A Summary of Ronda Rousey's WWE run from her book

[The Rick Jericho]

Fantastic twitter thread on all the inner workings of her WWE run, especially the 2nd run. You will see it truly was a disfigured mess.

[BorneAgain]

It definitely feels like this final period with Vince was generally his worst in making things just awful for everybody. These stories and various others really paint a picture of all the previous problems of the McMahon regime were basically dialed up to 11, and all the talent suffered for it.

[BRV]

Said Charlotte Flair vs Rhea Ripley went over by 20 minutes in their match at WrestleMania 39 which many producers found disrespectful to the Main Event (Usos vs Zayn & Owens)

The match lasted 23 minutes. Are we seriously to believe that a Rhea Ripley vs. Charlotte Flair title match at WrestleMania was getting three minutes?

[Renslayer]

Charlotte Flair going three minutes at friggin' WRESTLEMANIA is impossible. I'm sorry

[Renslayer]

Also, the stuff about vince taking control when H got sick definitely checks out. Same as the stuff with Johnny Ace.


That rhea piece tho, and considering how she became the biggest star on Raw? Yeah idk dawg

[Zombie Mod]

May 9, 2024 18:38:49 GMT -5 Renslayer said:

Charlotte Flair going three minutes at friggin' WRESTLEMANIA is impossible. I'm sorry

I can see them going 3 minutes over, but a match going TWENTY minutes over at Wrestlemania? the only people with the ability do that and get away with it have the last name McMahon.

[The Summer of Muskrat XVII]

May 9, 2024 18:32:20 GMT -5 BRV said:

Said Charlotte Flair vs Rhea Ripley went over by 20 minutes in their match at WrestleMania 39 which many producers found disrespectful to the Main Event (Usos vs Zayn & Owens)

The match lasted 23 minutes. Are we seriously to believe that a Rhea Ripley vs. Charlotte Flair title match at WrestleMania was getting three minutes?

Definitely didn’t go 20 long, but I absolutely remember hearing at the time that that match did go long.

[Vice honcho room temperature]

In the thread it was mentioned 20 minutes includes entrances and intros and I guess post match

[schma]

From what I remember it was one of the matches of the night.If they went a few minutes over? Not a problem.

[Harry The Arrow was Wrong!]

I believe when a match is allotted time, it includes video packages, entrances and post match stuff.

A while back Ronda said they were given 13 minutes for the match itself but went 10 minutes over because they felt 13 wasn't enough for the kind of match they could do.

So I guess they went 10 minutes over altogether but she's adding the other stuff on to that or she's misremembering. Either way, it went over time and was probably the best match of the night because of that so it was the right decision by Ronda and Charlotte.

[Lizuka #BLM]

I'm kind of curious where the perception of Charlotte / Ronda being one of the best matches of the night is coming from because I remember at the time it seemed to be universally seen as absolutely godawful.

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

"Bruce Prichard told Aliyah that no one wants to work with her which made her cry, when confronted by Liv, Bayley & herself, he tried acting as if he didn’t tell her and tried to blame someone else."

[06vwgti]

Man this talk about match length at Mania, had me looking up the Cole vs Lawler match and it only went 13 minutes per wikipedia, somehow that felt longer than it should have been

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May 9, 2024 21:40:49 GMT -5 "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik said:

"Bruce Prichard told Aliyah that no one wants to work with her which made her cry, when confronted by Liv, Bayley & herself, he tried acting as if he didn’t tell her and tried to blame someone else."

Can this shit get Bruce out of here too? Like WWE won't truly move on until they get every dated fossil out of here, especially those who were (could even still be) close to Vince.

[Alexander The So-so]

Could someone provide a transcript of the thread for those of us who don’t have an account with the App Formerly Known As Twitter?

[RadcapRadsley]

May 9, 2024 18:38:49 GMT -5 Renslayer said:

Charlotte Flair going three minutes at friggin' WRESTLEMANIA is impossible. I'm sorry

Now Ric on the other hand lasting 3 minutes in 2023 is only due to the marvels of modern science.

