During the initial days of her WWE run, the name Ronda Rousey was more than enough to drag the audience to their TV screen. There was a point when she made up the star power of Roman Reigns’ absence as one of the handful of bonafide babyface of the Raw roster by the end of 2018. As much as it’s surprising to see and learn, the power of captivating the fans has long been gone from the UFC Hall of Famer.
Fans have long been booing Ronda Rousey out of the building, not because she’s a heel but because they’re simply not willing to see her in action. The title-drop by the end of 2022 and the follow-up absence of the UFC Hall of Famer was actually welcoming to the Smackdown audience.
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There’re a few reasons that WWE failed to utilize this star performer in her ongoing stint that could be jotted down as given below:
Lack of in-ring techniques
The biggest issue with Ronda Rousey during this run was the stale matches that she’s been delivering. Except for the I Quit Match against Charlotte Flair at Wrestlemania Backlash 2022, no PPV match lived up to her worth. Or, perhaps, WWE Universe had witnessed so great matches featuring her, they’re simply not interested to see below-average matches from a bonafide performer like her.
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Weak Smackdown Women’s roster
Ronda Rousey has stayed on Smackdown since her return to the WWE in early 2022. Except for Charlotte Flair, there was no top talent that could have built up a proper feud with her. WWE had a desperate try by building up Liv Morgan but it was already late as the audience already turned on her by then. The other matches against Sonya Deville, Shotzi, Emma, Liv Morgan, Raquel Rodriguez, and Aliyah weren’t just Rousey-esque.
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Random heel-face turns
Ronda Rousey returned as a babyface but she didn’t act like one, initially. When she started acting like one, the audience started her treating her as a heel. Then she ended up pretending to be a vicious heel but during the feud with Liv Morgan, people felt like she was a tweener and her TV character reached nowhere.
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Royal Rumble win
Winning the Royal Rumble 2022 match garnered news for the WWE as well as Ronda Rousey, herself. But after being away from the scene for almost three years, pushing her right into the challenger’s spot for Wrestlemania was just too much and the feud against Charlotte Flair didn’t also live up to the expectation.
Losing at Wrestlemania 38
Speaking of WrestleMania, a protected character like The Baddest Woman on the Planet suffered a clean pinfall loss to Flair after a distraction and a big boot which wasn’t a smart decision. It definitely made her beatable and all her aura was gone, just like that. Losing to Liv Morgan made things even worse.
