Ronda Rousey is looking serious about making a career shift. Recently, it was made public that the former UFC women’s bantamweight champion is on the verge of finalizing her WWE deal, with a possible debut at WrestleMania 34 in April 2018.
If there is one individual who has seen many superstars grace the WWE ring, it is long-time commentator Jim Ross. Recently the 2007 WWE Hall-of-Fame inductee spoke to Submission Radio about how he feels Rousey’s WWE run would be.
“You could go down the list of all the great women WWE’s signed and there’s a story there for Ronda,” Ross said. “Cause every woman can make the story that ‘I want to be the one that beats Ronda Rousey, so she’s not gonna come to my world and dominate like she did MMA and the UFC’ and so forth.”
“So I think it’s inevitable, I just don’t know when or where, but to me, like I said earlier, Ronda Rousey in WWE is a match made in box office heaven.”
Ross believes Ronda will be able to enjoy the same level of fame and recognition she had as a UFC champion, which is why he sees it fit to have her be part of the company’s biggest yearly event for her debut.
“She’s got charisma, she’s a beautiful woman, I just think there’s a perfect fit there,” Ross said. “And whether she signs for a one-off or a short-term or a handful of matches, I have no idea, but obviously if she does sign, one would assume that it would have something to do with a WrestleMania appearance. And I would love to see that in New Orleans this year.”
“I’ll be down there and I’d love to see her compete because she will train with the same intensity, the same desire to be great in that genre as she did in MMA.”
Rousey has not officially retired from MMA competition and remains to be on the UFC roster as the number eighth-ranked women’s 135-pound fighter. She last fought at UFC 207 in December 2016, where she was stopped by Amanda Nunes via first-round TKO.