[Super Duper Dragunov]

May 9, 2024 22:46:45 GMT -5 Alexander The So-so said:

Could someone provide a transcript of the thread for those of us who don’t have an account with the App Formerly Known As Twitter?

I second this request.

[theironyuppie]

May 9, 2024 21:36:16 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

I'm kind of curious where the perception of Charlotte / Ronda being one of the best matches of the night is coming from because I remember at the time it seemed to be universally seen as absolutely godawful.

It's definitely one of Charlotte's weaker Mania matches (along with WM 33 and 35), but it's not terrible despite its crummy ending.

[Rave]

For those without Twitter access, here's a transcript of the thread. Put it in quotes so it'll be easier just to c/p parts for posts.

Her first run, she had nothing bad to say about it. Said that she was kept in the loop of things. Her goal to return to WWE was set but wanted to have a baby before returning.

Was in her contract that she would get 1 week off a month since she had a toddler and won’t do outside work. Got a call from Laurenitis that she needed to be on Good Morning America because she worked for them and she needed too.

Was told Lacey Evans will be winning the title and was told she can tell Lacey herself but eventually plans changed to it being Liv, leaving Ronda guilty for telling Lacey and getting her hopes up.

Bruce Prichard told Aliyah that no one wants to work with her which made her cry, when confronted by Liv, Bayley & herself, he tried acting as if he didn’t tell her and tried to blame someone else

Wanted a match with Becky Lynch at WM39 and was constantly told by Paul Heyman and other producers that they’ll let her know what the plan is the following week (which was the excuse they gave her for months on end)

Told Paul Heyman the night before that she’s going to drop the title to Charlotte Flair.

Confronted Triple H saying that she doesn’t like to be left out the loop and that she didn’t like how they kept ignoring her requests to be told information about her path

Was told Vince McMahon didn’t think the fans would understand the pairing of her and Shayna Baszler because fans wouldn’t think they are friends outside of WWE

I remember fans being all in on the idea of WWE Horsewomen vs. MMA Horsewomen.

Paul told her that Zayn’s turn on the Bloodline was planned a year in advance (they told Ronda they don’t plan that far in advance)

Wanted to get the same travel treatment as Logan, Roman & Brock.

Said Charlotte Flair vs Rhea Ripley went over by 20 minutes in their match at WrestleMania 39 which many producers found disrespectful to the Main Event (Usos vs Zayn & Owens)

Rhea Ripley was punished by not having her wrestle and instead being a valet the the men in the Judgement Day.

For her match with Shayna at SummerSlam, they were told it would be a fight pit match. Shayna and Ronda wanted to use the NXT Pit Cage and wanted to do a spot where Shayna would have Ronda in her submission while Ronda is hanging from the side. Ultimately it was shut down and would he told by Paul that they could wear UFC gloves to make it the “Fight Match”

Ronda was told time makes money and not matches in which she responded “what type of money does an 8 minute entrance make” referring to Roman’s entrance

Was annoyed Seth & The Bloodline had 2 segments and was told her segment with Shayna would have to be cut down. She responded with “why are two people who aren’t even here getting more time”

Said that whenever a male wrestler botches the fans push it aside but when a female wrestler messes up the fans will berate them (referring to her match with Shotzi at SS)

She's never heard of Botchamania, has she?

Said that there was tension backstage between Triple H & Vince McMahon both who were wanting control. Everytime Triple H made a change, someone in production would send it to Vince who would then change it back

Said when Triple H left to get surgery, Vince took over NXT, put John L in charge and was eventually fired a lot of NXT talent for people younger than 25.

After the whole hush money scandal, Vince blamed John for it.

During her RR22 she was supposed to be #30 but was told she is gonna be #28, when asked what to do in between her spots producers told her “just do stuff”

She said after Covid the women in the locker room became closer than before and that there was alwayd fear of people letting let go.

Paul Heyman and producers blamed Liv Morgan for the fans not being into her title reign.

