Even with every week and a half of distance, many still cannot consider that AEW Revolution featured an appearance from Ronda Rousey, who confronted “Timeless” Toni Storm and left with long-time friend Marina Shafir after Shafir laid Storm out with a sucker punch. And though Rousey’s appearance was reportedly a one-off for now, and any potential Storm-Rousey plans are unattainable attributable to Storm being forced out of motion, many are still interested in how this all got here together.
On Wednesday, Rousey answered those questions herself, posting a six and a half minute YouTube vlog detailing her Revolution appearance. Rousey revealed that she had previously asked Shafir about getting involved during one in all Shafir’s matches, each to assist out her friend and to advertise her upcoming fight against Gina Carano on Netflix. Revolution became an option after Shafir told Rousey she was wrestling her first PPV singles match against Storm on the event.
As footage was shown of Rousey interacting with people backstage, including Kenny Omega and Dax Harwood, the previous UFC star admitted that she did find it weird that AEW kept her arrival secretive, revealing they wheeled her into the world in a wheelchair covered in a tarp. Still, Rousey found the experience an excellent one, calling AEW “a less restrictive, more adult version of WWE.” Perhaps most significantly, Rousey also admitted the looks was motivated, partly, to stay it to UFC and TKO, whom she had a falling out with during early negotiations for the Carano fight.
“It’s sort of a cool, little little bit of a ‘f**k you’ to the TKO group,” Rousey said. “Which is sort of funny because…WWE is on Netflix. But I sort of figured it might be easier to say sorry as an alternative of permission on this one. Like, I’m promoting your show, it’s positive. We didn’t advertise it, it is not like we boosted the rankings of it. So it ought to be positive.”
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