| Ronda Rousey | |||
| Ring Names | Ronda Rousey | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Weight | 134 lb (61 kg) | ||
| Born | February 1, 1987 (37) | ||
| Riverside, California | |||
| Died | |||
| Resides | Venice, California | ||
| Billed | Venice, California | ||
| Trained by | Brian Kendrick Goldust Kurt Angle Natalya Neidhart WWE Performance Center | ||
| Debut | January 28, 2018 | ||
| Retired | August 5, 2023 | ||
Ronda Jean Rousey is an American professional wrestler, actress, writer, and former judoka and mixed martial artist. She is known for her time in Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and WWE. She received permission from professional wrestler Roddy Piper to use his "Rowdy" nickname.
Biography[]
There have been Superstars who tried fighting and fighters who tried their hand at being Superstars. But there was only one Ronda Rousey.
This record-setting modern legend has blazed a trail through mixed-martial arts, beginning with a bronze medal showing in judo during the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics and, most notably, continuing with a record-setting tear through UFC as the first female competitor to ever sign with the company. Given her status as the Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Champion before that promotion was absorbed by the UFC, Rousey was named the first-ever UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion upon her arrival. It's no surprise that she was destined to become the first woman to be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame on July of 2018.
Dubbing herself “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey with the blessing of the late Roddy Piper, she embarked on a ruthless undefeated streak that saw her submit opponents within a matter of seconds via her signature armbar. And she caught the sports-entertainment bug along the way, sharing the ring with The Rock and The Authority at WrestleMania 31. Ever since, rumors of a crossover to WWE persisted at almost every turn, though it seemed a dream pairing that was destined to remain just that … until Royal Rumble 2018, when Rousey arrived wearing Piper’s unmistakable leather jacket.
She then officially entered WWE in explosive fashion, sending COO Triple H crashing through a table and nearly getting into a scuffle with Stephanie McMahon before signing her Raw contract, and making it clear, in no uncertain terms, why she is “The Baddest Woman on the Planet.”
“Rowdy” Ronda continued to clash with her new employers over the next several weeks – both physically and verbally – before teaming with Kurt Angle to defeat Triple H and Stephanie McMahon in a blockbuster Mixed Tag Team Match at WrestleMania 34.
At SummerSlam 2018, Ronda defeated Alexa Bliss to win the Raw Women's Championship and went on to successfully defend her title against all comers, including Sasha Banks, Nia Jax and Nikki Bella.
This reign of dominance led Rousey to the main event of WrestleMania 35 where she clashed with Becky Lynch and SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair in a Winner Take All Match. Rousey suffered her first pinfall loss in WWE when Lynch scored the 1-2-3, but her influence and impact in competing in the first-ever women’s main event at WrestleMania was impossible to ignore.
The Baddest Woman on the Planet returned from a hiatus on Jan. 29, 2022 to win the Royal Rumble Match and earn the right to headline WrestleMania against the Women's Champion of her choosing. She chose SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair as her opponent and fell short at WrestleMania but defeated Flair in an 'I Quit' Match at WrestleMania Backlash to win her first SmackDown Women's Championship.
After briefly losing the SmackDown Women's Championship to Ms. Money in the Bank Liv Morgan, Rousey recaptured the title, winning back the championship in a brutal Extreme Rules Match at WWE Extreme Rules and becoming a three-time women's champion.
Rousey, along with Shayna Baszler, was drafted to the Raw brand during the 2023 WWE Draft. On the May 29 episode of Raw, Rousey and Baszler captured the WWE Women's Tag Team Championships. Not long after winning tag gold, Rousey was betrayed by Baszler during their tag title defense against Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez at WWE Money in the Bank 2023!
- WWE.com
Other ventures[]
Rousey appeared nude on the cover of ESPN The Magazine's 2012 Body Issue and in a pictorial therein. In May 2013, Rousey was ranked 29 on the Maxim Hot 100. She also appeared on the cover and in a pictorial of the September 2013 issue.
Rousey co-starred in The Expendables 3 (2014), marking her first role in a major motion picture. In 2015, she appeared in the film Furious 7, and played herself in the film Entourage.
In 2015, Rousey became the first woman featured on the cover of Australian Men's Fitness, appearing on their November edition.
In October 2015, Rousey became the first female athlete to guest host ESPN's SportsCenter.
Rousey was on the cover of the January 2016 issue for The Ring magazine. She became the first mixed martial artist to ever appear on the cover of the boxing magazine and the second woman as well, after Cathy Davis in 1978. In February 2016 she appeared in body paint as one of three cover athletes on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
Rousey hosted the January 23, 2016 episode of the late-night variety show Saturday Night Live, with musical guest Selena Gomez.
Rousey appeared in the Season 2, Episode 20 episode of Blindspot playing the role of Devon Penberthy, a prison inmate serving time for transporting weapons across state lines.
