Ronda Rousey Comments On The Predetermined Nature Of Pro Wrestling

Ronda Rousey recently spoke with Kurt Angle on The Kurt Angle Show about her transition from MMA to Pro Wrestling, and how the predetermined nature of WWE keeps her mind at ease. Check out the highlights below (per Wrestling Inc.):

Ronda Rousey on predetermined winners: “It really does help a lot. I don’t think pro wrestlers understand how much that it helps because a lot of times I’ll hear people be so offended that like, ‘How dare you call this fake! There’s no fake way to go through a table. This injury is real.’ And I’m like, ‘You guys, it’s not like the physical toll that makes something real.’”

On injuries in MMA: “The injuries don’t enter into your mind. It’s the anxiety and uncertainty of the result,” that makes the situation real, as opposed to the predetermined outcome of a pro-wrestling match.

On injuries in pro wrestling: “Injuries, I don’t care. People get injured all the time playing ‘Pirates of Penzance. There’s a lot of difficult, physical things out there that the realism to me is that extreme anxiety.”

On being a bronze medalist at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing: “Imagine if you didn’t win that gold medal, Kurt, and what that would have done to you for the rest of your life. That is what makes it real to me.”