There have been speculations about Ronda Rousey’s participation at Wrestlemania 39 due to her health. One of the biggest attractions of the WWE female roster has been out of action due to a hairline fracture injury and there’s no timeline for her getting cleared in time for the Biggest Event of the Year.
As per the earlier reports, Ronda Rousey has reaggravated a previous injury, believed to be a hairline fracture. This is the reason that she’s since been appearing with a sling in hand and didn’t perform in a tag team match on Smackdown, a few weeks ago. This injury is the reason why ‘The Rowdy One’ is yet to be announced for Wrestlemania 39.
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In an update, it’s been confirmed that Ronda Rousey will be competing at the mega event but her match will be way different from what was originally planned even a few weeks ago. WrestleVotes reports on their Twitter handle that Rousey and Baszler will be competing in the fatal-4-way that was announced for Wrestlemania 39 during the February 17 episode of SmackDown.
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Soon after the announcement, a qualifying match for the fatal-4-way also determined the first participated Raquel Rodriguez and Liv Morgan being the first entries into the match by defeating the team of Emma and Tegan Nox. The source added that Ronda Rousey/Shayna Baszler will be added to this match at Wrestlemania 39 alongside the pairs of Natalya/Shotzi, and Chelsea Green/Carmella.
While no stakes for this match have been announced, we can assume that the winners will be one step closer to challenging the reigning women’s tag team champions after Wrestlemania 39 gets over. WWE Hall of Famer Lita and Becky Lynch is holding the tag belts and they’re not booked in any title match, as of this writing.
That being said, plans around Ronda Rousey have again been changed for Wrestlemania 39. Soon after dropping the SmackDown Women’s Championship to Charlotte Flair in December 2022, it was reported that Rousey would be entering the tag division. With the former MMA alumni Shayna Baszler, the initial plans called for the pair to win the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships but that’s not the case, anymore.
