WWE Hall of Famer Booker T has offered his take on the comments made by former UFC and WWE Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey, stating that he believes she “spit in the face of professional wrestling.” His comments came in response to Rousey’s recent interview on The Lapsed Fan podcast, where she said she didn’t understand why she would have to work with Alexa Bliss even though she was a top merchandise seller at the time.
On his Hall of Fame podcast with co-host Brad Gilmore, Booker T did not hold back in his take on Rousey’s attitude. He stated that he believes Rousey has a history of speaking negatively about the organizations she has worked for and that her latest comments are another example of her ungratefulness.
“Ronda Rousey is another one man. I think the wrestling world opened the doors to her, and she just spat in the face of professional wrestling. Feels like it a little bit. That’s what she’s done. You know, it’s a reason why people don’t like her, you know? I mean, I don’t hear any of her old comrades in the UFC saying anything good about Ronda Rousey, man… Nobody cares about Ronda Rousey but herself. She’s got a very, very high, you know, self-esteem, as far as you know, looking at herself a certain way. But I don’t think anybody else you know looks at Ronda that way, just because there again, I don’t know why she has so much hate and vitriol for the wrestling business.”
Booker T went on to say that he feels the wrestling business gave Rousey “everything,” including a platform to make a great deal of money. He believes her decision to criticize the company that provided her with those opportunities publicly is an “insult.”
“A business that led her in to go out there and have moments like at WrestleMania, you know, giving her the rowdy run, the Rousey gimmick, you know, right off the bat, making her, you know, something, when so many other people wish they had a spotlight like that. I don’t get it… I really feel like Ronda Rousey was given everything in this business. I really feel like this business opened the door for Ronda Rousey to come in and and have a great time and do a thing and make a lot of money, you know, and I can almost guarantee you this, Ronda probably made more money with the WWE than she did in the UFC, I can almost guarantee you that, you know, and to spit in the face of that it’s just, it’s an insult, it really is.”
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