They had the opportunity to share the ring with The Baddest Woman on the Planet and they had a ton to offer about the experience.
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“Being back in with Ronda, Ronda’s thrilling,” Nikki said. “Ronda, to me, puts you on a whole another level of like, ‘damn, I’m gonna get my butt kicked but I’m so ready for it.’ I mean, it’s just Ronda Rousey.”
“I agree,” Brie replied. “And I’ll say, like, after I got you [Nikki Bella] out, which was really fun, I didn’t know if I’d ever get my moment again with this because I never know when I’m gonna get the call to come back. And it could never be. It was just too perfect, Nikki. It was too perfect, I’m sorry.”
Nikki had the prior experience of facing Ronda Rousey in a one-on-one capacity as they shared the main event spotlight at Evolution 2018. Speaking about that match, she revealed that out of all the WWE Superstars she has competed against, no one brings the force better than the UFC Hall of Famer.
“Her strength is unreal,” Nikki explained. “That Evolution match, I never felt that kind of strength in a woman before. We’ve been getting slammed by women for fifteen years. When I fought Ronda, I was like, this is a whole other level of strength. It’s like a flawless strength, it’s hard to describe.” (quotes courtesy Wrestling INC)
