Ronda Rousey’s WWE debut was years in the making, and it finally happened on Sunday night when she teamed with Kurt Angle to take on Triple H and Stephanie McMahon.
The general consensus seems to be that Rousey looked impressive in her debut match, and so far the fans seem to be completely behind her. Following her big debut at WrestleMania 34, Rousey spoke with ESPN and said that she owes the WWE universe an apology.
“I owe the WWE universe an apology, because I thought they were going to boo me out of the building from day one. They really accepted me from day one. Hopefully, I satisfied a lot of skeptics tonight. I underestimated how kind the WWE universe would be. I thought any outsiders would be shunned. I was expecting to get shunned and to have to battle to be accepted. I worked my ass off to pay respect to what’s so important to them, and hopefully they saw that tonight. I’m just so grateful, man. I’m trying my best to deserve it.”
Rousey was one of the biggest stars in UFC when she was active in the MMA world, but she has said that professional wrestling is her life now.
The former UFC Champion also said that she’s happy she lost to Holly Holm and Amanda Nunes in UFC, because her path led her to WWE.
“It was me versus the world in an individual sport,” Rousey said. “I thought I would never say this, but I’m so happy I lost those fights [to Holly Holm and Amanda Nunes] because it led me here. This is so worth it. Everything really does happen for a reason. I’m just so grateful. I thought I never would be [grateful] for [the losses], but time is a great teacher. I’m just really, really glad I gave it time instead of giving up and feeling it was the end of the world.”
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