Ronda Rousey was last seen in WWE at SummerSlam 2023. The Baddest Woman on the Planet was defeated by former best friend Shayna Baszler in their MMA Rules match at the Premium Live Event. She was rumored to leave the company after the event. Tonight, the promotion seemingly confirmed that she’s officially retired from active in-ring competition.

 

Tonight’s edition of WWE RAW featured a confrontation between Shayna Baszler and Rhea Ripley. Michael Cole referred to Baszler as the woman who sent Ronda Rousey packing from WWE – apparently confirming her retirement from pro wrestling.

Rousey and Baszler were WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions when the Queen of Spades betrayed her real-life best friend. The shocking betrayal happened at Money in the Bank 2023, where Baszler attacked a distracted Rousey and then choked her out with the Kirifuda Clutch. The assault allowed Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez to regain the tag team titles.

Rousey and Baszler spent the following months confronting and brawling with each other during backstage and in-ring segments. The feud culminated at SummerSlam 2023 in Detroit, where Baszler defeated her former partner within eight minutes.

Did Ronda Rousey confirm her departure after WWE SummerSlam?

Ronda Rousey had an incredibly successful run with WWE. She became the company’s eighth Triple Crown Champion. She’s main-evented WrestleMania 35 alongside Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair. She also won the 2022 Women’s Royal Rumble match.

Rousey seemingly confirmed her retirement after her match with Baszler at SummerSlam 2023. The Baddest Woman on the Planet posted pictures from their MMA Rules match on Instagram. She recalled that Baszler got her into the wrestling business.

It remains to be seen if the former MMA star will return to WWE in a non-wrestling role in the future.

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UFC LEGEND RONDA ROUSEY TRAINING FOR IN-RING WWE RETURN ALONGSIDE HUSBAND TRAVIS BROWNE

RONDA ROUSEY has been back in wrestling training as speculation mounts over her return to WWE.

And the former UFC superstar could be joined by her husband and fellow MMA fighter Travis Browne in the ring.

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Ronda Rousey and her husband Travis Browne have reportedly been wrestling trainingCredit: Getty
UFC Hall of Famer ‘Rowdy’, 33, famously arrived on the wrestling scene at the 2018 Royal Rumble and debuted at that year’s WrestleMania.

She worked a full-time schedule with the company and soon captured the Raw Women’s Title until Becky Lynch controversially took it from her at WrestleMania 35 in April 2019.

Rousey has not been seen on WWE TV since after taking time away to try and start a family with Browne, despite dropping several hints of a comeback.

Now ‘Cowboy’ James Storm has revealed he recently had a training session with Rousey and Browne last month.

Browne has reportedly been working on his professional wrestling timing and selling in the hope of signing with WWE.

He is believed to still be in the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) drug testing pool for UFC fighters.

The fighter last fought inside the octagon in a second-round submission loss to Aleksei Oleinik at UFC 213 in July 2017.

That was his fourth defeat on the bounce in the cage.

Meanwhile, WWE boss Vince McMahon is reportedly hoping to have Rousey and Becky Lynch fighting each other at WrestleMania.

Lynch is also currently out of action after announcing in April she and her fiance Seth Rollins were expecting their first child.

Despite their respective absences from TV, the war of words has always continued between the two women.

And Rousey recently cranked it up again in a row over the new WWE 2K Battlegrounds game on her Facebook page.