A number of starring film roles have been developed for Rousey, including an adaptation of her autobiography My Fight / Your Fight at Paramount, The Athena Project at Warner Bros., the Peter Berg-directed action film Mile 22. Rousey was scheduled to star in a remake of the 1989 Patrick Swayze action drama Road House. Road House would have marked her biggest acting job to date. According to Variety, Rousey reached out to Swayze's widow, Lisa Niemi, to ask for her blessing, which Niemi gave. However, the Road House project was cancelled in 2016.
On July 9, 2018, Rousey was confirmed as one of the two pre-order bonus characters for the video game WWE 2K19 (the other being wrestling veteran Rey Mysterio). She previously appeared in EA Sports UFC, EA Sports UFC 2 and EA Sports UFC 3.
On January 17, 2019, it was confirmed that Rousey would be voicing Sonya Blade in the video game Mortal Kombat 11.
On August 18, 2019, it was revealed that Rousey is appearing as a recurring character Lena Bosko in the third season of FOX's 9-1-1 series. During her first day of shooting, she injured two fingers after her left hand was jammed in a boat door. The tip of her ring finger was fractured while her middle finger was broken with the tendon nearly severed. Rousey was rushed to the hospital, where her middle finger was mended with a metal plate and screws.
On February 18, 2020, Rousey announced her first stream on Facebook Gaming and donated all stream profits to charity.
Personal life[]
As of 2017, Rousey lives in Venice, California.
Rousey became a vegan after Beijing 2008, but in 2012 described her diet as "kind of a mix between a Paleo and a Warrior diet", trying to eat everything.
Rousey has discussed how she struggled with her body image in the past. She explained, "When I was in school, martial arts made you a dork, and I became self-conscious that I was too masculine. I was a 16-year-old girl with ringworm and cauliflower ears. People made fun of my arms and called me 'Miss Man'. It wasn't until I got older that I realized: these people are idiots. I'm fabulous."
Rousey is an avid fan of Dragon Ball Z and Pokémon. Her favorite Pokémon is Mew and she had a childhood crush on Vegeta. Christopher Sabat, the English voice actor of Vegeta, jokingly replied in an interview, "She has seen my power level for what it is… She also scares me." She also plays World of Warcraft, primarily as a night elf hunter.
In 2015, she raised money by auctioning signed T-shirts for the Black Jaguar-White Tiger Foundation, whose goal is to save big cats from circuses and zoos and provide them with the best lifestyle.
In April 2015, Rousey visited Yerevan, Armenia for the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. While in Yerevan, she visited the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide memorial.
Rousey endorsed Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign in the 2016 United States presidential election.
In February 2016, in an interview with Ellen DeGeneres Rousey admitted that suicidal thoughts went through her mind in the aftermath of her knockout loss to Holly Holm in November 2015.
Relationships[]
Rousey once dated fellow UFC fighter Brendan Schaub. In August 2015, Rousey was rumored to be in a relationship with UFC fighter Travis Browne, who knocked out Schaub in a bout the previous year, after a picture of the two together appeared on Twitter and Browne's estranged wife Jenna Renee Webb accused the two of seeing one another. Browne was at the time still married and under investigation by the UFC after Webb publicly accused him of domestic violence in July 2015. Browne confirmed he and Rousey were together in October 2015. The next day, Rousey revealed that she was dating Browne. Rousey and Browne got engaged on April 20, 2017, in New Zealand and married on August 28, 2017, in Browne's home state of Hawaii. On April 21, 2021, Rousey announced on her official YouTube channel that she is four months pregnant with her first child. Rousey and Browne announced that the child will be a girl. On September 27, 2021, Rousey gave birth to a girl named La’akea Makalapuaokalanipõ Browne.
In her autobiography, My Fight, Your Fight, Rousey wrote of an incident with a former boyfriend she dubbed "Snappers McCreepy" after she discovered that he had taken nude photos of her without her consent or knowledge, two weeks before her first fight with Miesha Tate. When a seething Rousey met him, she "slapped him across the face so hard [her] hand hurt." According to Rousey, he then refused to let her leave as he was trying to explain, so she attacked his face with two punches, one more slap, one knee, then "tossed him aside on the kitchen floor." She went to her car and he followed, grabbing the steering wheel, so she "dragged him out onto the sidewalk, and left him writhing there". Rousey deleted the photos and erased his hard drive, however, fear that the pictures may still be out there influenced her to pose for ESPN magazine's Body Issue so that nude pictures of her would be seen on her own terms. Rousey faced some criticism that she had committed domestic abuse.
Championships and accomplishments[]
- WWE
- WWE SmackDown Women's Championship (2 times)
- WWE Raw Women's Championship (1 time)
- WWE Women's Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Shayna Baszler
- Women's Royal Rumble (2022)
- Eighth Women's Triple Crown Champion
- Slammy Award (1 time)
- for "This is Awesome" Moment of the Year (2015) – with The Rock
- WWE Year-End Award
- Best Diss of the Year (2018)
Social Media[]
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ronda.cips
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rondarousey
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/rondarousey
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKKbnaWUi04RpY1M0yBidBw