MMA isn’t the only place Ronda Rousey is returning to.
The former UFC women’s bantamweight champion made her debut in AEW after the conclusion of her best friend Marina Shafir’s match against “Timeless” Toni Storm during the Revolution pay-per-view at Crypto.com Arena on Sunday night.
Storm made her way to the stage after she beat Shafir in a match with everyone barred from ringside.
As she rolled around on stage, Rousey came out of the crowd and entered the ring wearing a “Rowdy” Roddy Piper jacket and she and Storm had to be separated by security as the four-time AEW Women’s World champion made her way to the ring.
Rousey, 39, has not been seen in wrestling since her second WWE run ended at SummerSlam 2023 and in three matches as Shafir’s tag team partner later that year.
The final one was in Ring of Honor, also owned by AEW president Tony Khan. She appears to be joining Shafir as a member of Jon Moxley’s Death Riders faction.
“The Baddest Women on the Planet” is set to make her return to the cage against fellow legend Gina Carano on the first MMA card on Netflix on May 16.
It appears Rousey, a mother of two, will be working double duty wrestling for WWE’s competition as well.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
