Ronda Rousey has opened up on the stark differences between her two WWE runs, painting her second stint as a chaotic and anxiety-ridden experience under a deteriorating Vince McMahon before offering praise for what Triple H has built since taking over.
Speaking with Complex, Rousey addressed the key distinction between her first and second runs with the company.
“The second run, Vince was just more far gone and more difficult to work with. There was a lot of inner turmoil going on in the company. It was kind of a shit show and nobody ever knew what was going on. You would get to the arena and you would be made to do something that somebody threw in your lap that hadn’t thought about it until 15 minutes before. Everything was super last minute and not well thought out, and there was no communication, no back and forth. Any attempt to collaborate felt like we were trying to negotiate something as opposed to partnering together to make something great. I love being out there in the ring and doing it, but the process was just such a clusterfuck shit show that it was so much more anxiety than it was worth. I just look back at it and I just remember the anxiety of not knowing what was going on and then at the last minute, maybe we’d be able to pull it out of our ass and have a good night, and maybe not. I was definitely team Triple H to get up to take it over. I’ve heard it’s been much better since he’s taken things over, but unfortunately I didn’t get to experience it,” Rousey said.
She also addressed the broader feeling of inauthenticity that ran through her time with the company.
“I felt like I was doing somebody else’s impression of myself. You can tell when I was allowed to write my own promos and when I wasn’t. I learned a lot from it and I really enjoyed my time in the ring. I didn’t really enjoy being under the death throes of Vince McMahon’s reign, but there were a lot of great experiences in there,” Rousey said.
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