Ronda Rousey Criticized For Being Overated

Ronda Rousey caused a stir when she appeared on an ROH TV taping. She hasn’t signed her contract yet, but that hasn’t stopped the talks a about how much she would mean to Tony Khan’s organization.

After the SummerSlam event in August, Ronda Rousey ended her tenure with WWE. During her stay, she participated in an MMA rules match where Shayna Baszler defeated former WWE Women’s Champion.

In a surprising twist, Rousey competed in a tag team match at an ROH TV taping after Collision and Rampage.

Eric Bischoff shared his thoughts on a variety of topics on the latest episode of his podcast “83 Weeks.” One of the topics discussed was Ronda Rousey, who recently attended his ROH TV taping on Friday.

“Eh. I think she’s, I don’t want to say overrated, but I think in terms of the professional wrestling industry, she’s overrated.

An obviously very accomplished mixed martial artist, very accomplished at judo. Phenomenal athlete. But she never clicked for me in WWE, despite a push from the gods.

She got an amazing push, but there was something lacking with her, and she never clicked with me.”

“I don’t think she really clicked with the audience. Not long after she first arrived, I think the shine kind of wore off the star pretty quickly, and I never got the feeling that she was really serious about the industry.

Don’t get me wrong, not in terms of her performances or what she put in. Not suggesting she didn’t put in her full effort, but it takes more than that, and I never really felt like she embraced the business.

After Holly Holm knocked her out decidedly, she left there, kind of whined about it a little bit. Not someone who handled the loss well in the media.”

“Then she segued into WWE, and I don’t know. I just don’t think she’s as big a name as people sometimes think she is. I think she mattered to a buyer.

I don’t think that there’s going to be a media buyer out there or a programming buyer out there that’s going, ‘Oh, wait, you got Ronda Rousey? I too wasn’t sure about this deal, but now I really want to do it.’ I don’t see that,” Bischoff said.”

Ronda Rousey’s involvement with the company was based on her handshake agreement, which left the door open to her potential future matches if she was willing to participate.

The decision to broadcast matches on ROH TV was primarily aimed at increasing Honor Club’s subscriber numbers.

AEW has a lot of loyal supporters, but they also need a mainstream presence to establish themselves in the market.

Having someone like Ronda Rousey by her side could do a lot for her, but it remains to be seen if she’ll ever appear in the company again.