Ronda Rousey Recalls Vince McMahon Being ‘More Far Gone’ During Her Second WWE Run

Ronda Rousey says that her second run in WWE was a far more chaotic one, with Vince McMahon being “more far gone” and harder to work with. Rousey has been vocally critical of her second run with the company, which ran from the 2022 Royal Rumble to SummerSlam 2023. She recently spoke with Complex for a new interview and spoke about the chaos during that era, noting that she enjoyed her time in the ring but felt “heavily edited” and didn’t want to be in “the death throes of Vince McMahon’s reign.”

Rousey recalled how things were more difficult during that second run as compared to her first run from 2017 through 2019, and said that she was hoping that Triple H would take over while she was there. You can see the highlights below:

On If She Felt Heavily Edited In WWE:

“Oh, yeah. I felt like I was doing somebody else’s impression of myself. You can tell when I was allowed to write my own promos and when I wasn’t, you know? And I learned a lot from it, and I really enjoyed my time in the ring. I didn’t really enjoy being under the death throes of Vince McMahon’s reign, but there were a lot of great experiences in there.”

On the Difference Between Her First & Second WWE Runs:

“I mean the second run, like Vince was just more far gone and more difficult to work with. And there was a lot of inner turmoil going on in the company, it was kind of a s**t show, and nobody ever knew what was going on. And you would get to the arena and you know, you would be made to do something that somebody threw in your lap that wasn’t — hadn’t thought about it until 15 minutes before.

“Everything was super last-minute and not well thought, out and there was no communication, no back and forth. Any attempt to collaborate felt like we were trying to negotiate something, as opposed to partnering together to make something great. And unfortunately like, I love being out there in the ring and doing it, but the process was just like clusterf**k s**tshow that it was so much more anxiety than it was worth.”

On Wanting Triple H To Take Over At the Time:

I just look back at it and I just remember the anxiety of not knowing what was going on, and then at the last minute, maybe we’d be able to pull it out of our ass and have a good night and maybe not. I was definitely team Triple H to get up to take it over, yeah. So I’ve heard it’s been much better since he’s taken things over, but unfortunately I didn’t get to experience it.”

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