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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2019 14:08:22 GMT -5
I mean I would never say this to his face since you know it’s Mark Henry but he’s always struck me as a kool-aid drinker in his interviews
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2019 14:12:29 GMT -5
I mean I would never say this to his face since you know it’s Mark Henry but he’s always struck me as a kool-aid drinker in his interviews
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Feb 3, 2019 14:16:06 GMT -5
I will say that even in Ronda's own autobiography she doesn't come across as the greatest of people at times--nothing like the Sandy Hook stuff, just really kinda self-absorbed and thin-skinned. I don't think it's a stretch to say that's been borne out a bit. It's weird to read someone's own autobiography and be less of a fan than when you started, but it happened for me. I think that's part and parcel with the type of person Ronda feels she has to be. The Ronda Rousey persona is quite evidently a front for the real woman underneath, who suffers from some serious self-esteem and/or emotional insecurity issues based on the reactions she's had to professional and personal setbacks.
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Post by darbus alan on Feb 3, 2019 14:19:31 GMT -5
Doesn't Rousey have some serious mental health issues as well? Or did?
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Feb 3, 2019 14:49:57 GMT -5
Doesn't Rousey have some serious mental health issues as well? Or did? I believe she had some issues as a teenager, and of course, she contemplated suicide after Holm KO'd her, which isn't the reaction of someone who is of sound mind. Even when she came back after that she was visibly a shell of her previous self. She tied up all her self-worth in the myth of Ronda Rousey, baddest woman on the planet, and had absolutely nothing to fall back on when she was proven to not be as bad as she boasted.
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Post by karl100589 on Feb 3, 2019 15:45:51 GMT -5
I will say that even in Ronda's own autobiography she doesn't come across as the greatest of people at times--nothing like the Sandy Hook stuff, just really kinda self-absorbed and thin-skinned. I don't think it's a stretch to say that's been borne out a bit. It's weird to read someone's own autobiography and be less of a fan than when you started, but it happened for me. I think that's part and parcel with the type of person Ronda feels she has to be. The Ronda Rousey persona is quite evidently a front for the real woman underneath, who suffers from some serious self-esteem and/or emotional insecurity issues based on the reactions she's had to professional and personal setbacks.
I get the same impression. If you watch a lot of interviews with Ronda away from performing she has this awkward, dorky side to her. She's a girl that loved Mortal Kombat, plays World of Warcraft, used to moderate a Pokemon forum etc. But because of what her Mom wanted her to be and what she felt she needed to be she created the 'Rowdy' persona as a cover, one which she arguably bought into too much.
As for her autobiography I went the opposite way; I knew abut the negative stories and came out understanding why she's the way she is, plus the stories about Team USA after the Olympics was eye opening. Part of me would like a follow-up TBH considering everything that's happened since then.
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Post by Prince Petty on Feb 4, 2019 2:37:44 GMT -5
I think that's part and parcel with the type of person Ronda feels she has to be. The Ronda Rousey persona is quite evidently a front for the real woman underneath, who suffers from some serious self-esteem and/or emotional insecurity issues based on the reactions she's had to professional and personal setbacks. I get the same impression. If you watch a lot of interviews with Ronda away from performing she has this awkward, dorky side to her. She's a girl that loved Mortal Kombat, plays World of Warcraft, used to moderate a Pokemon forum etc. But because of what her Mom wanted her to be and what she felt she needed to be she created the 'Rowdy' persona as a cover, one which she arguably bought into too much. As for her autobiography I went the opposite way; I knew abut the negative stories and came out understanding why she's the way she is, plus the stories about Team USA after the Olympics was eye opening. Part of me would like a follow-up TBH considering everything that's happened since then.
This is why being in the WWE has probably been really good for her. Look at all the dorks on the roster these days. Playing videogames seems to have thoroughly replaced 'doing coke and strippers' as the main hobby when not in the ring. Xavier Woods, in particular, has built a whole second career on playing videogames with his colleagues. There's a short video on UpUpDownDown with Ronda hanging out with Xavier, Big E and Zelina Vega, all dressed up as Mortal Kombat characters (I think it's for a game launch), and Ronda seemed to be really enjoying herself. Not only that, but everything we're told about the backstage dynamics in the WWE these days indicate that it's a pretty supportive and healthy place, at least in terms of how the wrestlers interact with one another. Ronda was practically gushing over how kind the other women were to her, and saying that she wasn't used to that. Her looking as good as she does in the ring is due, in large part, to the support and cooperation of other people in the company, who have dedicated time to training her and working out matches with her. I really hope that some people are able to sit her down and make her understand that being booed by the crowd isn't about her, it's about what the crowd wants the storyline to be. It would be sad if she left a place that was probably much healthier for her than MMA ever was, simply because she can't handle her persona being viewed unfavourably.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Feb 4, 2019 7:28:18 GMT -5
Doesn't Rousey have some serious mental health issues as well? Or did? I believe she had some issues as a teenager, and of course, she contemplated suicide after Holm KO'd her, which isn't the reaction of someone who is of sound mind. Even when she came back after that she was visibly a shell of her previous self. She tied up all her self-worth in the myth of Ronda Rousey, baddest woman on the planet, and had absolutely nothing to fall back on when she was proven to not be as bad as she boasted. She sadly bought into her own hype. As well, even in her book, she pretty much spelled out that her entire self esteem at the time was tied into winning. So once that loss came, it came hard. Couple that with getting in there with Nunes when you could tell she didn't even want to be out there when that first punch came and it was disaster all the way around. Seriously, if there's one woman you don't want to be across from if you're not ready to fight it's pretty clearly Amanda Nunes right now. The Holm fight was shocking. Nunes fight was a humiliation.
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