Was told backstage at WM39 by a Hall of Famer that all of this fake and that don’t let it get your head. Wrestling is fake. The characters are fake. After telling her she was disappointed how her match went

Wanted to have a Piper vs Goldust type match (Backlot Brawl into the ring) with Becky at Wrestlemania but was told the fans wouldn’t like it.

Despite social media, she never said anything bad about Becky and the reason why she returned was so she can have a solo match with Becky & Shayna. From RR22 up until RR23 she was told that they’ll plan for Ronda vs Becky.

Wasn’t allowed to perform that many moves at WM39 because she had hurt her arm.

[Mid-Carder]

Her first run, she had nothing bad to say about it. Said that she was kept in the loop of things. Her goal to return to WWE was set but wanted to have a baby before returning.

Was in her contract that she would get 1 week off a month since she had a toddler and won’t do outside work. Got a call from Laurenitis that she needed to be on Good Morning America because she worked for them and she needed too.

Was told Lacey Evans will be winning the title and was told she can tell Lacey herself but eventually plans changed to it being Liv, leaving Ronda guilty for telling Lacey and getting her hopes up.

Bruce Prichard told Aliyah that no one wants to work with her which made her cry, when confronted by Liv, Bayley & herself, he tried acting as if he didn’t tell her and tried to blame someone else

Wanted a match with Becky Lynch at WM39 and was constantly told by Paul Heyman and other producers that they’ll let her know what the plan is the following week (which was the excuse they gave her for months on end)

Told Paul Heyman the night before that she’s going to drop the title to Charlotte Flair.

Confronted Triple H saying that she doesn’t like to be left out the loop and that she didn’t like how they kept ignoring her requests to be told information about her path

Was told Vince McMahon didn’t think the fans would understand the pairing of her and Shayna Baszler because fans wouldn’t think they are friends outside of WWE

Paul told her that Zayn’s turn on the Bloodline was planned a year in advance (they told Ronda they don’t plan that far in advance)

Wanted to get the same travel treatment as Logan, Roman & Brock.

Said Charlotte Flair vs Rhea Ripley went over by 20 minutes in their match at WrestleMania 39 which many producers found disrespectful to the Main Event (Usos vs Zayn & Owens)

Rhea Ripley was punished by not having her wrestle and instead being a valet the the men in the Judgement Day.

For her match with Shayna at SummerSlam, they were told it would be a fight pit match. Shayna and Ronda wanted to use the NXT Pit Cage and wanted to do a spot where Shayna would have Ronda in her submission while Ronda is hanging from the side. Ultimately it was shut down and would he told by Paul that they could wear UFC gloves to make it the “Fight Match”

Ronda was told time makes money and not matches in which she responded “what type of money does an 8 minute entrance make” referring to Roman’s entrance

Was annoyed Seth & The Bloodline had 2 segments and was told her segment with Shayna would have to be cut down. She responded with “why are two people who aren’t even here getting more time”

Said that whenever a male wrestler botches the fans push it aside but when a female wrestler messes up the fans will berate them (referring to her match with Shotzi at SS)

Said that there was tension backstage between Triple H & Vince McMahon both who were wanting control. Everytime Triple H made a change, someone in production would send it to Vince who would then change it back

Said when Triple H left to get surgery, Vince took over NXT, put John L in charge and was eventually fired a lot of NXT talent for people younger than 25.

After the whole hush money scandal, Vince blamed John for it.

During her RR22 she was supposed to be #30 but was told she is gonna be #28, when asked what to do in between her spots producers told her “just do stuff”

She said after Covid the women in the locker room became closer than before and that there was alwayd fear of people letting let go.

Paul Heyman and producers blamed Liv Morgan for the fans not being into her title reign.

Was told backstage at WM39 by a Hall of Famer that all of this fake and that don’t let it get your head. Wrestling is fake. The characters are fake. After telling her she was disappointed how her match went

Wanted to have a Piper vs Goldust type match (Backlot Brawl into the ring) with Becky at Wrestlemania but was told the fans wouldn’t like it.

Despite social media, she never said anything bad about Becky and the reason why she returned was so she can have a solo match with Becky & Shayna. From RR22 up until RR23 she was told that they’ll plan for Ronda vs Becky.