Ronda Rousey officially signed her WWE contract on Sunday, and in the same day made a major splash at the Elimination Chamber event.
The 31-year-old former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion body-slammed Triple H through a table upon Raw general manager Kurt Angle revealing that Triple H and his wife, Raw commissioner Stephanie McMahon had only signed Rousey as a precursor to getting revenge against her.
McMahon then stormed into the ring and slapped Rousey across the face. “Don’t you ever touch my husband,” McMahon snarled. “Who do you think you are, Ronda? Who do you think you are?”
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Rousey later tweeted about the event:
It seems the stage is set for Angle and Rousey to team up and take on Triple H and McMahon at the much-anticipated WrestleMania 34 in New Orleans on April 8, WWE’s first signature event of the year.
Rousey enjoyed a long undefeated streak in UFC until Holly Holm knocked her out in the second round of a women’s bantamweight world title fight in November 2015. She did not compete for a year and when she returned, she was knocked out again, this time by Amanda Nunes, in December 2016.
Rousey had made sporadic appearances at WWE events from 2014 to 2017, but officially appeared as a contracted wrestler at the Royal Rumble earlier this year.
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 22: Ronda Rousey speaks during Reebok Women’s Luncheon, hosted by Ronda Rousey, on March 22, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Reebok)
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