Ronda Rousey Explains Why She Has No Desire To Return to WWE, Says It Was ‘Chaotic’ on the Inside

Don’t expect Ronda Rousey back in WWE anytime soon. During a recent interview with Raj Prashad for Uncrowned, the Olympic Bronze medalist, former UFC Champion, and former WWE Champion explained why she has no interest in ever making a return to WWE. Below are some highlights:

On her proudest achievement: “I think I’m most proud of being able to create a way for women in combat sports to be able to make a living that just didn’t exist before. I went and won an Olympic medal, and then became a bartender. There was just nothing I could go to from that. Reverberating out from what happened in the UFC to now, women in WWE are getting a lot more respect and making a lot more money. Women in boxing are getting a lot more respect and making a lot more money. And I know that is a direct result from what we were able to do in the UFC. It warms my heart to be able to see all the women taking that torch and running with it, and setting fires of their own.”

Rousey on if she believes she gets enough credit for her trailblazing work: “I don’t think any woman trailblazer gets enough credit because I think people forget very quickly the way that it was and how difficult it used to be. I think the people not remembering how it was, that no one wanted to give women fighters a minute of their day as opposed to seeing them as a valuable investment now. But I don’t want them to be able to know what that was like. There’s no way you could know if you hadn’t lived it. And I don’t want them to live it.”

Ronda Rousey on why she won’t return to WWE: “It was a lot of needless anxiety and things like that. And the whole company was just a chaotic **** show on the inside, and then they ended up dropping all my friends. So I really have no reason to go back. I wanted to do a run with the Four Horsewomen and I never got to do that. And now I feel like I’ve already accomplished everything that I wanted to in WWE and all that’s really left for me is to go there and have fun with my friends, and none of my friends are there anymore.”

On how she parted ways with WWE and not wanting to go back on the road: “I didn’t hear from anybody. It was more of the way we left it was, they were like, ‘There’s always an open door; if you ever want to come back, let us know.” I just don’t think I could ever be on the road with the company again. I have two girls now, and hopefully we can have some more soon, I’d love that. And there’s just no room in my life to be able to maintain that lifestyle and a family at the same time.”

Rousey’s new graphic novel, Expecting the Unexpected, arrives on October 7.