Shayna Baszler and Ronda Rousey were working as a tag team for a number of months and they even won the WWE Women’s Tag Team championships. Together they had been an extremely dominant Tag Team who were literally destroying all of their opponents. This team was completely unstoppable.
At WWE Money in the Bank, this deadly MMA duo defended their Tag Team championships against the team of Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez. Shayna Baszler and Ronda Rousey were totally dominating their opponents but at the end, Shayna betrayed Ronda which ultimately led to a match which is now scheduled for SummerSlam.
Submission Showdown: Shayna Baszler’s Mission to Submit Ronda Rousey at Summerslam
The match was booked as a regular match at first but by this week’s RAW it was announced that this match would now be an MMA rules match. This is definitely a match that fans are looking forward to. Shayna recently spoke to the New York post where he expressed her desired to make Ronda Rousey tapout. Here are some highlights of what she said;
On proposing a fight with Rousey back in the UFC: “It was my turn, I said, at the time, ‘The best way I can thank you for changing everything for me is to give you the fight you deserve. At the time, we think I’m gonna clean out the UFC division and we’re gonna meet for the title and it’s gonna be epic and it’s gonna be the first fight Ronda has that lasts over a minute… Now I have to give her the fight she deserves and it has a totally different meaning than we originally thought, but I think it’s a full-circle moment.”
Shayna Baszler Betrayed Ronda Rousey At Money In The Bank
On potentially making Rousey tap out: “You will have to tear both of Ronda’s arms off and beat them unconscious with them in order for her to really say you won a fight. I have to be willing to do what it takes to make Ronda physically incapable of continuing to fight and the same with [Ronda for] me. I’m not even sure [tapping] is something she’s capable of doing. We’ll find out. We’ll push the limits.”
On toeing the heel/babyface line: “I think if I take care of Ronda and shut her up and maybe she does go away I think for a second people are gonna appreciate me a little bit. I don’t think I’m the type of person who’s ever gonna be a babyface face in the way a Liv Morgan is or a Kairi Sane, these super sympathetic [figures]. But I think I can be people’s hero if they want it to be. Am I trying to do that, not necessarily.”
Most of the fans are rooting for Shayna Baszler to win this match who is also the favourite since Ronda Rousey is rumoured to leave soon. There are rumours that a big main event push for Shayna would start soon and this match would be the very beginning of it. We hope Shayna becomes the top star once again she used to be in NXT.
H/T – eWrestlingNews.com