Ronda Rousey has been told she “wasn’t good enough” to “talk trash” about her former WWE rival Alexa Bliss. Rousey made controversial comments about being booked in a feud with Bliss during her first run in the company.
WWE Personality Slams Ronda Rousey’s Alexa Bliss Criticism
Rousey received huge backlash from the pro wrestling community this week after recalling her time working with current SmackDown star Bliss. The former UFC fighter won her first WWE RAW Women’s Championship after defeating Bliss.
The 38-year-old said while appearing on The Lapsed Fan: “The fact that they had me fighting Alexa Bliss at all was f*cking ridiculous, and you wanna know why they had me against Alexa Bliss? Because she had the most merch sales at the time… Like, what the f*ck!? That’s your decision-making process?”
Those comments didn’t sit well with many in the business, including MJF, and the AEW star tweeted his thoughts. But another significant name in the pro wrestling world went on a tirade about Rousey and how she isn’t worthy of giving such an opinion.
Pete Rosenberg, a radio show host who has worked with WWE since 2016, gave his thoughts while speaking on his Cheap Heat podcast: “For her to sort of, not sort of, blatantly criticize the fact that she worked with Alexa Bliss, as if Bliss was somehow beneath her, was yet another example of Ronda Rousey needing to pry her foot out of her mouth. Can you just have a little class and not bury the people who work in the business day in and day out?”
The host of RAW Recap delved into Rousey’s questioning of being put with Bliss from a merchandise-selling perspective. He made a comparison to SmackDown star Randy Orton and the now-retired Batista “This is a business that gave you a lot of money, a lot of fame, and you did quite well doing it. And you left when you wanted to. I’m sure it wasn’t all perfect—nobody’s job is. But I just… I don’t know who she thinks she is to act as if—you’re not like Randy Orton or Batista, who, by the way, would never badmouth the business. I don’t get it.”
Rosenberg made clear that Rousey’s fame and success were a result of her UFC career and that she shouldn’t trash talking pro wrestling talent even if she was good or bad at it: “Criticize UFC fighters—no problem. You were an all-time great in MMA. You’re not an all-time great in wrestling. You’re not. So you just don’t have the cache to say things about people like Bliss, who have been around a lot and given their bodies, their time, and their effort, and leave their child every week to be on TV—and go through a lot of different things personally and professionally to be a part of the business.”
He concluded: “It is incredibly disrespectful for you to decide your time was up and now you want to talk trash about the people who did it. I’m sorry—even if you were good enough to do it, you shouldn’t do it. And you weren’t good enough to do it.”
Rousey had two stints in WWE and was red-hot when first arriving in the company back in 2018, debuting at WrestleMania 34. She defeated Alexa Bliss at SummerSlam in 2018 and became the RAW Women’s Champion.
In Denial, Ronda Rousey Was A WWE Failure
Ronda Rousey was booked like a megastar who felt big time every time she entered an arena. It felt as though a future WWE Hall of Famer had arrived, a natural who could become the full package if she worked on her character (which she never did).
The Baddest Woman on the Planet’s WrestleMania debut came in a tag match with Kurt Angle against Triple H and Stephanie McMahon, earning her rave reviews, but many, including Becky Lynch, think this led to her being ‘mishandled’.
A feud with Alexa Bliss occurred in her first year with the promotion, and she became champion while feuding with the biggest heel in the women’s division at the time. She picked up the title in a squash match, which doesn’t justify her bemusement over the Bliss rivalry.
It seems Rousey, who should have turned to Bliss for advice on playing a heel, is unwilling to acknowledge that she didn’t put in the work to maintain fan popularity and earn the respect of the pro wrestling business. Her mic skills actually showed regression; there were many forgettable matches, such as her ‘MMA Rules’ match with Shayna Baszler, and she never seemed to accept the kayfabe side of WWE.
