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Ronda Rousey Responds to Reports That She’s Leaving WWE to Start a Family, Says to Leave Her ‘Reproductive Organs Alone,’ Addresses the Lack of Respect Shown by Sasha Banks

January 25, 2019 | Posted by Jeffrey Harris
Ronda Rousey Raw 11-5-18, WrestleMania 35 Image Credit: WWE

ESPN recently interviewed Raw women’s champion and former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey. During the interview, she was asked about recent reports that she will soon be exiting WWE to start a family. Below are some highlights.

Ronda Rousey on reports she is taking time off to have a family: “I honestly don’t know why [anyone] feels like [they’re] an authority to speak on the plans for my uterus. If I responded every single time the world speculated what I was doing with my womb I would not have a free moment in the day. I really don’t feel like I should have to respond to that kind of thing. It’s my vagina, my life, keep the speculations to yourself. Leave me and my reproductive organs alone.”

Rousey on her upcoming match against Sasha Banks: “I’ve been very extremely respectful to Sasha Banks and I haven’t received any of that respect back. I feel like I’ve never gotten respect where it’s due, and she feels like I basically get a bunch of opportunities that I haven’t earned because I have been here less than a year and I already have a title.T he more people think that we hate each other the better,” she says. “It’s like being in ‘Game of Thrones.’ The chick that’s playing Daenerys and the chick that’s playing Cersei, those actors don’t actually hate each other but the more that they can get you invested in it, the more successful ‘Game of Thrones’ is. If I’m playing Cersei, I don’t give a s— if you hate Cersei’s guts, I care that you love ‘Game of Thrones.'”

Ronda Rousey on her performance in wrestling: “Sometimes I don’t feel like I’m acting or selling anything. Whatever we’re doing in that moment, I’m so wrapped up in it that I really believe it. I’ve really convinced myself of all of this, ‘Oh my God it hurts so bad! I didn’t think I’d be any good as an actual wrestler. I thought I would be pretty much just a gimmick that got old after a couple of months. I really wanted to get good at it and I needed to get time and practice. So the more that I do it, the more that I realize that I really love it. The more that I love it, the more I really, really want to be good at it. The more I really, really want to be good at it, the more that I really want to be there so I can get even better at it. I have that type of personality.”